Alessia Zuccala

Communication Design

My name is Alessia Zuccala and I am a graduating student from Swinburne University

During my time at Swinbunrne I have completed two internships, one at a business consulting form in eltham where I worked as their graphic designer helping them intergrate their new brand into their works and updating powerpoints and biography's. I also completed an overseas internship in Korea where I lived there for 6 weeks and was a full time designer for small company called grapelab and I helped come up with some new products.

I love coming up with new and intriguing ideas while aslo using a sense of sustainability to inform my decisions where I can.

Outside of work I love catchip up with my friends and family while eating some amazing food wether I am out or at home even though mum's cooking is always best.

Red Moon

This is a rebrand of a reusable period underwear company, a new logo was created to outline the important reusable aspect of period underwear.

Venice Biennale Exhibition

I created an exhibition to showcase marble and how it is a big part of Italy's history, while also making viewers understand the environmental impact that digging out marble has on our earth and that we need to make better decisions when using marble.

Botanical Gardens Annual Report

The Annual report for the 2020 botanical gardens was redesigned to show how images and text can be manipulated to give the report a better and more interesting meaning.

Botanical Gardens Pavilion

I created a pavilion that will be located in the botanical gardens to showcase the garden's natural water recycling methods and how important recycling water is for the future of the Botanical gardens.

Karma Cafe

Karma Cafe is a work and study cafe located in the suburbs of Melbourne so people of all age groups who need to work or study are able to do so out of home and can enjoy some coffee while studying with friends or by themselves.

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.