PRACTICE LAB
est. 2021
Practice Lab is a student-led design & culture studio practicing research-based graphic design & practice-led design research, with a focus on work for the University of Melbourne and its precinct partners.
Situated at the Victorian College of the Arts, the Lab facilitates an experimental context for students to embody ‘the designer’ in the field of graphic design.
Central to the Practice Lab model is a sense of partnership in creative research enquiry. With clients, the Lab provides the opportunity to engage with students in their development as designers and to realise projects that would be challenging to achieve via a commercial design studio.
Practice Lab’s ultimate goal is to sustainably support design student development by enabling their participation in community-based initiatives and real-world, work-integrated design projects.
CONTACT
︎︎︎hello@practicelab.studio
est. 2021
Practice Lab is a student-led design & culture studio practicing research-based graphic design & practice-led design research, with a focus on work for the University of Melbourne and its precinct partners.
Situated at the Victorian College of the Arts, the Lab facilitates an experimental context for students to embody ‘the designer’ in the field of graphic design.
Central to the Practice Lab model is a sense of partnership in creative research enquiry. With clients, the Lab provides the opportunity to engage with students in their development as designers and to realise projects that would be challenging to achieve via a commercial design studio.
Practice Lab’s ultimate goal is to sustainably support design student development by enabling their participation in community-based initiatives and real-world, work-integrated design projects.
CONTACT
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TEAM
Ethan Tsang, PhD (Studio Lead)
︎︎︎ Research & Development
Jevons Wang, BDes (Designer)
︎︎︎ Strategy & Branding
Hannah Ogawa, BDes (Designer)
︎︎︎ Events, Audio & Visuals
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Danny Butt, Research Convener (Chair)
︎︎︎Administration & Facilitation
John Warwicker, Prof.
︎︎︎Direction & Creative Advisor
Anna Cordingly, Head of Design
︎︎︎Direction & Performance Design
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Mia Murone, Hons. (Alumni)
︎︎︎ Publication Design
Georgia Hodgkinson, Hons. (Alumni)
︎︎︎ Asset Design
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Peter Burke, Staff (Facilitator)
Karen Ann Donnachie & Andrea (Andy) Donnachie, Staff (Contributors)
Ela Egidy & Tritan Main, Staff (Facilitators)
Ethan Tsang, PhD (Studio Lead)
︎︎︎ Research & Development
Jevons Wang, BDes (Designer)
︎︎︎ Strategy & Branding
Hannah Ogawa, BDes (Designer)
︎︎︎ Events, Audio & Visuals
~
Danny Butt, Research Convener (Chair)
︎︎︎Administration & Facilitation
John Warwicker, Prof.
︎︎︎Direction & Creative Advisor
Anna Cordingly, Head of Design
︎︎︎Direction & Performance Design
~
Mia Murone, Hons. (Alumni)
︎︎︎ Publication Design
Georgia Hodgkinson, Hons. (Alumni)
︎︎︎ Asset Design
~
Peter Burke, Staff (Facilitator)
Karen Ann Donnachie & Andrea (Andy) Donnachie, Staff (Contributors)
Ela Egidy & Tritan Main, Staff (Facilitators)
PROJECTS
Melbourne Connect Environmental Graphics 2021
︎︎︎ Faculty of Engineering & IT
︎︎︎ Dr Ngardarb Francine Riches
Exterior Artworks for Recording Pods 2022
︎︎︎ Southbank Library
University House 70th Anniversary Exhibition 2023
︎︎︎ UoM Museums and Collections
Ballieu Library Richard Wagner Exhibition Decals 2023
︎︎︎ Museums & Cultural Collections, Rare Books
Prague Quadrennial Digital Catalogue 2024
︎︎︎ VCA Production & Design
Dark Arts 2024
︎︎︎ RMIT
︎︎︎ Miscellania
WORKING
Varities of Imagination and Creativity e-Publication
︎︎︎ Enlightenment and Romanticism Contemporary Culture Research Unit
︎︎︎ Unlikely.net.au
MPavillion Parkville 2025 Program with George Patton Gallery
︎︎︎Museums and Collections
Alumni and Staff Open Giving Program
Melbourne Connect Environmental Graphics 2021
︎︎︎ Faculty of Engineering & IT
︎︎︎ Dr Ngardarb Francine Riches
Exterior Artworks for Recording Pods 2022
︎︎︎ Southbank Library
University House 70th Anniversary Exhibition 2023
︎︎︎ UoM Museums and Collections
Ballieu Library Richard Wagner Exhibition Decals 2023
︎︎︎ Museums & Cultural Collections, Rare Books
Prague Quadrennial Digital Catalogue 2024
︎︎︎ VCA Production & Design
Dark Arts 2024
︎︎︎ RMIT
︎︎︎ Miscellania
WORKING
Varities of Imagination and Creativity e-Publication
︎︎︎ Enlightenment and Romanticism Contemporary Culture Research Unit
︎︎︎ Unlikely.net.au
MPavillion Parkville 2025 Program with George Patton Gallery
︎︎︎Museums and Collections
Alumni and Staff Open Giving Program