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YOUTH ACTION
Youth Action (formerly YAPA – Youth Action and Policy Association) work with youth engagement and advocacy in NSW. They are on the front lines representing Australia’s youth in public policy and media debate, getting young people involved in the social …
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Signifying, sign-ifying
My love of design matured the wrong way round. It was only after I found myself in the world of marketing and communications that I came to appreciate some finer points of typography, composition and layout. So my sense of …
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RUGBY LEAGUE AGAINST VIOLENCE
Rugby League Against Violence has a vision for a Papua New Guinea free from violence, where women and children can live without fear, and men are praised for speaking out against gender violence.
Their brand had to speak to both genders …
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STAND UP
Illustrations created for Women’s Health Victoria’s Stand Up campaign. The program aimed to change workplace practices, dispel myths and create open means of communication through a professional series of workshops for businesses.
The campaign hopes to prevent domestic violence before it …
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3 THINGS INTERVIEW
The lovely folk at 3 Things, a youth initiative of Oxfam Australia interviewed me as part of their Design for Change program.
You can read the original article here.
Nicola was the Music and Arts editor here at 3things before …
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SEEING MENTAL ILLNESS
One in five Australian men will experience a mental illness in 2012, with the prevalence higher among young people. Yet the problem is unspoken and swept under the rug. Not until we start talking about mental illness will individual expression, …
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CREATIVE WOMEN’S CIRCLE BOOK
Conversations with Creative Women is a collection of 14 exclusive interviews with some of Australia’s most talented female creatives, from industries as varied as millinery, textile design, blogging, architecture, retail, writing, weaving and fashion design.
The women interviewed in this …
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LAO YOUTH TRAVEL
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT. IDENTITY DESIGN. COPY WRITING. ILLUSTRATION. PHOTOGRAPHY. WEB DESIGN. CATALOGUE DESIGN. PRODUCTION.
PROJECT DETAILS
Branding for Lao Youth Travel, an eco-tourism company based in Laos. This project highlighted the possibilities of socially responsible design. A complete overhaul of the company was completed, including …
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BEDROOMS OF THE FALLEN
Usually you would think nothing of a pile of dirty clothes lying on a teenager’s floor. But what if the owner were dead. Killed serving in Iraq and Afghanistan and this was all you had left of them. The smell …
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FAIR SALSA
DESIGN. COPY WRITING. WEB DESIGN. PRODUCTION.
PROJECT DETAILS
In 2010 Nicola volunteered to develop a non profit Salsa School in Peru, helping disadvantaged youth find a sustainable future. All branding, marketing and advertising was completed by a team of talented volunteers. A …