Department of Communication Design
Leading communication design in pursuit of design excellence and design’s future.
Critical and strategic thinking, aesthetic and conceptual experimentation, media literacy and the power of research drive our teaching and learning. Across the fields of communication design, branded environments, motion design, photomedia and user experience interaction design, our students and staff explore models of designer as author, producer, entrepreneur and innovator in pursuit of design excellence and design’s future.
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Our projects
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Marngo Designing Futures
This digital storytelling program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander secondary students seeks to build confidence, resilience, youth entrepreneurship and leadership capacity while raising awareness of career pathways in design, media and film.
Friday 27 August 2021 -
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Digital projection lights up Melbourne Knowledge Week
Massive digital projection forms a vibrant centrepiece at Melbourne Knowledge Week 2018.Thursday 30 August 2018 -
Sensory Science Exhibition
Audiences are plunged into a world where they can see, touch and hear microscopic viruses.
Friday 27 August 2021 -
- Design
Swinburne Design helps teenage girls to improve pelvic floor health
Go Against the Flow is a digital space where girls can talk about pelvic floor health issues.Friday 11 May 2018 -
- Design
664 Collins St Media Wall lights up with Swinburne Digital Design
Swinburne student works at 664 Collins Street went live at a gala opening eventMonday 13 August 2018
Our people
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Dr Andrew Haig
Chair, Department of Communication Design -
Dr Jane Connory
Deputy Department Chair, Department of Communication Design
Latest news
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- Design
Swinburne design alum changing the world one idea at a time
Swinburne communication design alum Trinity Ross, at the helm of her own creative agency, believes that creativity and design can change the world.
Friday 01 September 2023 -
- Design
Adaptable creativity – alum success from furniture to food
Industrial Design alum Sashia Rosari is the owner and creative mind behind both furniture design company SORS and HONU Poké & Matcha Bar in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Tuesday 01 August 2023 -
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Swinburne innovations are addressing the housing crisis by developing sustainable, affordable and energy efficient housing materials
A new research project from Swinburne University of Technology will make Australian homes more sustainable, address rising costs of living, and reduce construction waste.
Tuesday 20 June 2023 -
- Design
Design alum turns side hustle into high-end architectural products business
Swinburne alum John Terziovski has turned his lifelong interest in building and construction into a thriving business designing bespoke high-end architectural items.
Tuesday 04 April 2023 -
- Design
Internationally recognised excellence in typographic design
Swinburne communication design students have achieved an outstanding outcome in the International Society of Typographic Designers student assessment scheme
Wednesday 22 March 2023
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For general enquiries, please call +61 3 9214 5373 or send an email to SoDAacademicsupport@swinburne.edu.au.