Angelica Matarazzo

Hi! I am Angelica Matarazo and I am a student completing my Communication Design at Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn. During the Years 11 and 12, I completed a 2 year VET Course Screen and Media (Creative and Digital Media) at IMVC, during this Course my Adobe illustrator and Photoshop skills were improved and my drawing skills creating free hand drawn illustrations was a feature during the Course which my Trainer was impressed by the detail of my illustrations. This Course provided me with the foundation of skills to embark into Graphic Design at Swinburne. Now at Swinburne, I completed my Diploma of Graphic Design, Advanced Diploma of Graphic Design and Bachelor of Communication Design. My knowledge and skills have matured as a designer having exposure and experience in embarking on many different projects and the use of different Software Apps, tools and techniques skills on Adobe apps, InDesign, XD, Dreamweaver and Acrobat.

My personal passions, I am interested in Animal Welfare, Environmental, Sustainabily, Social Issues and Pop Culture. These areas of interests also connect with my design skills and potential career in design, they would allow me to create designs, illustrations, typography and photography. Producing impacting, engaging, interactive graphic design work whether it is for digital or for print. Raising Awareness in relation to their issues, animal welfare, environment and social issues. Pop Culture I have followers on Social Media, these designers and artists also have their own Freelance Business and have visited them at the Convention Centres. This is also something that inspires me and it is one path I am thinking of when I set up my own Freelance Graphic Design Business.

Design For Production Monsta Puz Three Packaging Design

https://amdesign2001.myportfolio.com/monsta-puz-packaging-design

Typography For Print Moomba Festival Guide Book

https://amdesign2001.myportfolio.com/moomba-festival-guide-book

Communication Design Strategy Orangs Survival Campaign Design

https://amdesign2001.myportfolio.com/orangs-survival-campaign

Publication The State Library of Victoria Annual Report

https://amdesign2001.myportfolio.com/state-library-of-victoria-annual-report

Brand Identity TAG LEGO Brand Mark Applications

https://amdesign2001.myportfolio.com/lego-brand-mark-design

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.