Bhishag Mohan

I am Bhishag a Master of Design graduate, based in Melbourne. I began my design journey with a Diploma of Graphic design in 2012, after which I completed my Bachelor of Design, majoring in Communication Design in 2015. Specialising in Communication Design, I mostly worked on Graphic Design inclusive of Motion Design. Over the last couple of years I have been working more in UI/UX, Product Design and Design Research to create user centric solutions. My design interests are within, Designing for Sustainability, Human Centred Design, and Design Anthropology. In my spare time, I like to improve my design software skills and to learn new design tools.

During my Masters, I had an opportunity to work for student life clubs, where I designed marketing material for events. Additionally, in my final year I worked as Marketing Lead in the Swinburne Student Reperestative Council and was the Postgraduate Student Representative for Faculty of Health, Arts & Design. These opportunities helped me enhance my skills in teamwork and coordination, time management, leadership, and to work on design projects with non-designers. In my final year, I also took part in the DFM global program CBI A3, where I had opportunity to work with a team of students and CERN Ideasquare, to develop a disaster management system for Bushfires in Australia.

Beyond design, I love sketching, a good night of stargazing, nature and Astro-photography. I am confident that I am graduating with diverse design and professional skills that will enable me to contribute more to the Design industry.

DFM Sprint Project 2: Razor Switch - Plugin

Zooming with an iPhone - Instructional Video

Redesign of Financial Information for customers

Plastic Waste - Research Communication Video

Swinbridge - Iconic entrance of Swinburne at Glenferrie Precinct

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.