Joshua Richards

Joshua Richards has graduated with a double bachelor’s degree in Design / Media and Communication from Swinburne University of Technology. Prior to his graduation he landed a role at the National Gallery of Victoria as a part-time web designer and completed an internship at Scriibi, an educational start-up, where he was employed as a UX/UI Designer and Graphic Designer.

Majoring in Communication Design and Digital Advertising Technologies, Joshua is focusing his skills on branding and web design. His experience has offered diverse opportunities across multiple design mediums, providing valuable experience working with real clients and inspiring him to pursue an ambitious career.

Confined by the academic world, Joshua found his passion for design during VCE Viscomm through his desire for a creative outlet and the encouragement of his teacher. Giving himself the chance to freely express himself, he found excitement in the creative world, sending him down the pathway to a design career.

In his downtime, Joshua is an avid hobbyist, experimenting with a variety of hands-on crafts which he uses as a therapeutic and creative outlet. Being surrounded by his creativity, Joshua finds his passion in all corners of life and, as an enthusiast in abstract painting and ceramics, often creates pieces to display in his home.

Seimei Festival Posters

Billy Oat

Melbourne Art Guide

Tourism Calendar Diary

Spectator Publication

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.