Alexandra Quinlan

Communication Design (Honours)

Hi! I’m Ally, a recently graduated communication designer with a passion for making and creativity. I love hands-on projects where I can go wild with the design and explore different techniques. I enjoy the freedom of photography and creative innovative designs using multiple methods. My year-long industry placement at OES gave me great collaborative skills and pushed me to work creatively whilst staying within the bounds of the brands I worked with. I’m looking to go somewhere where I can experiment freely with ideas and grow my creative skills even further to create incredible outcomes that inspire those around me.

Die Brüder Grimm

An exhibition that encapsulates the differences between the traditional fairytales we know today and the more sinister, gruesome versions as told by the Brothers Grimm.

Markets of Melbourne

A printed booklet, including map guides, available for purchase and a website utilising bold colours, strong graphics and photography to encourage people to explore the markets of Melbourne.

Quiet Activism and the New Amateur

A monothematic publication utilising bold colours and rustic textures to connect to the themes surrounding craftivism and creativity found within the article’s text.

Royal Botanic Gardens Annual Report

An Annual Report that encapsulates the mission and values of the Royal Botanic Gardens using cyanotype prints of native Australian flora combined with simple
typography and graphics, expressing the garden’s values to be brave, open, creative and to leave a lasting impression.

Re:Act Road Safety Campaign 2023 WINNERS

A campaign advocating for safer speeds while driving
targeted towards 17-25-year-olds of Victoria. It utilises familiar language and the nostalgia of Lego to establish a connection with the intended audience and collateral to support the message.

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.

Die Brüder Grimm

Markets of Melbourne

Quiet Activism and the New Amateur

Royal Botanic Gardens Annual Report

Re:Act Road Safety Campaign *2023 WINNERS*

Re:Act Road Safety Campaign 2023 WINNERS