Judith Radas

Communication Design

Hello. My name is Judith Radas and I am a digital designer who works with brands and businesses of all sizes to complete design, marketing and content creation outcomes. I believe that it is extremely important to develop a strong sense of style and aesthetic within every major design and branding project, and always strive for high quality outcomes.

I have established and grown my own small business, '@vatra_design_studio', through Instagram. I have completed hundreds of commissions for clients and have curated a positive following through sharing my personal design content and commission work. Within this small business, I complete branding work, content creation, custom illustration edits and more for clients and businesses from many different industries.

I have successfully completed various internships and have been gaining valuable industry experience within my current position as a marketing assistant and design/social media manager. During these internships, I have gained a wide variety of skills and knowledge within many aspects of design.

I'm a student at Swinburne University of Technology currently completing my last semester of my Bachelors Degree in Communication Design. I previously completed my Diploma of Design in 2018.

'Hot Girl Summer' Illustration Edits - Illustration edits were my first orders when I started my small business. This is a combined piece of my favourite edits I have ever made. This process of design will always have a place in my heart.

'Natural Is In' Digital Collage - This is my favourite medium of design. This is the first process I used when discovering digital design and I always find myself coming back to it. This piece reflects natural beauty.

'90's Baby' Digital Collage - This piece was inspired by the 'circle of fashion' that we are constantly in. I used digital collage to create this outcome that aims to portray a 90's aesthetic while still feeling modern.

'Medusa Honey' - This piece was part of a university assignment that I created about Medusa. I combined photography, digital manipulation and illustration to create this outcome. I wanted to capture the powerful side of Medusas' story in this piece.

'Craft in Fashion - Magazine' - These are 2 double-page spreads that were included in a magazine I created as part of an assignment. I combined many different techniques and methods of design to create graphics that portrayed craft in fashion.

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.