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DWD was a winner in the 2007 Museums Australia Publication Design Awards, for Beyond Metal, an exhibition catalogue designed for RMIT Gallery.
The catalogue accompanies an exhibition touring to India and Malaysia, which features Australian contemporary jewellery and holloware. This is characterised by a uniquely Australian aesthetic that embraces raw as well as recycled materials, innovative design and use of technology. To reflect this aesthetic we chose spare yet elegant typographic treatment and design, and metallic rust and turquoise blue to represent the colours of our land. Working with supremo Mark Ashkanasy on the photography was a delight.
Floreo magazine for the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne was shortlisted for the same awards.
'So ... do you come here often?" was a successful wind-up of the AGDA Student Council's activities for 2007. The inaugural exhibition, held at Loop in mid November was a great opportunity for design students from Colleges and Universities to come together.
The work ranged from photographic, typographic and illustrative.
The hands on nature of a lot of the work showed the students weren't just relying on the computer to generate their forms of expression.
AGDA Councillor Dom Bartolo opened the exhibition with his relaxed attitude and funny enthusiasm that had everyone charmed.
The event was the last for AGDA Councillor Dianna Wells who completed 2 years with the AGDA student Council, finding it a rewarding experience with such a great group of students.
Rebecca Rodell from Swinburne won an internship at Dianna Wells Design during 2008.
Dianna has just completed two years working in a voluntary capacity as a councillor with AGDA (Australian Graphic Design Association) Victoria. Her major achievement was establishing the AGDA Student Council, which aims to assist graphic design students bridge the gap into the professional design world.
One of the initiatives was a sell out evening called First Five Out. Professional designers enlightened students and recent graduates about how they made the progression into the design world, with anecdotes and survival strategies from their first five years out of college.
AGDA South Australia and NSW will be holding similar events in 2008.