Joshua McKay

Communication Design (Honours)

Hello, I’m Josh.

I’m a graduating student that is completing (hopefully) a Bachelor of Communication Design with Honours. I like video games. I'm bad at basketball. I don’t like writing bios.

While studying, I’ve had the privilege of working as part of the student led design studio at Swinburne called the Bureau and as a full-time design intern at Museums Victoria.

During my time at the Bureau, I worked with a design team to address the needs of clients during all stages of the design process. Through this I was able to develop my abilities in managing multiple creative briefs concurrently and in effectively communicating with colleagues and clients. The program provided me with a wealth of practical experience working with national and international clients to create brand and event identities, packaging designs and web design experiences.

The experiences gained from the Bureau directly informed how I managed my role as an intern at Museums Victoria’s in-house studio. With a placement that was based both on site and from home, my approach to the internship was guided by independent management, initiative and enthusiasm to help my colleagues. In this I was able to learn from some truly amazing people and work on exciting projects for Scienceworks, the Melbourne Planetarium and Melbourne Museum.

In the future I hope to continue to educate myself and learn more about motion design, experience design and 3D animation.

Cheers.

International Society of Typographic Designers Brief

A Quiet Book

Good Traveller

Multi-modal Travel Initiative

Theatre Binoculars (3D Asset)

Acknowledgement of Country

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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.

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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.