Ashleigh Squire

Ashleigh Squire is a Victorian-based graphic designer with a passion for heavy metal. Often merging her interests within her design work, she hopes to one day work with her idols and create designs revolving around music. After many years of studying, Ashleigh has gained knowledge in many fields of graphic design. Her strengths are in web design and digital illustrations, but she also has skills in publication design, branding and package design.

Ashleigh has achieved a Certificate IV in Design and Diploma of Design through TAFE and now Bachelor of Design through Swinburne Online. She always strives to create the best outcome possible with her designs hoping that her future clients will love her work as much as she does.

In All The Shadows - Boundaries Between Time and Space

New arrivals amongst black metal giants, Norwegian progressive black metal band In All The Shadows have asked for a unique brand identity which included the cover for their debut album Boundaries Between Time and Space. Combining the bands narratives on science fiction and their passion for Lovecraftian lore, the design for Boundaries tells the story behind the album and of a band who seeks to break the boundaries of music (and timespace itself)

Insomnium - Heart Like a Grave

Loss, heartbreak and the pains of growing older are explored in this reissue of Finnish melodic death metal band Insomnium’s 2019 opus Heart Like a Grave. Made exclusively for vinyl this album cover tells the story of the title track and the recurring themes throughout the album, inspired by the darkest Finnish tales.

Peckish Parrots

Peckish Parrots is a gourmet blend of bird seeds that parrots love. Made with only two spot colours per pack, the Peckish Parrots range is allocated to three different varieties of bird: Small Buddies, Large Buddies and Backyard Buddies. The package designs explore the loving relationship between the birds and those who look after them.

Fistful of Metal

Fistful of Metal is a heavy metal merchandise website with a twist. Made by the fans for the fans, Fistful of Metal creates communities through concerts and social media. The website is designed for the target audience although it tends to stray from stereotypical imagery associated with the genre.

Skyline

Skyline is a publication based around the topic of place branding. With the core theme of architecture, designs for Skyline are created in a modern and stylish way using glitch effects, which contrast both the past and present of the chosen cities: Melbourne and Oslo.

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.