I am a multi-disciplinary designer, with a focus on incorporating 'human-touch' and sustainability across all projects. I enjoy utilising my skills in the form of brand identity and printed matter and elevating both with photography.
Over the duration of my design course, I have discovered I am committed to creating outcomes that alleviate the stress of everyday life, for instance the ‘What Goes Where?’ recycling wheel and the ‘PATCH’ project. Which at its core is a community garden created to aid in the current cost of living crisis, by educating and empowering individuals to “grow their own groceries”. Subsequently building a strong sense of community and developing overall wellbeing.
PATCH GROW GUDIE
The grow guide was created to make PATCH accessible for everyone, providing all the information needed to get started in the garden whether it be in the community garden or at home.
PATCH WELCOME KIT
PATCH at its core is a community garden where individuals can come together and grow their own fruit and vegetables. Once you’ve joined you will receive a personal welcome kit with a reusable wooden crate, PATCH vegetable seeds, and a trowel with your plot number on it that acts as a ‘key’.
PATCH POSTER SERIES
The poster series is not only used for advertising PATCH, but to inspire others in a new way of thinking about what and how we consume.
DESIGN RESEARCH KIT
My chosen topic was the cost-of-living crisis, that many Australians, including myself, are currently struggling with. I created a Design Research Kit designed to assess participants current financial wellbeing during this time. After dissecting the results of the DRK, I discovered that when participants were asked to think of the first thing they would purchase with different monetary values, 100% opted for food. Another staggering result found was that 87.5% of participants mental health had been negatively affected by this issue. I sought to design a campaign with both these findings in mind, with a focus on taking back control of individual food consumption in an easily accessible way.
In the spirit of reconciliation Monash University acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
