Matthew Phillip

Communication Design

Matthew Phillip is a graphic designer known for his creative and eye-catching designs. He’s passionate about design and has a knack for making things look great. Matthew’s work covers various areas like logos, print materials and websites. His approach is all about making things visually appealing and effective. His portfolio is diverse, showcasing his versatility and innovation. He’s known for keeping up with the latest design trends and delivering top-notch work, making him a reliable choice for design projects.

Mind To Heart

Mind To Heart is a campaign that raises awareness on mental health. Nowadays, not a lot of people are open with their problems and sometimes they just want company. This campaign helps and encourages them to do so.

Three Packs

I was tasked to design a packaging design for an existing company. Evodia is a body fragrance that takes its fragrance from the existing menu of ZUS Coffee. It is also used as a brand expansion for them.

The Sense Coffee

A brand and identity project that focuses on coffee. It features many coffee elements that can also be seen throughout the entire stationery set and packaging. It focuses on coffee-based elements such as coffee beans, mugs, splash, and smoke.

Cultural Politics of Gender Performance

A publication design that explores the topic of homosexuality in an Asian-majority environment. The design approach features an activism sort of style with the use of vibrant colors and bolded fonts.

Royal Botanical Gardens Victoria Annual Report

An annual report publication for the Royal Botanical Gardens Victoria. The design approach was to give off a more vintage feel yet not too complicated.

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.