Felix Barnett

Communication Design (Honours)

I’m Felix—a communication designer with a passion for the pursuit of great ideas, and an aptitude for blending concept and creative to produce insightful designs.

With a keen eye for detail, I thrive under the pressure of a deadline and enjoy designing everything from branding to animation, holding a particular soft spot for any Photoshop work.

I have always been driven by curiosity and the search for that ‘wow’ moment when a concept comes together. It is probably why I am drawn towards working in the advertising space post studying.

In the unforgettable year of 2020, I was fortunate to undertake industry placements at The Bundy Agency, The Brownbill Effect, and Swinburne’s Bureau, where I learnt an enormous amount about the creative industry and also about myself and the direction I’d like to pursue.

Moving forward, I aspire to further my art direction skills by applying for AWARD school next year after a well-earned break—where you will find me watching films, experiencing theatre, listening to music, and playing just about any kind of game.

Nothing – Conceptual Anti-consumerism Campaign

Buddy – Elderly Public Transport Initiative

Let's Be Clear – Newspaper Poster Design (ISTD Student Brief)

Top Spin Competition – Anti-alcohol Advertisements

C'mon Sense – Road Safety Campaign

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.