Millie Winkett

Hi! I’m Millie Winkett, a communication designer based in Melbourne. I work across the graphic design world to help clients bring their ideas to life, whether that involves refreshing an existing brand identity or building one from the ground up. I love collaborating with people to understand their goals, refine their vision, and communicate it in a way that feels meaningful, engaging, and visually memorable.

I completed a double degree in Design and Media Communications at Swinburne University, which gave me experience across a wide range of creative fields and introduced me to different approaches to problem-solving and visual storytelling. Throughout my studies and projects, I’ve developed a strong interest in design that aims to make a positive social impact, particularly work that supports community, inclusivity, and accessibility. I hope to continue pursuing opportunities where design can create change, spark conversations, and help make the world a little bit better.

When I’m not designing, there’s a good chance you’ll find me on the soccer pitch or experimenting in the kitchen usually baking something new and slightly chaotic. I enjoy learning, exploring, and making things (even if they don’t always turn out perfect), and that curiosity inspires my design practice every day.

Grain Shed

Shot in the Wimmera as part of a series capturing the arid space of rural Victoria

Lone Tree

Another photograph from my Wimmera series capturing the arid space of rural Victoria

Happy Hour

Happy Hour poster from my communication design capstone project where I rebranded the Eltham Hotel

Eltham Hotel Sign

My rebranded Eltham Hotel logo for the outdoor sign

Stay in the Game

Billboard advertising my Stay in the Game campaign encouraging girls to continue to play sport and if they are already playing to keep playing

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.