Andrew Ashton Design

Andrew Ashton Design We help people and companies use creative thinking to communicate in amazing ways and means

An Australia design and communication studio, which brings together ideas, clients, being Australian, markets, dreams, work and products for the best possible outcome...

HERE speaker bios. A diverse group of graphic designers at all the stages and modes of practice, working from Melbourne,...
11/05/2026

HERE speaker bios.

A diverse group of graphic designers at all the stages and modes of practice, working from Melbourne, Sydney and Hobart. Many thanks for their time, commitment and support. Read on…

HERE, dreamed up Vietnam sharing times with AGI mates from all walks, 2025, brings together diverse Australian designers responding to place, culture and environment through graphic design for one afternoon at the Abbotsford Convent.

HERE is now sold out, with the waitlist close to full.

Huge thanks to all the wonderful peers, contributors and supporters who got in early and backed the event.



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HERE — meet our speakers.HERE, dreamed up Vietnam sharing times with AGI mates from all walks, 2025, brings together di...
11/05/2026

HERE — meet our speakers.

HERE, dreamed up Vietnam sharing times with AGI mates from all walks, 2025, brings together diverse Australian designers responding to place, culture and environment through graphic design for one afternoon at the Abbotsford Convent.

HERE is now sold out, with the waitlist close to full.

Huge thanks to all the wonderful peers, contributors and supporters who got in early and backed the event.


CreativeState

HERE — part of Melbourne Design Week, 14 to 24 May 2026 by is Australia’s leading annual design festival featuring 400+...
07/05/2026

HERE — part of Melbourne Design Week, 14 to 24 May 2026 by is Australia’s leading annual design festival featuring 400+ events, exhibitions, talks and installations across Melbourne and regional Victoria.

HERE, dreamed up Vietnam 2025, brings together diverse Australian designers responding to place, culture and environment through graphic design for one afternoon at the Abbotsford Convent.

The is a hub for MDW this year, make some time to check out 100 chairs or have a lunch at

HERE is now sold out, with the waitlist close to full.

Huge thanks to all the wonderful peers, contributors and supporters who got in early and backed the event.

Special thanks to the National Gallery of Victoria and the Abbotsford Convent for their vision, generosity and support of Australian design and creative culture.

There’s an incredible program across the festival. Explore the full Melbourne Design Week program online.


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HERE x MDW 2026Abbotsford Convent24.05.2026Reach out to join the wait listHERE is a two hour symposium presented as part...
01/05/2026

HERE x MDW 2026
Abbotsford Convent
24.05.2026

Reach out to join the wait list

HERE is a two hour symposium presented as part of Melbourne Design Week 2026. The program brings together diverse design practitioners from Victoria and beyond, featuring short project-led presentations and open conversations exploring how place shapes visual form, process and authorship.

Hosted by graphic designers Michaela Webb (AGI AU President), and Andrew Ashton (AGI).

With thanks to graphic designers :
Stephen Banham (Letterbox), Narelle Brewer (Studio Round), Simone Elder (Ortolan), Garry Emery (AGI), Paul Marcus Fuog (AGI, UP), Stuart Geddes (AGI), David Lancashire (AGI), Rick Milovanovic (TRiC), Mary Libro (Studio Libro), Anita McArthur (See Saw), Megan Perkins, David Pidgeon (AGI, Pidgeon Ward), Rebecca Lorraine (LangdonLorraine), Jordan Rowe, Nicki Wragg (SODA, Swinburne), and Evi O (AGI).

HERE started at a long table in Ho Chi Minh City. AGI Congress 2025. Designers, different voices. Ideas passed around li...
13/04/2026

HERE started at a long table in Ho Chi Minh City. AGI Congress 2025. Designers, different voices. Ideas passed around like chilli sauce.

HERE.

A mix of Australian designers.
Place — cultural, social, environmental, personal.
No single answer. Just perspectives.
Held for an afternoon.

Book your tix —
https://designweek.melbourne/event/here-australian-graphic-design-place-and-practice-symposia/

Sunday 24 May — Abbotsford Convent
Melbourne Design Week 2026.

2:30–5pm-ish. Stay on. Keep talking.
Move through the Convent. See more. Continue.

6–8 minutes.
One idea. One project. One point of view.

Simple. Direct. Diverse.

Submit to the HERE gallery.
An evolving record of Australian graphic design.
https://made-of-here.com/here/

Dedicated to Matt Arnold .and.co
A constant presence. Generous, dry, thoughtful. Last seen in HCMC — mid-conversation, as always.

16 designers. One afternoon. HERE.

What’s your take on Australian graphic design?

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An idea I had for the national holiday across Australia on the 26 Jan. Mixed media made by mind and hand.
24/01/2026

An idea I had for the national holiday across Australia on the 26 Jan. Mixed media made by mind and hand.

by — a brand storytelling consultancy working between Australia, US and Europe, briefed a publication project which ev...
26/03/2025

by — a brand storytelling consultancy working between Australia, US and Europe, briefed a publication project which evolved into a brand rethink project.

A meeting of creative hearts minds and storytelling.

With a new book due to launch in June 2025, a preview case study of publication design, brand, image making, and brand kit follows.

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