Ellen Waite AU/NZ

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Exhibition Graphic Design
        Wayfinding
        Spatial Design
Publication Design
Graphic Design
        Event Collateral
        Infographics
        Illustration


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Ellen Waite AU/NZ

︎︎︎ About

︎︎︎ Exhibitions / Publications



Exhibitions


Yayoi Kusama, NGV (National Gallery of Victoria) International 2024
        Exhibition graphic design assist
        Exhibition graphic design lead for Gallery Kitchen and Retail spaces

Cats & Dogs
, NGV (National Gallery of Victoria) Australia 2024
        Exhibition graphic design lead
        Label design lead

La Terre est bleue: L’art de Dhambit Munuŋgurr, Australian Embassy, Paris (in partnership with the National Gallery of Victoria and
the Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Center) 2024
        Exhibition graphic design lead
        Label design lead

Africa Fashion, NGV (National Gallery of Victoria) International (in partnership with V&A, London) 2024
        Exhibition graphic design lead
        Label design lead

Melbourne Design Week 2024, NGV (National Gallery of Victoria) International 2024
        Exhibition graphic design lead (brand identity developed by U-P)

Melbourne Art Book Fair 2024, NGV (National Gallery of Victoria) International 2024
        Exhibition graphic design lead (brand identity developed by U-P)

Triennial, NGV (National Gallery of Victoria) International 2023
        Exhibition graphic design co-lead for Rififi: Jean Julien for Kids
        Exhibition graphic design lead for Tiff Massey’s work, I got bundles and flewed out (2019)

Permanent Collection Changeovers, NGV (National Gallery of Victoria) International / NGV Australia 2023–24
        Label design lead

Takahiro Iwasaki: Reflection Model (Itsukushima), NGV (National Gallery of Victoria) International 2023
        Exhibition graphic design lead (graphic design, production)

Pieter Huveneers: Beyond Borders, Woolmers Estate 2023
        On-site project manager
        Install assistant

Melbourne Now, NGV (National Gallery of Victoria) Australia 2023
        Label design lead/ type-setter
        Exhibition graphic design lead for the exhibition design of Atong Atem’s works

Event Wayfinding


Kusama Friday Nights 2024
        Signage lead (Graphic Design, production)

Bowery Ball 2024
        Signage lead (Graphic Design, production)

Triennial Extra 2023
        Signage lead (Graphic Design, production)
        Watch and Chill 3.0: Streaming Suspense signage co-lead (Graphic Design, production)

Bonnard Friday Nights 2023
        Signage lead (Graphic Design, production)

NGV Gala 2022
        Signage lead (Graphic design, production)

NGV Kids Summer Festival 2022
        Signage lead (Graphic Design, production)

McQueen Friday Nights 2022
        Signage lead (Graphic Design, production)

Academic Articles


Looking In Looking Out: Student Experiences of the RMIT Design Archives Gallery Window, co-written by Mei Leong and Ellen Waite
Published in RMIT Design Archives Journal, Volume 12, No. 2 (2023)

Waite, E., & Leong, M. (2023). Looking In Looking Out: Student Experiences of the RMIT Design Archives Gallery Window. RMIT Design Archives Journal, 13(2), 73-81. (Read the article HERE)

Publications


Program, Diagram, Epigram, Engram – A subjective encyclopaedia of publication design, 244pp 2022

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

Anatomy of a Book – A book about books, collaborative project directed by Stuart Geddes, 12pp (per person) 2022

Vision Magazine – Commissioned by the City of Port Phillip Council and curated by Port Phillip’s Youth Committee, Vision magazine highlights the creative work of young artists in Naarm/Melbourne 2021
        Issue 01
        Issue 2.0: Future Vision

InterConnected – A collaborative multi-discplinary exhibition in the form of a publication 2020
        Issue 01: What Strengthens You?

Catalust Magazine Catalyst is the student magazine of the RMIT University Student Union (RUSU). 2020
        Issue 1: Heatwave
        Issue 2: Tumble
        Issue 3: Bloom
        Issue 4: Downpour
        Issue 5: Sundown