Karri Burke

Hey! I am Karri Burke a Communication Designer specialising in publication and branded design, with experience in social media marketing and campaign strategies. I am currently studying a Bachelor of Design majoring in Communication Design and a Bachelor of Media and Communication majoring in Digital Advertising Technology at the Swinburne University of Technology.

I am passionate about expressing clear messages and purpose through my design work, creating clear design is vital. What is the point of creating something if it doesn't make sense? Throughout my degree I have learnt the importance of catering for an audience, researching and understanding the needs and desires of said audience, other than my own. As a designer I believe we all have moments where we create for ourselves, forgetting who we are designing for - therefore I love the notion of creating a branded identity. In doing so, I have had the opportunity to branch away from my own style and experiment, creating designs that I normally would not. Stepping out of my comfort zone and diving headfirst into a new vision is a challenge I am always looking for.

I have produced promotional print material within my current role as Marketing and Communications Officer at South Oakleigh College. Ranging from printed flyers to billboard designs, I have since expanded my skills into the development of a full-scale honour board and wayfinding project at the College, implementing my knowledge of branding to create a cohesive brand language throughout each piece.

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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.