William Clark

I am a designer of 6 years, an art whisperer (production manager) of 20 years and a graffiti artist of 30 years, You could say I discovered colour theory in the dark recesses of Sydney and Melbourne streets, well before tutorials.

I love to see creative potential fully realised. Whether that be in a swift comeback at a pool table just before midnight, in a full scale mural with all the bells and whistles or in the pages of finished art that will soon adorn those same aforementioned streets. It all speaks, just in different tones.

Let me know what grabs you. I am always up for a quick game of midnight pool or a chat.

Cradle to the Table

This vector graphic is one in a set of three designs I crafted to fit a paper airplane template. The concept was making consumers more aware of the connection between the food we eat and the animals that are sacrificed to make up that food. The smooth tones and bright colours helped to keep the design style light on a topic which can be perceived as uncomfortable.

Williamstown Logos

This was a very personal project as I have been a local of Willy for 5 years. I was tasked with bringing the identity of the area into the next decade and did so by using traditional maritime colours in bright new tones and also by using basic shapes as the basis for this strong brandmark.

Make your Mark

The brief for this project was to create a program that would remedy the problem of graffiti tagging in Victoria and to design a visual language that would speak to this younger generation. I was motivated to use a modern approach of mentoring in art as a way to shift the misplaced energy and the design style was tweaked to be fun and exciting to engage young viewers at many different types of new and traditional media touch points.

Pattern Recognition

This is a book cover I planned, photographed and then composed in Photoshop. There is a dreamlike state I wanted to capture and think I have achieved. I manage retouchers daily as a production manager so jumping on the tools was fun and informative.

War of the Words x Red Bull

I painted this truck based on a set of my designs I am using to approach Red Bull to support taking my graffiti battles to Europe in July 2024. This is my passion project that I have been developing around the world, with battles already taking place on four of the six continents and a recent trip to Mongolia to produce battles at a four day music festival called Playtime.

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.