Evan Klink

Communication Design

My name’s Evan, Born and raised in suburb of Scoresby in Melbourne.

My time for Swinburne was after completing high school when I began my studies in the Diploma for Graphic Design before moving into the Advanced Diploma and finally the 3rd year of Communication Design. I have learnt a lot from my experience at Swinburne, with a confident understanding of the Adobe Programs and Web Prototypes as well as Branding and Publication Design.

Illustrations are mostly my strong suit, as I aim to move into an occupation that allows me to use not just my digital skills learnt, but also my practical skills in a meaningful manner. Other than drawing, other interests I have are with Music and Movies as well as daily exercise. Instead I spend most of my time working at my job in retail, or studying/working on an assignment.

Now that I have finished my course I am excited to see where things lead to in the future, with my end goal from this experience to get a high position at one of Melbourne’s Design Firms or even overseas eventually. While I have heard the industry is a hard one to get into, I believe that with the amount of skills and knowledge learnt throughout my studies, I will be able to get somewhere in life doing something I like.

Thank you for taking the time to look through my work, and to even read through my bio.

Web Design

Mini Publication Enclosure

Rebrand

Production

Publication

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.

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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.

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.