Eleisha Kubale

Eleisha Kubale is graduating from her Bachelor of Design at Swinburne University of Technology in 2020. As a co-major design student, Eleisha's work focuses on Communication Design and Photomedia. Having previously completed a Diploma of Photography in 2016, Eleisha has experience in commercial photography and has used these skills in her design practice. Thriving in publication design and communication design strategy, Eleisha enjoys growing her skills in many areas of design including UI/UX, HTML, CSS and Javascript, and coded her ‘State of Play’ project. She also has growing experience in Social media marketing having worked in Junior Designer Placement position at the Bureau in 2020.

"Whilst studying at Swinburne I have had the opportunity to be apart of a growing design community by being a committee member of the Swinburne Design Collective (SDC), where I lead the SDC Branding initiative. This initiative allowed the SDC to offer professional branding services to three student clubs at Swinburne and helped me to build my leadership skills, team coordination and management skills, as well as provide me with valuable skills when working with non-design clients. I believe I am graduating with sound practical and professional skills that will help me enter professional design practice".

State of Play

Tsarevna Lyagushka

Flight Paths - proposal publication

Bad Egg Project

Abbotsford Convent Annual Report

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.