Jessie Stanley
Designer and artist Jessie Stanley is based in Melbourne, Australia. She had an internship at Fabrica in Italy after earning her Bachelor of Visual Communication degree with First Class Honors from Monash University in 2001. In 2003, she founded her own studio, "Foundry." Although her work has been recognised and honoured, I still think of her as a forgotten design super hero. Her name deserves to be associated with excellent Australian design. .Although relatively invisible outside of Australia, Stanley's online presence has been increased through the publishing of her portrait, short biography, gallery of her work and videoed interview on afFEMation.com where her high engagement and influence on the networks in contemporary Australian graphic design is illustrated through a sociogram. Early career As a graphic design graduate from Monash University (2001) and inspired by the First Things First 1964 manifesto, Stanley travelled from Australia to Europe to intern at Fabrica, in Italy, and Studio Dumbar, in the Netherlands (2002). On her return to Melbourne, Stanley established her studio called Foundry, (2003). The craftsmanship and tactility displayed in her early work like the 'Measurement' project, a series of printed measuring tools, won prestigious awards including the local Premiers Design Mark (2008)