shuya GUO

"Shuya Guo is a graphic designer based in Melbourne, currently in her third year at Swinburne University and nearing graduation. She has a talent for photography and specializes in creating simple, yet effective, patterns for posters and brochures. Shuya's design style is playful and charming, often incorporating cute and fun elements,hope you enjoy and appreciate her work."

Potato Wish Chips

"The 3D modeling of Potato Wish is part of my capstone project, focused on rebranding the potato chip brand. Additionally, I developed new healthy flavors to help expand the brand into international markets and introduce a fresh brand concept."

Melbourne Blossom Festival

"This poster was designed for the Melbourne Blossom Festival. I created the tulip pattern in the center using a board drawing technique, and used AI to arrange the key information around the pattern, offering an engaging and charming visual experience. The overall layout is simple and cute, which aligns with my preferred design style."

Photography/Fashion

"This is another project from my photography class. For the fashion-themed shoot, I chose to create a magazine cover with a layout similar to Harper’s Bazaar, as the photo effectively captures the essence of winter fashion. The layout successfully delivers a visually striking and elegant effect."

Photography/ Cowgirl

This is a cowgirl theme I shot in my photography class. I wanted to achieve a retro cowgirl fashion style from the last century, so I used a more retro-looking filter from old photos to achieve the effect I wanted.

State Library Annual Report

"For the State Library's annual report, I chose a colorful gradient style. Since my theme is engagement, I wanted the overall design to use color to symbolize values such as unity, love, and mutual support, as well as to reflect ideals of tolerance and a shared vision for building a better future."

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.