Amy Taylor

A Melbourne based designer and illustrator, Amy uses her flair for bold illustration and love for typography to take her designs to the next level.

State Library - Annual Report.

A project in which an annual report design was created for the Victorian State Library, focusing on the theme of ‘lasting legacy’, with emphasis on the building’s architecture and history in it’s design.

Cool Head.

A project in which an awareness campaign around heat exhaustion and heatstroke was created. Targetting a younger adult audience, bold cartoony illustrations were used to catch the eyes, and an animatic was also created.

Secrecy and the Force of Truth.

A project in which an analytical essay was transformed from plain text to an engaging publication. Focusing on the idea of a ‘false lie’ as presented by the text, the design obscures no information despite the hidden cutouts within its layout.

KaBloom Festival of Flowers.

A project in which an established festival was chosen to create paraphernalia for, including; a brochure, postcards, and a website. This design uses watercolour for its illustration work to push the association with flowers and traditional floral artwork.

Sweet Justice.

A project in which an established brand was given a new look. Sweet Justice is a honey company providing opportunities to those otherwise stuck in the justice system, and so the logo was designed to incorporate the human aspect behind the honey.

Acknowledgement of Country

The School of Design and Architecture respectfully acknowledges the Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and knowledge-keepers of the lands, waters and sky that surround us, where we work, learn, create, communicate and make place. We recognise that sovereignty has never been ceded and this always was and will always be Wurundjeri Country. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who continue to make a better world through design.

We extend our acknowledgement to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff, students, alumni, real-life clients, and knowledge keepers, who have contributed to our own education diversity and growth. We will continue to ensure that staff and students respectfully honour ancestral connection to Country and Place in everything that they do.

We are dedicated to the notion of design to make a better world and we acknowledge that making tools, shaping place, sharing stories, making meaning, wayfinding and collaborating have long been and continue to be both central and integral to First Peoples' cultures. We recognize that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ cultural contributions have continued relevance to design practice and commit to: reconciling ancestries of design and contemporary practice as well as pursuing culturally and professionally appropriate ways to engage with a diverse population of colleagues, industries and clients. In a time of treaty-making and voice we understand that there are overlaps between caring for Country and the sustainable production of goods, services, experiences, products and buildings.

Guided by the principles of respect, reconciliation, and reciprocity we undertake to indigenising and decolonising design practice by dismantling colonial structures and challenging biases that have marginalised Indigenous voices and design.

As students of SoDA you will be given opportunities to both engage with and educate yourself in Indigenous creative practices and cultural protocols through a lens of inclusivity, diversity, respect, mutual understanding, inter-cultural dialogue in all aspects of design practice. Indigenous people have been telling stories, making tools, and connecting to Country through visual media, placemaking and place marking for more than 60,000 years and these practices are part of an ongoing, evolving and live tradition.