Emma Facey

Hi! I’m Emma Facey and I’m a Communication Designer who is passionate about creating unique and creative solutions to problems. I love anything with bright colours and personality, taking a particular interest in fusing modern design technologies with more traditional art and craft methods. Practically since taking my first breath, I’ve adored crafting, trying my hand at any new craft I can get my hands on. My loved ones are probably sick of receiving handmade jewellery, scrapbook cards, and little sewing projects for their birthdays. I have really enjoyed my time working within a small business specialising in bespoke, handcrafted engagement rings; particularly experiencing working within a collaborative, creative space and seeing how a small business is run. When I get a rare moment of free time, I love getting active, exploring nature with my gorgeous cavoodle, and listening to my perfectly curated playlists on Spotify.

Rainbow Valley - Album Cover Redesign

The project was to redesign an album cover, reflecting the style of music and the message of the album visually. Rainbow Valley is a heartfelt indie rock/soul album that was created as something of an instructional guide to Corby's newborn son about the way Corby views the world. This redesigned cover aims to convey this underlying message whilst reflecting the natural and organic feeling of his music through the visuals and textured paint medium.

Higher Living Tea - Photography and Brochure

This project was a photography brief, capturing a series of product photographs and then compiling them into a brochure. Key objectives were to show the product in its different forms, to create a stylistically cohesive brochure, and to demonstrate various photography techniques in both studio and on-location settings.

Technicolour Dreams

This brief entailed creating a visual identity for a new small handmade jewellery business, along with packaging for the jewellery, a tutorial video for the customer to make the jewellery themselves, a market stall mockup and additional collateral. The brand is fun, unique and creative, so the project collateral had to reflect this.

Period Underwear - Packaging Design

There appeared to be a gap in the market for period underwear designed for young teens, particularly ones with youthful prints and gender-neutral options. Three packaging designs were created to make periods less of an intimidating prospect for young teens, and to help encourage a more environmentally conscious new generation.

Treasures Magazine

This was a photography brief, the final outcome of which was a magazine showing everyday people and objects that were important to them. The photoshoots were conducted at each subject's home, and they were invited to talk about the object during the shoot to provide the background story of why the object was special to them.

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.