PRACTICE LAB
Active since 2021, Practice Lab is a student-led, research-based design studio based at Victorian College of the Arts, with a focus on work for the University of Melbourne and its precinct partners.
The Lab provides clients with 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. This sense of partnership with clients in creative research enquiry and design thinking is central to the Practice Lab model.
Practice Lab’s ultimate goal is to sustainably support design student development by enabling their participation in real-world, research-based design projects.
CONTACT
︎︎︎hello@practicelab.studio
Active since 2021, Practice Lab is a student-led, research-based design studio based at Victorian College of the Arts, with a focus on work for the University of Melbourne and its precinct partners.
The Lab provides clients with 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. This sense of partnership with clients in creative research enquiry and design thinking is central to the Practice Lab model.
Practice Lab’s ultimate goal is to sustainably support design student development by enabling their participation in real-world, research-based design projects.
CONTACT
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TEAM
Ethan Tsang, PhD (Research Lead)
︎Research & Strategy
Jevons Wang, BDes (Studio Lead, 2025)
︎ Strategy & Branding
Hannah Ogawa, BDes (Designer)
︎ Events & Visuals
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Mia Murone, Hons. (Alumni)
♭ Publication Design
Georgia Hodgkinson, Hons. (Alumni)
𝄫 Asset Design
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Danny Butt (Chair)
Peter Burke (Staff)
Karen Ann Donnachie & Andrea (Andy) Donnachie (Staff)
Ethan Tsang, PhD (Research Lead)
︎Research & Strategy
Jevons Wang, BDes (Studio Lead, 2025)
︎ Strategy & Branding
Hannah Ogawa, BDes (Designer)
︎ Events & Visuals
~~~
Mia Murone, Hons. (Alumni)
♭ Publication Design
Georgia Hodgkinson, Hons. (Alumni)
𝄫 Asset Design
~~~
Danny Butt (Chair)
Peter Burke (Staff)
Karen Ann Donnachie & Andrea (Andy) Donnachie (Staff)
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