Ruby Giddings

UX Interaction Design

Hi, I'm Ruby. Co-majoring in Communication Design and UX Interaction Design has allowed me to spend time exploring creative visual communication as well taking a user-centered approach to any project I’m working on. Studying this course has helped me develop my interest in improving interactions between people and the media and technology that they use in daily life by finding out more about them, understanding their needs, and using iterative design processes. I look forward to applying my skills to many more projects and continuing to learn and develop as a designer. This Summer I'll be participating in the Startmate Student Fellowship Program.

Sketching ideas and brainstorming possibilities for all sorts of creations is one of my favourite things to do and I love bouncing ideas back and forth with others. I also enjoy illustrating and often incorporate both vector and raster illustrations in projects. Focusing on people and how projects can best serve their users has helped me to focus my lifelong creative interests in a way that allows me to contribute to creating positive experiences for users and clients.

Thanks for visiting, I’d love to hear your feedback! Click on a project to visit my portfolio.

Pufflore Quest - Geolocation Narrative Game App

Sherbrooke Forest - Tourism Website and Brochure

Royal Botanic Gardens Publication

Isolation Creations - Lockdown DIY Projects Website

Mental Health Week Student Services Poster

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.