Ngan Nguyen

Ngan Nguyen is a designer that specialises in the digital space. She owns a Diploma of Design, as well as a Bachelor of Design, majoring in Communication Design and UX Design at Swinburne University of Technology. Her passion lies in many aspects of communication design and digital design such as branding, publication design, UX/UI design, and illustration. One of her biggest strengths is creating a strong and meaningful narrative through visuals, to deliver important messages to a wider audience. In the past, she has collaborated with small local businesses and individuals as a freelancer to create and/or update their branding.

When not stressing over whether she should use Helvetica or Helvetica Neue in her design, Ngan enjoys listening to music and watching her comfort movies at home, or meeting up with friends in local cafes and restaurants. Her personal goal for the future is to travel more (when it's safe!)

Tending Magnolia — A campaign advocating for English literacy in immigrant women

In His Shoes — A collaboration with Nike DNA

City Before Disaster — Exploration of gamification and AR technology

Celebrate SubtleTea — A collaboration with T2 for Chinese New Year

Back To The Future — Tourism guide for retro-themed venues in Melbourne

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.