Manal Rizwan

Communication Design (Honours)

I am a freelance designer and I am passionate about marketing and design which I use to create unique and tailored designs for my clients and myself. I am versatile with my design style as I love all aspects of design.

As a child, I was interested in art and design. From a young age, I was able to see life in a different and more expressive way, which is why I connected with art and design. Exploring my creative side allowed me to grow as an individual. My love of painting and drawing as a child led me to consider a career as a creative. My creative passion developed into a passion for communication design as technology advanced, giving me more opportunities in the creative industry.

I became interested in design because everyone interprets designs differently. It was interesting to me that designs are open to interpretation and everyone has their own way of life and opinion. It is my goal to express myself to the world through my creativity.

I want to express my identity and personality through design and help others express their authentic selves. My goal is to connect with inspiring individuals who are eager to learn and grow. By sharing my experiences and giving others the opportunity to grow, I wish to connect with positive and optimistic individuals. My goal is to bond and attract other creativies to build further in my career.

Heavy Vehicle Toolbox Talks

The NRSPP Toolbox Talks are a fantastic evidence-based resource which allows organisations to engage in a conversation with their workers about key road safety risks. They are housed as packages to assist with creating an easy download experience for users to gain and share knowledge of the issue.

Respect Traffic Controllers Campaign

The NRSPP Respect Traffic Controllers campaign focuses on humanising traffic controllers and aims to increase road user’s understanding and empathy. We want to promote safe interactions between the public and traffic controllers. Our goal is to minimise abuse directed at traffic controllers because they are here to make our roads safer.

Present You

A series of 5 dresses that represent me and my experience as a designer. As the series progresses, the dresses become more abstract and free with words to demonstrate the expression of creative freedom.

Decolonising Fashion: A Guide To Avoid Culture Appropriation

A guide teaching designers the effects of culture appropriation in fashion, and how to avoid it. Designers can change their thinking through this guide and learn to appreciate and accept other cultures. This guide allows designers to reflect on their design's purpose and inspiration.

Soul Sip

Soul Sip is a vitamin-based smoothie providing a sense of nourishment and well-being for the soul. By using vitamins that reduce anxiety, we can inspire a healthy and positive lifestyle by targeting poor mental health.

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.