Mohit Bhojwani

Mohit is an Indian-Indonesian visual designer and Photomedia student based in Melbourne, graduating with a Bachelor of Design at the end of 2024. His work is shaped by the blend of cultures he grew up in, drawing inspiration from both sides. Mohit loves exploring visual storytelling through photography, design, and mixed media, always looking for ways to connect, create, and immerse himself in different creative environments.

During his time at Swinburne, he completed the UniLink Diploma of Design and the SoDA Accelerator Internship Program, where he had the opportunity to work with real clients and develop industry projects.

When he's not designing, you can probably find him discovering new music, doing the daily sudoku, chasing the sun, bouldering, or, more recently, bookbinding.

samadhi

Samadhi, was a semester-long project where I explored Indian wisdom and yoga through a mix of photography, illustration, and design. I handled the photography, created illustrations, and designed the entire layout of the book, blending ancient Indian miniature art styles with a modern aesthetic. Beyond the book, I extended the project into branding, creating an animation for billboards and social media. This project was a journey of self-discovery, allowing me to reconnect with my roots while pushing my creative boundaries.

arumah

arumah, From Indonesia with Love is a magazine cover project where I handled the photography, art direction, and visual design. I created a mood board inspired by earthy tones and lush greens, and incorporated traditional Indonesian elements like wooden windows, banana leaves, and clay teapots. I was responsible for the typography and layout, ensuring the design captured the essence of Indonesian cuisine and culture.

seeing nothing

My capstone project, seeing nothing, reflects on my time as an international student and the subtle ways time passed by unnoticed. Inspired by the paradox of “doing nothing”, the project captures the quiet moments and subtle changes in both people and space within Melbourne’s urban landscape.

Through photography, sound design, and visual storytelling, the project captures the subtle shifts in both people and spaces, moments that slip by quietly until they’re gone. accompanying the photos are soundwaves that represent the invisible soundscapes of these moments, capturing the whispers of life. thousands of conversations, yet the walls peel away with memories no one remembers.

treasures and tales

Treasures and Tales explores the personal significance of everyday objects through portraits and storytelling. Featuring items like a bass guitar, cycle, necklace, and a houseplant, the project captures the emotional stories behind each treasure.

My roles included photography, art direction, and magazine layout design, combining visuals and narratives to highlight the unique connections people have with their treasures

undertones

Undertones is a photobook capturing the themes of isolation and solidarity in Melbourne. Inspired by the city's quiet moments and hidden corners, the project explores the contrast between its vast urban landscape and individual insignificance. Each photograph reflects a sense of collective solitude, where people share the same spaces yet remain disconnected.

For this project, I took on photography, art direction, photobook design, and layout design. Additionally, I designed an AR exhibition to complement the photobook, extending the experience through Adobe Aero.

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.