Venice Susantijo

Communication Design

Venice Susantijo is a bundle of delight, in the manner of an artistic yet dreamy mind of her own. She is a gifted soul with the ability to produce wonderfully made illustration designs that keeps evolving as she studied in Swinburne's Communication Design Major.

Coming in from an Indonesian-Chinese background, She has learned a lot about different cultures and languages. One of them is always to be open-minded while being an enthusiastic individual in showing her creations to people – but also highlighting the importance of taking in feedback from others. She believed that reviews and critiques from others are one of the ways for any designer to grow. Which then leads them to be better in the field eventually.

She is extremely grateful for the opportunity that Swinburne has given her for the past three years. Learning new software, gaining knowledge from experienced and great lecturers, made a lot of new friends and to be a part of a student organisation remains a memorable yet very genuine experience. Most importantly, is to hold a Bachelors degree that she could brag and be proud of.

Ultimately, Venice's dream is to be working at an extensively known Melbourne-based design studio. At the same time, practising design on the side to expand her knowledge of the design industry today.

Insite Wall

Insite Cue Cards

Insite Phone App

Pause The Plastic Campaign

Pause The Plastic Poster

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.