Mia (Mya) Stikoltzik

Communication Design

Mia (Mya) is a digital marketer and strategic communication designer who combines her passion for impactful design and savvy marketing to craft brands that shine like jewels—radiant, multifaceted, and unforgettable. She’s on a mission to leave her mark on the industry by bringing bold, unconventional ideas to life for her clients. Her vibrant concepts not only solve complex challenges but also communicate important messages that need to be heard and understood.

Unite Against Antisemitism

My objective was to execute a campaign that embodies my values as a designer, focusing on creating meaningful and impactful social design. In response to the alarming 738% increase in antisemitic attacks in Australia since October 7th, I felt a strong responsibility to address this pressing issue through my work. I developed a compelling campaign aimed at raising awareness among Gen Z and millennial audiences about the rise of antisemitic behaviour within universities and communities. This campaign was brought to life through a series of thought-provoking posters, billboards, and social media posts, designed to educate and engage the public.

Zodiac Gift Box Packaging

The goal of the project was to craft a cohesive brand identity for the Cosmic Baby product line, comprising three distinct surface graphic variations on a small box package. While each variation needed to maintain consistency to reflect the overarching brand and foster brand recognition, it was equally important to ensure that they stood apart from one another. With a target audience primarily consisting of Gen Z consumers intrigued by astrology and its influence on individual personalities; the design aimed to resonate deeply with this demographic's interests and preferences using humour as a strategic tool to communicate their desired personality through the use of colour, imagery and type before they even open the box.

Virtually Nothing: Re-evaluating the Cyberspace Publication

The purpose of this publication, delves into the intricate, imaginative, and expressive themes of a pre-written text, employing sophisticated visual language strategies to blend functionality and expression seamlessly. In alignment with the cyberspace thematic undercurrents, I opted for a contemporary aesthetic characterised by sleek vector shapes and intricate patterns. The chosen colour palette, rich in hues of purple and blue, evokes notions of technological progress and innovation.

Bleed Green Campaign

The purpose of this brief was to develop an evidenced based design strategy responding to the idea that ‘good design is good citizenship’. Therefore, the Bleed Green campaign was created in partnership with Libra Girl to address the pressing environmental issue of sanitary waste.By educating menstruaters about the environmental consequences of disposable products and presenting them with eco-friendly options, the campaign aims to drive a shift in consumption patterns.

Serenity Magazine Cover

The brief explored the connotative aspects of image making and typography to design an editorial magazine cover. I chose to focus on the connotative idea of ‘creating space’ showcasing an abstract view of the positive influence nature has on one's mental health.

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.