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At the heart of everything we do, lies our name and purpose - to design with principle.

Talk to us about Strategy,
Branding, Digital Design, Signage,
Graphic Design & Marketing.

Based in Inner City Melbourne, we are a boutique creative studio with a mission to give a strong voice to organisations that deserve to be heard. Bringing clarity to the chaos with strategy and design that just makes sense. We proudly collaborate with clients in the Built Environment, Community, NFP, Government, Corporate, Hospitality, and Retail sectors, delivering  solutions that drive impact.

Our Team

Principle Design is a tight-knit blend of multicultural creative thinkers, designers, marketers, strategists, copywriters, photographers, developers and project managers. Drawing on our collective experience, design and technical expertise, our team takes a collaborative approach to every project.

Sash Fernando
Founder & Creative Director

Sash founded Principle Design in 2008 and has been at the helm as Creative Director ever since. He believes storytelling is the link that connects brands with consumers, an essential part of the human experience that forms memories and provokes decision-making. Sash’s creative leadership is an accumulation of his worldly experience from travelling, living and working overseas.

He continues to be inspired by his adventures, fusing expertise with strategic design thinking to define brand voices in the hospitality, corporate, built-environment, and community sectors. Solving creative and communication problems remains at the centre of Sash’s wheelhouse. He knows how to ask the right questions to grow your business and move your brand forward.

Having worked at a number of the world’s most influential creative design agencies, Sash knows how to create successful brands for the global stage – design with principle and the end user in mind. These values continue to inspire the everyday practice of Principle Design and have seen the success of some of Australia’s favourite brands.

Sash is a proud family man with two young boys that certainly carry his creative gene. His second love is between the studio and NBA – both of which are celebrated immensely over the weekly WIP.

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Chloé DuBois
Studio Manager
Molly Ryder
Marketing Accounts Manager
Kaushiki Majumdar
Senior Account Manager

Connect with Kaushiki on LinkedIn

Trish Cox
Senior Designer
Hakim Bogarts
Senior Designer
Fran Shaw
Mid Weight Designer
Lachie Pern
Content Producer
Joe Wojcik
Business Strategist

Principle of Hospitality

POH, our sister brand, is dedicated to sharing the stories of inspiring professionals shaping the vibrant world of hospitality.

It’s a straightforward, ethically-minded, and reliable online source of information and inspiration for people in the hospitality industry.

Careers

We’re always seeking talent.

If you’re a professional in the creative space interested in joining a team that’s redefining design, then get in touch.

 

Awards & Recognition

While we’re honoured to be recognised for excellence in the design industry, it’s the projects that we’re most proud of. Awards are nice but successful design outcomes and happy clients are what brings us the most satisfaction.

2024
Eat Drink Design Awards Winner

Best Identity Design

Madeleine De Proust

2024
Melbourne Design Awards

Gold Winner Identity & Branding – Food

Madeline de Proust – Brand, Packaging, Signage, Content, Website, Social Media

2024
Melbourne Design Awards

Silver Winner Identity & Branding – Food

Bombe Rooftop – Brand, Packaging, Signage, Website

2023

Eat Drink Design Awards

Winner Best Identity Design

For Kōri Ice Cream

2023
WILD Design Awards

Gold Winner Graphic Design | Identity & Branding – Tourism

All Saints Estate – Bonnie

2023
Melbourne Design Awards

Gold Winner Identity & Branding – Tourism

All Saints Estate – Bonnie

2022
Melbourne Design Awards

Gold Winner Identity & Branding – Tourism

All Saints Estate – Bonnie

2021
Melbourne Design Awards

Gold Winner Retail Identity & Branding

Long Paddock Cheese

2021
Melbourne Design Awards

Silver Winner Property Identity & Branding

Del Castillo Interior Design

2019
Melbourne Design Awards

Silver Winner Property Identity & Branding

Sketch Building

2019
Melbourne Design Awards

Silver Winner Corporate Identity & Branding

Alexander Spencer

2018
Melbourne Design Awards

Silver Winner Retail Identity & Branding

Ecosa The Perfect Mattress

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