ELLEN WAITE AU/NZ
EXPERIENTIAL DESIGN
Exhibition Graphics / Wayfinding / Spatial Design / Curation
PUBLICATION DESIGN
Experimental Publishing / Artists’ Books / Exhibition Catalogues
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Event Collateral / Infographics / Misc.
Prior Art, a dissection of Simon Sellar’s 2014 essay, ‘Journey to the Centre of Google Earth’, interwoven with expired patents (from 1879 to 2014), 218pp 2022
︎︎︎ Publication Design, Curation
RIFIFI: Jean Jullien for Kids, Exhibition Graphic Design – NGV 2023
︎︎︎ Exhibition Graphic Design, Artwork Preparation, Re-touching, Production Design
(Curation: Kate Ryan / Exhibition Design: Jessica Brent / Exhibition Graphic Design: Felicity Hayward & Ellen Waite / Photography: Kate Shanasy)
Africa Fashion, Exhibition Graphic Design – NGV 2024
︎︎︎ Exhibition Graphic Design, Artwork Preparation, Re-touching, Typesetting
(Curation: Dr. Christine Checinska / Exhibition Design: Dasha Tolotchkov / Exhibition Graphic Design: Ellen Waite / Photography: Eugene Hyland)
Program, Diagram, Epigram, Engram, a subjective encyclopaedia of publication design, 244pp 2022
︎︎︎ Publication Design, Curation
DO NOT STACK, Community Curation 2021
︎︎︎ Publication, Co-Design, Digital Exhibition Design
Kusama – Gallery Kitchen, Exhibition Graphic Design – NGV 2024
︎︎︎ Exhibition Graphic Design
(Exhibition Design: Allie Mactier / Exhibition Graphic Design: The Studio of Yayoi Kusma & Ellen Waite / Photography: Sean Fennessy & Jessie Obialor)
The Divine Equine Exhibition Identity, Amy Gagnon 2022
︎︎︎ Graphic Design, Poster
EPISODES Pavillion Proposal 2021
︎︎︎ Interior Design, Technical Drawings
Bowl Where You See The Magic Triangle, T-Shirt Design 2023
︎︎︎ T-Shirt Design, Archival Curation
Melbourne Now, Exhibition Graphic Design – NGV 2023
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Exhibition Graphic Design, Artwork Preparation, Production Design
(Exhibition Design: Allie Mactier / Exhibition Graphic Design: Ellen Waite)
Field Guide to Earth–Driven Events byYvette Godby, Part field guide, part manifesto, 104pp 2025
︎︎︎ Publication Design
One–Stop Bug Shop, Melbourne Design Week, Graphic Design – NGV 2024
︎︎︎ Graphic Design, Artwork preparation, Production Design
Cats & Dogs, Exhibition Graphic Design – NGV 2024
︎︎︎ Exhibition Graphic Design, Typesetting
(Curation: Laurie Benson & Imogen Mallia-Vajan / Exhibition Design: Dasha Tolotchkov / Exhibtion Graphic Design: Ellen Waite / Photography: Tom Ross)
Reservation as part of Melbourne Design Week, collaborative project with Ashley Simonetto 2025
︎︎︎ Co–Design, Workshop Design & Facilitation, Research
(Photography: Kelly Lim)
Melbourne Design Week at The Capitol, Room Guide 2021
︎︎︎ Publication (Creative Direction by Mike Geisser), Illustration
RMIT University Open Day, Communication Design Program 2022
︎︎︎ Graphic Design
Soapbox Comedy Lineup Show 2022
︎︎︎ Graphic Design, Identity Design
Ethereality Album Cover and Album Launch 2023
︎︎︎ Graphic Design, Identity Design
Ōtepoti Poetics Poster Series 2023
︎︎︎ Graphic Design, Identity Design
Melbourne Art Book Fair, Exhibition Graphic Design – NGV 2025
︎︎︎ Exhibition Graphic Design, Wayfinding Design, Production Design
(Exhibition Design: Kathleen Duffy / Exhibition Graphic Design: UP & Ellen Waite / Photography: Michael Pham & Mike Hawes)
I Might Be Crazy Single Launch Residency, Bailey Judd 2022
︎︎︎ Graphic Design
Hugs, Lockdown Illustration 2020
︎︎︎ Illustration
Old Flame Single Launch, Amanduh 2022
︎︎︎ Graphic Design
Vision Magazine — Issue 02, City of Port Phillip 2021
︎︎︎ Publication Design, Augmented Reality
Silent Dialogue, Light Installation Proposal 2020
︎︎︎ Installation, Interior Design
