Rhett Dashwood

Current

• Director at Wade Studios

Past

• Designer at EmeryFrost
• Interactive Designer at ID Force
• Web Designer at AKQA

• Senior Designer at Eclipse Group

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Industry

Design

Websites

• My Website

Rhett Dashwood’s Summary

Rhett Dashwood is a Creative Director with experience in multimedia, web, animation, branding and digital art. For over six years he has been working on various online projects, CD-ROM titles, motion graphic, print and branding works.

After receiving an Australian Graphic Design Association (AGDA) student award in 1998, he continued onto the next two years as Senior Designer at Eclipse Group Melbourne catering to the multimedia needs of many blue chip corporations. In 2000 Rhett moved to London UK working on various independent and commercial projects with companies ranging from fashion, photography, and music to Microsoft games and Yahoo!. Year 2003 saw his return to Australia, becoming a designer at the eminent, and Australias largest design firm EmeryFrost. He is currently a self employed Creative Director of Wade Studios residing in Melbourne.

Some recent works and works of note include the following: Yahoo! Upcoming redesigns, Yellow Pages Online redesign, CitySearch.com.au redesign, Virgin Money Online Campaign, Triple M re-branding, Pentridge Piazza Identity, Microsoft Games Websites.

As a member of the creative industry, Rhett has presented at Federation Square and has been featured in various publications including Desktop, Artichoke, Photography International and Inside Magazine. Rhett is also the founder of Heavy Backpack, an online resource of the best creative works in art, design and moving image.

Rhett Dashwood’s Experience

• Director

  Wade Studios

  (Design industry)

  December 2001 — Present (7 years 8 months)

  http://www.wadestudios.com
  http://www.heavy-backpack.com

• Designer

  EmeryFrost

  (Design industry)

  May 2003 — May 2004 (1 year 1 month)

• Interactive Designer

  ID Force

  (Design industry)

  October 2000 — November 2001 (1 year 2 months)

• Web Designer

  AKQA

  (Design industry)

  July 2000 — October 2000 (4 months)

• Senior Designer

  Eclipse Group

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  June 1998 — March 2000 (1 year 10 months)

Additional Information

Rhett Dashwood’s Websites:

• My Website

Rhett Dashwood’s Groups:

•    Australian New Media
•    Broadcast Design & Motion Graphics

Rhett Dashwood’s Honors:

AWARDS
Victorian College of the Arts
Best Visual Effects Production
Australia 2006

MADC Awards
Bronze, Best consumer site
Australia 2006

AGDA
Most professional Student Award
Australia 1998

PRESS & MEDIA
(inside) magazine
Feature profile and interview
Issue 40

Thinking with Type
September 2004

Desktop Magazine
Issue 192, Issue 210

Artichoke Magazine
Volume 02, Issue 08

Photography International
Volume 8, Issue 10

... and Best Rap Dancer Award at Year 10 Dance (Presented by Jennifer Kyte!)

Rhett Dashwood’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
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• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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