Aulia Anam

Communication Design

My name is Aulia. That’s pronounced "o-lee-ya".

I'm a Melbourne-based graphic designer and illustrator. As a recent graduate in Bachelor of Communication Design and Marketing, I have incorporated several techniques in creating design that can be more impactful and appeal best to the target audience. I've worked with several small businesses, creating their brands as well as helping them to visualise some promotional materials. On the side, I have also started my own art-inspired online store, in which is built on the concept of celebrating positivity. It aims to inspire others in becoming more confident in showcasing their passion, whether it is in the form of artworks or hobbies – both through positivity-enriching posts and wearable products like enamel pins. This concept is also incorporated in general into my designs and illustrations, through colour, pattern, and style.

This passion ignited from a young age, growing up as a big fan of Disney and Pixar, following and learning the processes of creating artworks with deeper message. To this day, I enjoy studying animations beyond Disney, specifically understanding how layout, colours and expressions in stills create stories and celebrate culture even without the auditory layer, as us designers mostly create pieces that encapsulate stories in one singular piece.

Going on to the future, I hope to continue this belief of designing for a message and purpose.

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The Fox

Kodama Festival

Paper Planes

Nebula Fairy Floss

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.