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Alice Yu
ALL ABOUT YUUUUUU | 2020 | RMIT UNIVERSITY
Having spent the majority of my time at home, with no more visits to café’s or restaurants, I was forced to turn my kitchen into a mini café. This gave me the idea to create a mini–cookbook/zine inspired by my kitchen and develop a suitable brand language. The mini cookbook explores the different types of snacks that I would consume depending on my moods throughout the semester. I decided to focus on snacks since this was more common now than ever, as spending more time at home allowed the freedom for me to eat whenever I wanted.
CONTACT
Instagram: @aliceyu_designs
Website: aliceyu.myportfolio.com
Edie Romalis
BLOOM | 2019 | SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
The city is captivating, it is full of endless opportunities and activities, but as the days begin to repeat themselves, there’s nothing more exciting than the opportunity to take a well– deserved break from the bustling city. Bloom is a printed and online guide to help you escape and rejuvenate by guiding you through some of the best inner city nature escapes, following the Yarra River. The floral elements used in this publication were sourced from each location, pressed and scanned digitally. However, one thing that was not done at the time, but I would like to do now, is to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land in which this guide takes place. Recognising and paying respects to the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri people of this beautiful, stolen land.
CONTACT
Instagram: @edie.comm
Website: ediesimone.com
Email: edieromalis@gmail.com
Edie Romalis
SYNAESTHESIA: LIFE IN TECHNICOLOUR |2021 | SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Inspired by Melbourne Museum’s ‘The Mind: Enter the Labyrinth’ exhibition, Synaesthesia: Life in Technicolour is an information pack on the topic of grapheme–colour synaesthesia. Through the usage of bold and bright multi colouring, contrasted with harsh blacks, the info pack visually explores the effects of grapheme–colour synaesthesia to immerse the audience into the neurological condition and enhance their informative journey. Interactivity with the pack is incorporated through the use of ‘hidden’ textual content, that can be viewed through the red, transparent viewfinder, and other printing techniques such as the transparent film, juxtapose the two perceptions of a synaesthete’s and non–synaesthete’s world.
CONTACT
Instagram: @edie.comm
Website: ediesimone.com
Email: edieromalis@gmail.com
Eleanor Donley
AHOY | 2021 | SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
There are endless publications out there that explore tourism by car, tram, train or foot but not many by water. Ahoy was created as a guide to Melbourne’s waterways showcasing the different experiences available to people via water. It provides individuals with a unique perspective of the city and allows them to view it through a different lens. The design of the composition has combined typography and illustration to embody the movement of water throughout the publication.
CONTACT
Instagram: @eleanordonleydesign
Emilija Prodic
A ZINE ABOUT SEGOE UI FONT | 2021 | RMIT UNIVERSITY
This experimental zine explores the font used by Microsoft, which is Segoe UI. Throughout the zine, see–through pages with printed stickers on them are visible. The zine itself is inside of a file folder to match Windows and Microsoft aesthetics. One of the spreads, a photograph of the creator of the Segoe UI font, is created by only using letters and punctuation marks.
CONTACT
Instagram: @bobawillbeback
Behance: Emilija Prodic
Email:emaprodic@gmail.com
Emilija Prodic
THIS IS FOR A UNI UNASSIGNMENT | 2021 | RMIT UNIVERSITY
The project, this is for a uni UNassignment, is a zine compiling my impressions and reflection on the communication design course at RMIT University. It is an experimental zine, where each page was cut in a way that forms an unusual and innovative format of publication. Since I had the freedom to choose the medium that I would work in, I chose publication as it offered me a broad platform to experiment. Playing with the shape of the pages and fitting all desired content into unusually cut pages was challenging, but the outcome was something innovative with a unique flow.
CONTACT
Instagram: @bobawillbeback
Behance: Emilija Prodic
Email: emaprodic@gmail.com
Iris Kuang
VERDECKT ANNUAL REPORT 2020 | 2021 | RMIT UNIVERSITY
Verkeckt is a conceptual avant–garde fashion label that dares to go against the conventional norm and embraces the up-cycling ethos, aiming for a more sustainable fashion. Verkeckt is a German word that means ‘concealed and undercover’. The annual report is so much more than legal compliance to communicate the authentic company culture and market the brand awareness, I used treatment of photographs, wayfinding looking graphics and elements of the logo to build up the underground hype of the brand.
CONTACT
Instagram: @irisdesign_studio
Behance: Yingtong Kuang
Website: iriskuang.myportfolio.com
Email: yingtongkuang@gmail.com
Jenna Cahill
ZERO | 2020 | SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Zero is a sustainable publication with the aim to spark thoughts and conversations on ways to live more sustainably. For me, it was a highly creative project but also allowed me to investigate one of my biggest interests outside of the design world —the environment! In a busy world, there is not always time to put hours into researching ways to live more sustainably, Zero hopes to be an accessible way for people to find new ideas from Australia and around the globe, to inspire them to continue to make small changes to their lifestyle. Creating Zero allowed me to reflect on what I can personally contribute to fighting climate change.
CONTACT
Instagram:@jennacahillart
Behance: Jenna Cahill
Email: jennamcahill@gmail.com
Lachlan Banham
THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF GENDER PERFORMANCE | 2021 | SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
The Cultural Politics of Gender Performance by Benzi Zhang is an essay that analyses the suppression, mistreatment and lack of representation of the homosexuality community in Chinese society, through cultural values of masculinity through art, theatre and film. This publication creatively expresses these issues through the use of black and white imagery and bold typography. It is juxtaposed with feminine colours and decorative elements inspired by traditional brush strokes and gender symbols. The publication was created using Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and the application Procreate.
CONTACT
Insatgram: @lachi.e
Website: lachlanbanham.xyz
Website: dribbble.com/lachlanbanham
Laura King
EXPERIMENTAL TYPOGRAPHY PUBLICATION | 2020 | SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
The purpose of this publication was to design a dynamic and creatively expressive, monothematic publication that explores experimental typography and type as an art form. Expressive typography— manipulated in different ways—is the focal point throughout the publication, as it works together and in contrast with the body text. To create a modern, forward–thinking and cohesive design, the overall layout is also experimental and strategic in placement.
CONTACT
Instagram: @lauraking.design
Email: to.lauraking@gmail.com
Laura King
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS ANNUAL REPORT | 2020 | SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
The publication aimed to create a functional, engaging and memorable annual report for The Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. It encompassed the vision, values and purpose of the organisation. The creative direction was to capture the relaxing and organic environment through photography and a natural colour palette. It’s drawn from the photographs of the rich and diverse flora.
CONTACT
Instagram: @lauraking.design
Email: to.lauraking@gmail.com
Linda Liu
PLACE AND PLACELESSNESS | 2020 | SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Place and Placelessness ‘Key Texts in Human Geography’ by Phil Hubbard (2008) explores the nuances of the human relationship being displaced, or rather, the idea of the relationship between how humans interact with a place. Exploring the desire to understand relationships between how humans interact with their surroundings, the publication aimed to see how text and imagery can instil confusion and uneasiness towards the reader. The process was about evoking emotions that best emulate familiarity and unfamiliarity through distorted and staggered illustration and typography, but still within a strict and rigid system.
CONTACT
Instagram: @l__nda.l
Email: linda.liuu8@gmail.com
Sam Brown
CLUB SAMMICH | 2021 | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Club Sammich is a magazine formed as part of a digital publication class. It showcases Adelaide’s cult sandwich uprising and features five of the city’s best sammiches. The design was heavily inspired by traditional signwriting and kitsch aesthetics and its joyful presence create a bold impact in the designer’s portfolio.
CONTACT
Instagram: @sam.brown.design
Website: sam-brown-design.myportfolio.com
Theresa Lee
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO VINYL ALBUM SERIES | 2020 | THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
incomplete.—a series of 11 tracks composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto in collaboration with various artists. This project builds a vinyl box–set around the 11 tracks, with one track on each vinyl and is accompanied by 11 posters. The colour progression between the sleeves displays a gradient display, illustrating the colour transition of the sky during twilight. Encapsulating the eerie and atmospheric sound, the sleeve construction animates when pulling out the vinyl, and breathes life into the shadows that move in the mist. The hole punched in the back of the outer sleeves and dots on the label reflect the sequence and mimic stars, while selected images on the sleeve illustrate the feeling of the track and are further applied to the posters.
CONTACT
Instagram: @ti_el.pdf
Website: ti-el.com
Email: theresalee0311@gmail.com
