Nicole Brimblecombe

Nicole Brimblecombe is a Motion and UX design graduate. Whilst at Swinburne, she has had the privilege of working on some rewarding projects. Some of which include;

The 664 Collins St, Melbourne Media Wall for MIRVAC. A series of abstract generative art installations created by Swinburne design students to be displayed on MIRVAC's nine by nine-metre screen located in the foyer of their 664 Collins St, Melbourne based office building. (Next door to Southern Cross Station). These rotating generative art pieces had to depict through narrative what a "Lifecycle" is. (Lifecycle being a core value to MIRVAC and a part of both their mission and vision). The pieces that were created were all animated using code from real-time and/or regularly updated datasets.

The early prototype initiative titled "Aquaform" to help educate the general public about how water travels in an endless process/cycle across land and sky for the client Melbourne Water. This project addressed how certain environments can adversely affect the functioning of this cycle, discussing preventative solutions to reduce the wastage and pollution of water. Our vital resource.

Nicole's interests and passions include illustration, coding and animation. Creative from a young age, she lives by the design philosophy of industrial designer Naoto Fukasawa by creating works based on 'instinctive response' and 'subconscious behaviour'. While also keeping the planet in mind.

"Deadly Temptations" - NODE FEST 2019 Student Ident

AQUAFORM (Melbourne Water Capstone Project)

RAVEBOURNE (Mobile Prototype App)

Melbourne... The Exquisite City

Mind of Fog - Dementia Related Social Media Campaign

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.