Stephanie Ochona
Designer and illustrator in Bulleke-bek, Wurundjeri Country, She/They
Enjoying seeing all the wattle trees during this Poorneet season
About
Currently completing a PhD at RMIT about interaction design for urban biodiversity 🌱. Previously the publication designer and illustrator at Overland Literary Journal. Interested in multi[species + sensory] collaborations, publication design and risograph printing.
Projects
An interactive workshop to engage people with care-full ways of co-habiting urban spaces with native and indigenous plants through loose parts play. Presented with the WIP Club for the 2024 Melbourne Design Week.
Interactive temporal object that aims to alleviate the physical symptoms of eco-anxiety through the soothing heart beat of a seal.
Graphic design for Luna Mrozik Gawler's award-winning CARRYKIN, an experiential futures installation first presented at Blindside Gallery as a part of the Seaweed Appreciation Society ‘Microalgea Mobilisation’ group show in 2023.
A DIY zine workshop that encouraged reflection about food and culture through collage and mini publication making activities.
Graphic design for promotion of Chess without borders exhibition at the Immigration Museum
An olfactory sense-making workshop about public data about green spaces in Melbourne.
A transgenerational board game about tackling cognitive biases in the age of misinformation.
A 'bioremediating urban drainage system' that utilises existing building infrastructure to speculate on the potential remedial ecosystem services in developed areas.
Website graphic design/visual identity, wireframing and content creation.
Comic for 'Salt' Issue #21
Education
Work Experience
Exhibitions
Melbourne Design Week
Pop up installation
Melbourne Design Week
Speaking
Doctor Colloquium
PhD Confirmation of Candidature presentation
First work in progress presentation for PhD creative practice research
Writing
Certifications
Side Projects
DIY zines, publication designs and risograph prints