Emily Meaker

My name is Emily Meaker, I’m a designer passionate about creating thoughtful visual experiences that balance creativity with purpose. My work combines strategic thinking with a warm, nature-inspired aesthetic, resulting in designs that feel authentic, engaging, and carefully considered. Whether developing a brand identity, designing a publication, or crafting a digital experience, I aim to create work that is both visually compelling and meaningful.

I am a recent graduate of a double Bachelor’s degree in Design and Media & Communication, majoring in Graphic Design and Advertising. This interdisciplinary background has strengthened my ability to think both creatively and strategically, allowing me to develop design solutions that not only look beautiful but also communicate effectively and connect with audiences.

My creative approach is heavily influenced by nature, editorial design, photography, and contemporary branding. I am drawn to organic forms, tactile textures, refined typography, and visual systems that feel timeless rather than trend driven. These influences often shape my work, which is characterised by soft, welcoming aesthetics, strong attention to detail, and a focus on creating genuine emotional connections.

Curious, adaptable, and collaborative, I enjoy working closely with clients to understand their goals and transform ideas into purposeful visual outcomes. I believe the most successful design emerges from a balance of creativity, strategy, and empathy, resulting in work that feels both beautiful and functional.

I bring a calm, considered perspective to every project, driven by a passion for storytelling, problem-solving, and creating design that leaves a lasting impression.

Valley Edge Landscaping

Valley Edge Landscaping is a premium landscaping brand inspired by the natural beauty of the Yarra Valley. The project delivers a complete visual identity system, including branding, uniforms, vehicle signage, social media assets, and a responsive website. The result is a professional, trustworthy brand that reflects craftsmanship, growth, and connection.

Digital Glue

Digital Glue is a three-piece image compositing series exploring how separate visuals can be transformed into cohesive and expressive compositions. Through layering, masking, texture, and surreal manipulation, the project reimagines landscapes and portraits into imaginative outcomes. The final tiles showcase technical skill while celebrating experimentation and the creative possibilities of digital image-making.

Creative Roots

Creative Roots reimagines Officeworks as a warm, community-focused brand inspired by creativity, growth, and sustainability. Using organic forms, earthy colours, and eco-conscious design cues, the identity transforms the retailer into a welcoming local destination. The project includes a refreshed visual identity, brand applications, and guidelines that emphasise accessibility, transparency, and community connection.

Concrete District

Concrete District is a streetwear e-commerce concept designed to create a bold, seamless shopping experience. Clean layouts, intuitive navigation, responsive design, and personalised recommendations enhance usability across devices. Striking imagery and a strong visual hierarchy engage fashion-conscious users, resulting in a modern, user-focused retail platform that feels effortless to explore.

Dancing with Coronaspheres

Dancing with Coronaspheres is a 42-page publication inspired by Kate Elswit’s exploration of COVID-19. Using a monochromatic palette with bold red overlays, the design visualises themes of restriction, surveillance, misinformation, and isolation, creating an immersive editorial
experience that reflects the social and political tensions of the pandemic.

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.