Gabrielle Condilis

Communication Design

Gabrielle is a talented and versatile designer with a passion for creating impactful work and campaigns. As a recent graduate with a Diploma of Design (UniLink) and a Bachelor of Design/Business with Majors in Communication Design and Entrepreneurship and Innovation from Swinburne University of Technology, Gabrielle is equipped to make a lasting impact in the design industry.

Her belief in the powerful synergy between design and business drives her to create work with profound meaning and purpose. With a diverse background encompassing branding, packaging, photography, UX, publication, and web/digital design, Gabrielle brings a strategic perspective to communication design, focusing on how to effectively sell and promote products, services, or ideas.

After completing a study abroad program at the University of the Arts London, London College of Communication campus, Gabrielle's worldly exploration and appreciation for design grew significantly. This experience also contributed to her personal development and growth.

Her infectious personality, coupled with her open-mindedness, excellent communication skills, strong critical thinking abilities, and a high level of innovation and curiosity make her a valuable asset to any team.

Gabrielle looks forward to collaborating with you and building new professional networks to create incredible designs and possibilities together.

Origin Coffee Roasters - Brand Expressions - Study Abroad (London)

We were tasked with creating a comprehensive brand identity which involved designing a static logo, an animated logo, and a short moving image. Additionally, we were to develop a brandworld with at least five touchpoints, culminating in a campaign activation. The end goal was to produce a multifaceted design project that showcased a strong understanding of branding principles and creative execution. One of my touchpoints was coffee bean packaging with my campaign slogan “Behind the Beans”.

Pleasure Paradise - Capstone Project

As a sunscreen brand, Banana Boat has already established itself as a trustworthy name in protecting the skin from the harmful effects of UV radiation. Since sexual health is also essential to overall health and well-being, Pleasure Paradise is the perfect sub-brand for BB. Through keeping in line with BB’s branding and identifying features I created Pleasure Paradise. This project was so fun and definitely shows my creative and business mind working together as the idea was born in my notes app a few years ago with the words, “PROTECTING YOU FROM THE INSIDE AND OUT”.

Lucid Hair Dye - Design for Production

Lucid Hair Dye is a coloured hair dye brand that uses both essential oils and fruits that enrich the hair while giving it personality. As I colour my hair I enjoyed creating a brand that represented me. Our task was to design surface graphics for three boxes each of which contains a different variety of one product. We were only allowed two spot colours for each box. Neither of the two spot colours for any box need be black. A solution that creates variation in the surface graphics beyond a simple change of colour between each box was required.

Photobook - Photography for Design

Although this was completed during lockdown and isolation period, I still was able to curate some exciting images and creations. This almost became some kind of escape from the chaos. For the final assignment for this unit, we were tasked to design a photography book that shows our individual style. The book design should enhance the overall appeal and emphasise our photos. Overall, I was very proud of some of the images I captured and created.

Frenetic Aesthetics - Publication Design

For this project, we were given a piece of text and tasked with designing a full publication to display the text within a creative theme to telling the story. With my love for horror, I was excited to be introduced to the publication Frenetic aesthetics: Observational horror and spectatorship by Matthew J. Raimondo from York University. This piece of work is about a contemporary subgenre of horror movie that the author suggest to called ‘observational horror’, which is a take on documentary cinema’s handheld camerawork.

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.