Jack Stone

I’m Jack, a highly motivated person with the ability to work within a team or individually. I have a genuine passion for designing and always try to express my work creatively. During high school I developed a passion for, and desire to study, graphic design. Since then, I have undertaken a bachelor’s degree majoring in communication design, which has taught me a variety of design skills that are flexible and applicable in the workforce. After graduating college, I spent 12 months as a full-time draftsman, and since have gone on to start up a small business working with a variety of clients both with drafting and graphic design work. This experience, coupled with my University studies, has taught me how to learn as I am working and to be adaptable, skills that are translatable.

Solitude

A photography compilation exploring the peace and tranquillity of solitude through the lens of a Canon EOS 30D.

From Hong Kong to Hobart

A 32-page printed publication analysing the place branding of Hobart and Hong Kong, two vastly different cities both locationally and geographically.

Colouring Outside the Lines

Analysing the work of iconic designer Deborah Sussman in a crafted typographical printed brochure.

GOLF TAS

A comprehensive branding solution for a Golfing board delegation in the state of Tasmania, from start to finish.

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.