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 -
- Design
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 Alison de Kruiff
Co-Deputy Chair, Department of Communication Design -
Anthony Elliott
Co-Deputy Chair, Department of Communication Design
Latest news
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- Design
Students use technology to make banking more inclusive
Four Swinburne students have designed an inclusive financial literacy and banking app to address the challenges faced by neurodiverse people.
Tuesday 20 July 2021 -
- Design
- Technology
New digital tool to improve visitors’ museum experience
An international team of researchers has developed a new digital tool, muse, to improve the way museums gather visitor experience feedback using drawings, recordings, photos and more.
Wednesday 09 June 2021 -
- Design
- Sustainability
New research into soil used for building
Dr Gergana Rusenova commences an Australia-Germany research project into textile-reinforced granular materials that are more sustainable and efficient.
Tuesday 30 March 2021 -
- Design
Photomedia graduates capture their lockdown experiences
Bachelor of Design graduates who majored in photomedia captured their lived experiences of COVID-19 lockdown in a rich collection of images, film, sound, projection and installation art.
Friday 14 May 2021 -
- Design
- University
- Sustainability
Swinburne joins new sustainability and waste consortium
Swinburne joins a new Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub consortium spearheading research into sustainable communities and waste.
Thursday 18 March 2021
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For general enquiries, please call +61 3 9214 5174 or send an email to designadmin@swinburne.edu.au.