Aimee Cao

Hello! My name is Aimee and I am a recent graduate of Swinburne University of Technology, graduating in a double degree of Branded Environments Design and Business management majors.

My extensive experience in Branded Environments and my foray into the world of graphic design are a testament to my versatility and commitment to learning and growth. I have always embraced new challenges, viewing them as opportunities to further hone my creative skills and expand my horizons within the design field.

Branded Environments have been my primary focus, allowing me to immerse myself in the intricacies of creating spaces that tell compelling stories and leave lasting impressions. My journey in this discipline has equipped me with a deep understanding of the intersection between design, psychology, and branding, fostering my ability to transform physical spaces into memorable experiences.

In addition to Branded Environments, I have ventured into graphic design, an area that has captured my fascination and become a significant interest. This exploration has allowed me to diversify my skill set, incorporating visual storytelling and communication into my work.

I am motivated by a strong desire to continuously evolve as a designer and to utilise my creativity to positively impact the world. With an open-minded approach to new challenges, I am excited to embark on the journey ahead. I look forward to the opportunities that lie in wait as I continue to shape my identity as a designer.

Blended Perceptions - Awareness Campaign and Venice Biennale Installation

Immersive exhibition space that raises awareness of the human imprint on the environment through digital displays, a sensory path, and an installation that represents deforestation and soil erosion.

Levels of Wanderlust Music Festival Poster

'Levels of Wanderlust Music Festival' is a new touring cultural festival project that embarks on the theme of astral projection. This project focuses on how to pitch a poster through typography.

Royal Botanical Garden Pavilion

This pavilion has 3 interconnected spaces that represent different light and shade experiences.

Beyond the Stem XR Pavilion

Journey through 'Beyond the Stem' as the interactive spatial experience highlights sustainability and recycling through different interaction points.

New Java Heights Brand and Packaging Design

'New Java Heights' is a branding project that emphasises the importance of recycling and reducing waste through compostable coffee grounds and food scraps.

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.