Nicole Skamnaki

Nicole Skamnaki is a Communication Design student at Swinburne University of Technology who prides herself in how branding can be expressed through 3D modelling. Nicole has worked with clients to develop their brand languages and help them improve the effectiveness of their visual identity. She believes that communication and collaboration is the key to a quality design and focuses on how fine detail can make a big difference for her clients.

Nicole has recently been awarded a new leadership position in the hospitality industry which she believes will support her help manage projects and help refine her presentation skills. She was shortlisted for the best creative design award in 2018; and is now apart of the Golden Key Membership community since 2020.

Nicole will soon graduate from the Bachelor of Design, majoring in Communication Design, with both advanced 3D modelling and branding environment minors at Swinburne University of Technology.

Outside of design, Nicole is focused on baking. She loves her treats and invests her weekends into creating something new in the kitchen. Her friends and partner are very important people in her life and she makes sure she has time for them so they can have a cook off at home.

No Excuse For Abuse Campaign

Refresh, Relax, Repeat T2 Campaign

Daniella Carfi Counselling Logo

Etched Aesthetics Publication Booklet

Royal Botanic Gardens Annual Report

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.