Lucas Stewart

This is Lucas Stewart, also known as Lucasstew. Following his passion for design in year 10 of high school, he completed work experience in a branding agency – Trout Creative Thinking, which lead to an internship prior to studying at Swinburne. Lucas has been working as an editor at a photography studio – Verve Portraits, during his time at university.

Lucas developed a passion for branding and identity, and appreciation for photo media through his work. His experiences and ambitions allow him to work across mediums, providing a flexible and tailored experience for clients.

Lucas is inspired by day-to-day subjects, from drag queens to the empty emotions of lockdown. The topics of gender, sexuality and racism speak volumes to Lucas as a queer person of colour, design has been the most efficient way to convey his messages.

'Design Thinking' was a concept known to Lucas from a young age through overhearing his dad’s work jargon. The concept stuck and led him down a pathway of design. In his down-time, he likes to play video games, though every now and then you’ll still see him doodling on his iPad.

In the Year 2889 Book Publication

Empty Space Photography Book

Bombbon Candy Box Packaging

Flame Fest Music Festival Posters

Humankind Branding and Identity

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.