Lyndon Tagliati

Communication Design

My name is Lyndon Tagliati and I have completed a Bachelor of Communication Design through Swinburne Online. I completed this degree as a student returning to study after almost 10 years working in the health and fitness industry as a Personal Trainer and within the entertainment industry as an actor.

Throughout my time as a Communication Design student I have learned and developed my approach to design as a way to tell stories, communicate ideas and solve problems. This approach has allowed me to utilise the design skills I have acquired during my studies for both digital and print, taking into account the opportunities and restraints of these mediums.

My time as a Communication Design student has allowed me opportunities to build my career in the design industry through paid internships and contract positions with major companies, allowing me to work with established brands across the city of Melbourne.

Monster- A reimagining of Mary Shelley's story Frankenstein, from the monster's perspective, presented in illustrated storybook form

Splashscreens for computer and tablet backgrounds highlighting the overall theme of nature in the forms of Earth, Water and Soil

Label Swap- Swapping the branding of two well known products

Capstone Project- Campaign Posters for the Boroondara Youth Foundation

Popcorn bags for fictional brand Pulp Corn, a brand paying homage to the places where we enjoy popcorn

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.