Venessa Kho

Communication Design

Venessa is a multimedia designer from Malaysia who is adaptable and has a variety of design abilities, including 3D modeling, brand identity, publication design, graphic design, and motion design. She is skilled at using a wide range of technologies for her work such as several Adobe programs, Autodesk Maya, and Canva. She is passionate about designing beautiful visuals that can attract the public’s attention. She enjoys experimenting with different mood and art direction in her design and loves to experiment with the combination of different themes and mood. A lot of these combinations of skills and design direction can be seen in her work.

Kaiteki

A fun and creative design for Kaiteki, a stationery brand’s merchandise using the colours green and orange to bring out the comfort and eco-friendly values of the brand.

Clairvoyance in Space

A book design exploring the combination of typography and shapes using different Adobe Illustrator tools
and skills. The book cover follows the theme of space and time, giving the feeling of having the power to know about the future.

Paula Scher

Inspired by famous typographer Paula Scher, this tri-fold double-sided brochure uses the bold and bright
design style to introduce Scher and her previous works with large typography filling the pages.

Ivan Stream Assets

YouTube stream package including stream overlays, starting and ending screen, and logo for indie Vtuber Ivan. The idea was to use shapes and colours from Ivan’s model to design a logo that has a combination of cute and dark, while also showing that Prince Ivan comes from royalty.

San

San is a 3D Anthro Character inspired by the Puteri Santubong folklore. She is a mysterious creature protecting the Santubong mountain with a needle-shaped weapon inspired by the fact that Puteri Santubong was highly skilled in sewing and weaving clothes.

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.