Finnian Tully

Communication Design

My name is Finn, and I'm a young Graphic Designer who has recently completed the Bachelor of Graphic Design at Swinburne. During my time at Swinburne, I’ve also had 4+ years of experience working at Luxe Brands Group, a company that specialises in product development and design. This has allowed me to participate in numerous design projects involving concept development, product and stylised photography, illustration and packaging design, all of which i have a keen passion for. Since a young age i always i knew i wanted to pursue something around the design field, and growing up with multiple family friends in the graphic design industry, I was able to get an early insight into what it means to create something.

Equip Woks

Utilising concept development skills alongside packaging design. I created this sleeve for Luxe Brands Group.
This job included communicating with an international factory to create the logo shown to be laser-cut into the products handle, as-well as convening with the factory and fellow colleagues to produce this final packaged outcome, following the EQUIP brand style guide with a new take for this product range.

Cooks Collective Rebrand

Capstone project for the Bachelor of Design. This box, along with 2 others was the result of a brand redesign. Featuring the new logo, colour palette and eco friendly materials.

Pocktail

The cocktail for you pocket. Created for a ‘Design for Production’ class during the Bachelor of Design.
This project required a design soloution for 3 packs. the product had to be fun and creative and so i developed the concept as an exiting way to present the 3 packs.

Cowbouiat

This Artwork was created in my own spare time, its name is derived from Basquiat, the man whos face features in the artwork and who’s style i tried to emulate. And Cowboy, what i have used as inspiration for this piece. Created on ProCreate.

TCC Stylised Photography

Stylised photo featured on packaging for The Cooks Collective Brand Package sold at Myer. This project involved the use of photography and food styling.

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.