michelle diep design


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Crafting spaces with purpose, where creativity meets function.

education


Masters of Interior Architecture

March 2023 - November 2024
Royal Melbourne Institute of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia

Bachelor of Spatial Design


March 2020 - September 2022
Monash University
Caulfield, Australia


work experience


Melbourne Design Week

October 2023 – November 2023
Melbourne, Australia

-Engage with event attendees, facilitating discussions about design ideas

-Prepare and install artworks, models, or digital displays


Spatial Audit Planner

October 2022 – December 2022
Monash University
Caulfield, Australia

-Analyse spatial usage patterns to identify areas for improvement or redesign.

-Collaborate with architects, designers, and Monash staff to optimise space layouts

-Ensure real life buildings match floor plans


MADA NOW

March 2021 – November 2022
Melbourne, Australia

- Collaborate with exhibition coordinators

-Prepare and install artworks, models, or digital displays

-Display of own works to be presented to the public

studio design experience


Gerotopia | 2024

In partnership with WoodsBagot, we ask what does it mean to age well? What is an appropriate living environment to support aging, how do we design environments that provide agency, belonging and connection?

The Third Teacher | 2024

In partnership with Architectus will be a speculative exploration into the design of primary school environments. Key to this will be consideration of the students learning experience and the relationship of the built space to different pedagogies, teacher practices and diverse learning needs.

Retail X Revolution | 2023

Reimagines Hanover House as a future retail space, blending digital and physical experiences with adaptive design.

MPavilion | 2023

Exploring the pavilions in Melbourne by reprogramming events and redesigning the space, creating new interactive and community-focused experiences.

Impossibility of Inclusive Space | 2022

Understanding the issues revolving around equity and social principles, the project challenges designers to question gendered spaces and to think speculatively on spatial justice.

Transformer | 2021

Documenting a transforming festival event from day to night for the Human Rights Arts & Film Festival at Hansen Hall.

Design for Culture and Heritage | 2021

Exploring different user experiences from a cultural and impaired standpoint. Aimed to develop a multi-sensory design that creates an inclusive environment for the blind and deaf.

Artist Beach Colony | 2020

Designing the interior and exterior of an existing Brighton Bathing Box into a studio space for an elected spatial practitioner client (Rebecca Horn).

Creature Space | 2020

Using animals as clients for a different perspectival exploration-the project focuses on choosing an urban context and designing a home for the animal to inhabit in.