49485
Recipient of MCD Research Project Award.
49485, explores the Italian Immigrant experience in Australia from the perspective of my Grandparents and the subsequent materials depicting their everyday lives. The title, drawn from my grandfather’s taxi identification number, pays tribute to his 45-year driving career and the hard work and sacrifice required to build a new life in a foreign country.
Published as part of RMIT Master of Communication Design Professional Research Project. “Publication as Archive. Designer as Archivist.” 80pp, hand bound, 219 × 318mm
Typeset in Pantasia by Wei Huang, Counter Forms
Supervised by Stuart Geddes
RETRIEVAL
An exploration of State and institutional archives related to the Old Melbourne Gaol. The Archive of the Bureaucracy exists as a series of notations, inventories and photographs, representing the unique internal systems of the Institution. It is deeply impersonal, reducing the histories of those who move through the system to a series of data points. Publication designed to accompany RMIT Master of Communication Design exhibition, 14 DAYS TO GO.20pp, 297 × 420mm, bound with silver pins. (pictured unbound)
Supervised by Fayen d'Evie
Typography, a Collaborative Practice
Best Designed Student Book, Longlist, ABDA, 2024 Best Student Publication, Finalist, AGDA, 2024
An anthology exploring typography’s historical influence on cultural aesthetics and its wider social and political impact. This volume aims to position designers as co-authors, collaborators and facilitators, the puppet masters of the cultural zeitgeist. Through collaboration and co-authorship this publication presents the unique perspectives of Master of Communication Design students and the experiences that have shaped their typographic discernment.
128pp, perfect bound, 170 × 240mm
Typeset in Herbik by Daniel Veneklaas, Counter Forms
Supervised by Ziga Testen
mi manchi amico mio
Best Student Publication, Finalist, AGDA, 2022 A publication that explores mnemonics and its manifestations in visual culture. The book acts as an extension of my theoretical research, showcasing a collection of images from my family archive. Each spread in the publication is treated as a fragment of memory, with no chronology but a fluidity similar to that of a Neorealist film.
Supervised by Ela Egidy and John Warwicker
The Saturday Paper, rebrand & design strategy
In collaboration with Yew Qi Yap, Li Jun Wang, Yungmeng Jia &Ananya SainiGold Winner, DINZ Best Awards, 2024 & Best Student Publication, Finalist, AGDA, 2024
To aid in the Saturday Paper’s transition from print to digital, we proposed a gradual move away from print through the design of a b5 mini-newspaper as well as a refresh of the branding and digital offerings across their website and social media platforms. The design draws upon the strong typographic language of headlines on newsstands in Melbourne in the early to mid-20th century. Bold headlines replace images emphasising witty and eye-catching headlines and showcasing The Saturday Paper's unique tone of voice.
170 × 270mm, unbound, printed on 80gsm bulky news
Supervised by Ziga Testen