ELLEN WAITE AU/NZ

︎︎︎ About / Experience

︎︎︎ Exhibitions / Publications


EXPERIENTIAL DESIGN

Exhibition Graphics / Wayfinding / Spatial Design / Curation / Install & Logistics


PUBLICATION DESIGN

Experimental Publishing / Artists’ Books / Exhibition Catalogues


GRAPHIC DESIGN

Event Collateral / Infographics / Ephemera


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Ellen Waite
 AU/NZ
︎︎︎ About

︎︎︎ Exhibitions / Publications



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: Sean Fennessey)



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



EPISODES Pavillion Proposal 2021

︎︎︎ Interior Design, Technical Drawings



DO NOT STACK, Community Curation 2021

︎︎︎ Publication, Co-Design, Digital Exhibition Design



The Divine Equine Exhibition Identity, Amy Gagnon 2022

︎︎︎ Graphic Design, Poster



Bowl Where You See The Magic Triangle, T-Shirt Design 2023

︎︎︎ T-Shirt Design, Archival Curation



Making Good: Redesigning the Everyday, Exhibition Graphic Design – NGV 2025
︎︎︎ Exhibition Graphic Design, Artwork Preparation, Production Design
(Curation: Gemma Savio & Ellen Keillar / Exhibition Design: Clara Davis / Exhibition Graphic Design: Ellen Waite / Photography: Sean Fennessey)



Melbourne Now, Exhibition Graphic Design – NGV 2023

︎︎︎ Exhibition Graphic Design, Artwork Preparation, Production Design
(Exhibition Design: Allie Mactier / Exhibition Graphic Design: Ellen Waite)



Field Guide to Earth–Driven Events by Yvette 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 Sheet – RMIT Culture 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

(Identity: TCYK / Exhibition Design: Kathleen Duffy / Exhibition Graphic Design: Ellen Waite / Photography: Michael Pham & Mike Hawes)



Hugs, Lockdown Illustration 2020

︎︎︎ Illustration



Melbourne Art Book Fair, Exhibition Graphic Design — NGV 2024

︎︎︎ Exhibition Graphic Design, Wayfinding Design, Production Design
(Exhibition Design: Annika Toohey / Exhibition Graphic Design: U-P & Ellen Waite)



Triennial Extra,  Exhibition Graphic Design — NGV  2023

︎︎︎ Exhibition Graphic Design, Wayfinding Design, Production 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)



(wise) Phrases, an impractical collection of silly phrases I’ve overheard (2019–25),  44pp 2025

︎︎︎ Publication Design