Bella MacIsaac

Communication Design

I am a communication designer and illustrator actively seeking work as a graduate. I know that good design is fundamental, and am committed to learning and working towards that outcome at all times. I am an incredibly passionate designer, always striving to achieve my best work.

I have loved my time at Swinburne, creating great friendships sustained throughout COVID lockdowns and have developed strong working relationships with many of my tutors. Throughout my degree I have received consistent Distinction and High Distinction grades and received recognition from the Vice-Chancellor for my particularly strong Semester 2, 2020.

During the 2021 mid-year break, I interned at advertising firm MCH London where I received outstanding feedback and a job offer for 2022 in London, although COVID-19 has kept me in Melbourne. In previous years I've also worked in social media marketing and graphic design for women's clothing label Eva's Sunday and undertaken various freelance work. As a trained communication designer and illustrator, I have a strong proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud suite programs Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop with familiarity in many other programs.

On completion of Semester 2 2021, I will hold a Bachelor of Design (Communication Design) and Certificate IV in Design from Swinburne University.

Tasmania Devils

King Sh*t

Hawthorn's Best Dog Parks

Little Red Riding Hood

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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.