Riah Swain
Visual Communication Design, 2021
I am a passionate and driven student currently in my final year of a Bachelor of Visual Communication Design and Bachelor of Corporate and Public Communication. I am a proud Wiradjuri woman with experience in corporate communications and design across the energy, financial, construction and government sectors. My career aspiration is to provide a voice to important issues through strategic communication, reputation management and producing well designed and trusted narratives.
Selected Portfolio
Branding and style guide
Style guide design for a fictional real estate agency 'Cooinda Property Developments'. The brief was to create the visual branding and full identity system for an envisaged property development company in Canberra, based on the target market, history and market positioning. I created a property development company that targeted families or couples looking to get out of Canberra’s overcrowded unit market and invest in their forever home that is customised to suit them.
Adaptive packaging solution
Packaging solution to make a products packaging more sustainable. I redesigned the packaging for Macro Wholefoods Market Chia Seeds using recycled kraft paper with a bio-plastic window made from sugar (Bio-based Polyethylene (PE)) to display the contents of the packet. The ink used for printing will also be sustainable by using soy-based inks made from soybeans. Soy ink is more environmentally friendly while still providing a wide range of accurate colours and also makes it easier to recycle paper.
Experiential graphic design for a site
Way-finding and interactive kiosk solution for a busy restaurant located in Cooma. The brief was to develop a way-finding solution to solve an experiential graphic design problem at a site. I identified a problem within the restaurant whereby Roses needed to implement an online system to facilitate easier ordering and payment of takeaway orders during the Covid-19 pandemic to reduce clashing points and congestion in the site.