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Visual Communication
Degree Show 2021


Growing up, Anni was that kid who meticulously designed her high school assignments, spending way longer than she should have selecting the typefaces that read just right. She stumbled upon the world of graphic design, helping out in a creative studio at fifteen (they had a golden retriever!) and was mesmerised. Towards the end of her first year in design school, to apply the acquired skills in the real world, she took on projects under the alias of Empti Studio, through which she has found her passion realising the visions of small business owners by creating transformative branding experiences.
The identity created for EMBRACE 2021—an international festival celebrating women in all stages of life—presents women's health as an intricately beautiful tapestry, where shapes dynamically interlace to reveal a more holistic approach to health and wellbeing. The visual presence of Akuna Botanicals captures an alchemy between ancestral knowledge and contemporary skin care techniques. Guided by Indigenous wisdom, the nature-inspired identity showcases the brand as a storyteller who shares the healing qualities of native Australian flora to connect people more deeply with the environment and extend care to each other. A dynamic identity featuring an explosion of the senses was created for The Melting Pot, an ever-changing food court that offers a diversity of Sydney's tastes in a central location. To highlight the enriching nature of this dining experience, exuberant colours, imagery and illustrations intermix, offering surprise, excitement and intrigue for all to enjoy.


UTS School of Design, Faculty of Design
Architecture and Building
UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.