Bronte Olander

Communication Design

Bronte is in her third year of studying a Bachelor of Design at Swinburne University, with a strong drive for continuous learning and attention to detail. As a co-major student studying both Communication Design and Motion Design, Bronte considers herself to have a uniquely broad range of skills but is particularly interested in branding, typography and campaign design. However, Bronte feels most fulfilled when her projects work towards a greater cause, whether it be from her passion for the environment to equality and feminism. When working through her projects, Bronte is highly organised, with a precise working process, always circling back to the key problem the project aims to address, ensuring a successful outcome.

This strong work ethic led her to be chosen to design the brand mark ‘Resilience’ for this years ‘Grad X’ exhibition, as well as a semi-finalist in Unilever’s 2020 ‘Future of Plastics’ challenge. Bronte is an eager learner and believes this drive would make her suitable for a fast-paced work environment, surrounded by fellow creatives driven to make a change in the world. Bronte can be contacted through her social links below, and can’t wait to get out into the world of design and see where her passions take her.

'What's the Deal?’

2021 Grad X ‘Resilience’

‘Save the Stitch’

'Sex Drugs & Helvetica'

Melbourne Community Gardening

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.