Monica Jagic

Hello! I’m Monica, a recent motion design graduate. I have a great passion for motion design, taking inspiration from eclectic late 20th century aesthetics and early CGI renderings. I have honed my motion design skills to create unique and captivating videos. Passionate about motion design both within and outside of my studies, I cannot wait to begin working professionally in the field. If I’m not working on a design project you can find me listening to new music, playing 20+ year old video games, and thinking about my next design project.

Loop De Loop

This project focused on creating a looped animation using 3D graphics. Responding to the theme of Energy and using the letter X as inspiration, this short video sees an 8-ball traverse an Escher-esque structure. Through its travels around the playroom illusion, the ball bounces across two xylophones; bringing immersive sound design together with
captivating visuals.

Personal Projects

A selection of short motion graphics created for social media. These 2D and 3D projects explore looped logo motion designs, low poly 3D modelling and UV mapping, and abstract pixelated ASCII-inspired visuals.

Peter McCallum Patient Identification Procedure: Details for Patients

My motion design capstone project involved working within a team to create a patient-facing video for the Peter McCallum Cancer Centre. This project provided the opportunity to create a clear, informative motion graphics video incorporating 2D character rigging. Beyond this however, the project gave valuable experience in working and designing as a team, delegating work and maintaining an efficient workflow, meeting WIP deadlines, and communicating efficiently and effectively within the group and with correspondents at Peter Mac.

Virtual Reality Promotional Experience

Inspired by retro CGI renders, this VR video creates an immersive experience to promote the CASIO vintage line of watches. In designing for virtual reality, it was crucial to consider where to keep the viewer’s attention and how to guide them through the experience.

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.