Michael Fanfulla

Communication Design

My name is Michael Fanfulla and I am a 21 year old graduate coming from a degree of communication design from Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne.

I was born and raised in Melbourne and discovered my passion for design as a young child. As a child I found an interest in drawing which slowly developed into hobby for digital illustrating which then progressed into a larger skill of design where I became dedicated to my goal of obtaining a full time job as a graphic designer.

Publication Design

This project required me to design a publication based on the themes and ideas of the provided text. The main focus of this design project was using the idea of how modern technology is slowly taking over the world where I used my design skills to create a publication focussing on the themes of dystopia and technology.

Vinyl Cover

This project required me to re design a vinyl gatefold cover for a house music album using various methods. To match the theme’s of the songs I created a beach landscape using coloured paper as the background and illustrating digitally on top to create the final outcome.

Man Cave rebrand

This project required me to rebrand a mens grooming shop called Mancave Barbers. I designed a new vector styled logo using the silhouette of a mans head where I emphasised on the hair and facial hair to make it recognisable as a mens grooming shop.

Event Rebrand

This project required me to rebrand the popular Melbourne motorshow called motorex where I designed a completely new logo and advertising material. The logo was design was influenced by the arrow shape found in the negative space of the ‘M’ and ‘X’ creating a tire tread pattern.

Environment Illustration

This project needed me to create my own imaginery world displayed as a digitally illustrated landscape. I created a sci-fi themed world where mushrooms where trees.

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.