Reynard Brooks

Communication Design

Hi, I am Reynard Brooks.

I am very passionate about creating innovative solutions to people’s design problems. Being creative is something that I really enjoy, and something I intend to do for many years to come. When it comes to my skills and abilities, I am always trying to learn new things and improve. One of my passions is video editing and motion graphics. I also enjoy creating digital paintings with my Wacom Tablet. Print media is something I find rather interesting and often overlooked by newer designers. It is an area that can be truly rewarding when the project comes together. When you chose the right stock and the typography has been set correctly not a widow or a rag to be found.

When it comes to my attitude towards my work, I see myself as a dedicated and motivated person. If I don’t know something I won’t assume. I always keep my files organised and well structured. Not just for the sake of others but for myself too. I am ambitious and even though at the start of my design career. I aspire to become an art director one day if that chance does come my way. Until then I want to learn as much as I can and explore as much as I can in the design industry. Not just for the sake of doing that. Rather to become a better designer.

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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.