Lani DeJong

Interior Architecture

I am passionate about designing to encourage movement and interaction within spaces, creating new experiences for the audience. This is influenced by my interest in both Arts and Sports, giving me a different perspective and understanding of the experience of the body within a space.

My previous work experience as a Store Designer for Bunnings has developed my professional communication and design practice skills, as well as having gained experience working in a large team within an office environment. Experience in coach sporting teams has also helped me in my design endeavors, being able to effectively structure planning and creating thought out approaches to goals.

I have developed knowledge in designing for educational, aged care, residential, commercial, public and exhibition spaces throughout my studies, with an emphasis on using sustainable materials and aiming to optimize functionality within a space. Throughout my studies, I have gained a wide variety of knowledge of Digital Modelling and computer presentation software, such as Revit, Rhinoceros, ArchiCAD, AutoCAD and Adobe Suite programs.

I am an honest and driven worker, priding myself on being able to work with and lead teams to reach a common goal. My background in both Arts and Sports allows me to think creatively and critically, providing a unique approach to design.

Through the Hoop

Haunted House - City of Interiors

Tiny House at Glenferrie Hub

Study Bubble - Exterior (气泡空间)

Study Bubble - Interior (气泡空间)

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.