Natasha Grek

Tash Grek is an illustrator and graphic designer based in Melbourne Australia. A recent graduate from Swinburne University of Technology (Bachelor in Design). With a focus on illustration, Tash strives to create a sense of calm and curiosity with her work.

Dinosaurs & Friends: a prehistoric a-z

For my capstone project, I developed my own brief, and designed and illustrated a dinosaur alphabet book with 26 unique illustrations, along with formatting posters and stickers as supporting print material.

Character & environment design

For a character and environment design class, I had to design a character and a world for them to exist in.
Here, animated by magic, a log creature explores a world in ruin, looking for it's creator.

Publication design

For a publication design unit, I had to select a paper and design a publication for it. I selected the paper On being affected feeling in the folding of multiple catastrophes by Andrew Murphie. I had to create a title (using the original title as a subtitle), and develop a publication to represent the contents. Catastrophic multiplicities is about how we are affected by the ongoing crises (climate change, social change, etc.) and how they blend.

Museum re-brand

For a branding assignment, I had to choose an existing brand and give it a refresh, creating a new logo (that specifically had to be a combination of lettermark and picture), brandbook, and supporting material to showcase it.

Packaging design

A packaging assignment for a set of simple but unique box designs.

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.