University of New South Wales

Distinguished Alumni

Angela Spindler

Angela Spindler is a pioneering design professional recognized with 1 Platinum, 3 Gold, 6 Silver, 6 Bronze, and 4 Iron A' Design Awards. Primarily focused on communication design, with significant work in fashion design. Maintains a balanced portfolio.

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Academic Achievements

Angela Spindler's contributions have significantly enhanced University of New South Wales's standing in the World University Rankings. Their achievements span across multiple domains of excellence, demonstrating the university's commitment to fostering outstanding talent.

Award Recognition

Platinum Awards 1
Gold Awards 3
Silver Awards 6
Bronze Awards 6
Iron Awards 4

University Impact

Current Ranking Score 9,606
Heritage Score 71
Career Level Level 10
Total Awards 20
Primary Focus Communication
Angela Spindler

Areas of Excellence

Angela Spindler is primarily focused on communication design, with significant work in fashion design. Maintains a balanced portfolio.

Professional Background

Depot Principal Director Angela Spindler demonstrated an affinity for the unboxing experience from an early age. She kept all of her childhood toys in their original packaging to have a full brand moment every time she decided to play.

During her 38 years in the design business, she has notched up almost 75,000 hours of design across four countries: England, Germany, New Zealand and Australia. She founded Depot in 2002, and her meticulous commitment to excellence has never wavered.

On top of a busy schedule of client work, Angela has managed to gain a Master’s Degree in design from the College of Fine Art, Sydney. She has guest lectured at design schools both here in Australia and Germany, and was a packaging design moderator for Wintec, New Zealand.

For the past 5 years, she has been a Jury Member for the A’Design Awards, Como Italy. In 2022, she was awarded Designer of the Year by the International Association of Designers.

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Achievement Summary

With 20 international design awards, Angela Spindler work has contributed 9,606 ranking points to University of New South Wales's academic excellence. Their primary focus is communication design.

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Design Expertise

Primarily focused on communication design, with significant work in fashion design. Maintains a balanced portfolio.

Focus Areas

Primary Focus 11 projects

Communication

Secondary Focus 1 projects

Fashion


Angela Spindler is a highly accomplished design professional whose impressive collection of international accolades underscores their sustained excellence and leadership. their portfolio exemplifies sophisticated design thinking while maintaining exceptional technical standards, shaping contemporary practices.

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Portfolio Highlights

Award-winning designs by Angela Spindler, showcasing excellence and innovation in communication

Syha
Syha's refreshed branding embraces the quiet power of the moon, a symbol woven through centuries of mythology, femininity, and renewal. Rooted in the natural cycles that shape our lives, the moon reflects the brand’s core values: empowerment, reflection, and transformation. Subtle lunar phases ripple through the packaging design, a nod to the ebb and flow of nature and the rhythms of self care. This unifying motif anchors the range in a shared visual language, seamlessly connecting each product while reinforcing Syha's commitment to sustainability and mindful beauty.

Syha

Silver
Client: Depot
Category: Packaging
Year: 2025
elivity
Depot was tasked with creating a supplement packaging design that embody the cutting-edge nature of this groundbreaking cellular support product. The packaging design solution redefines health as dynamic and vibrant. Gone are the days of viewing health and wellness as static; instead, we welcome a future where vitality knows no limits. The packaging commands energy and impact, departing from convention with its bold colour scheme and graphic representations of cellular forms. With a strong shelf presence and standout appeal, this packaging design ensures the product commands attention.

elivity

Bronze
Client: Depot
Category: Packaging
Year: 2025
By Beth
The agency was commissioned to create a visual identity system and packaging design, including a bespoke vessel for this luxury atelier. Where possible all materials were selected based on their environmental credentials, ranging from the use of post-consumer waste, FSC papers and soy-based inks. The packaging uses a colour palette of dark green and light pastel hues, high quality materials, structures and subtle print finishes to create a tangible sense of both luxury and prestige.

By Beth

Gold
Client: Depot Creative
Category: Packaging
Year: 2022
Argan Life
The designer was commissioned to develop sustainable packaging for a mixed range of hair and skincare products. The project challenge was to use one size of packaging for three different-sized products. This required some clever internal cardboard engineering to support the products inside the single-size tube. The cardboard tubes were printed offset with black plus two spot colors, a spot UV varnish, and all over satin aqueous varnish. The lid labels were printed in two colors on a self-adhesive stock.

Argan Life

Silver
Client: Depot Creative
Category: Packaging
Year: 2023
Mama's Collection
Introducing Mama's Collection Autumn Winter 2023, where every stitch is inspired by the boundless imagination and playful spirit of our little explorers. Designed to prioritize comfort and adventure, the garments boast loose fits and are crafted from luxuriously soft, sustainable fabrics, perfect for all-day play both indoors and outdoors. The textile designs seamlessly blend fashion-forward aesthetics with timeless appeal, ensuring that each piece reflects thoughtful design and enduring style. Mama's Collection difference; where conscious craftsmanship meets limitless creativity.
Client: Depot Creative
Category: Textile
Year: 2024
Grumpy Bums
The agency developed the brand proposition of Sweet victory, summing up the brand benefits perfectly. They crafted a language of triumph. From the strategic verbal identity and narrative, they crafted a playful visual identity, illustrated Grumpy Bums brand mascots and designed product packaging and digital assets. With the brand's core values of wholesomeness, togetherness and no-stress mess the agency developed packaging to be an engaging and fun experience by bringing families together through baking.

Grumpy Bums

Bronze
Client: Depot Creative
Category: Packaging
Year: 2024
Wildheart Organics
A premium look for an impeccably organic scented soy candle line. The idea was to break into higher-end retailers with a look that would stand up to the quality of the product, to be communicated through the product livery. Material selection and finishes are key to consumers' perceptions, from both an initial impression to a second more considered evaluation. The colours used are derived from the plants and herbs that make each of the fragrances. The illustrations have an ethereal quality, alluding to scent dissipating into the air as a candle burns.
Client: Depot Creative
Category: Packaging
Year: 2022
PickyPods
The agency was commissioned to create branding and packaging for a unique supplement range. The collagen and probiotic supplement sachets are formulated to make fine adjustments to bodies according to age, gender and other important factors. Color is the lead player of this project. It needed to feel bold and energetic for its gym going target. Gender symbols were used to shout out to the gender-specific formulas, another difference for this brand.

PickyPods

Silver
Client: Depot Creative
Category: Packaging
Year: 2022
Naked Nature
Naked Nature speaks to a world that's increasingly back in tune with the environment. The designer created a design and verbal strategy for the brand as well as all packaging designs. The brand's flavours are articulated through big, bold hand-drawn typography bulging from the pack, a nod to the fact the flavours inside that can not be contained. The brand language is playful and honest as is the packaging. The raw nature of the bar is reflected in its sustainable credentials, using a home compostable wrapper. The SRT's are printed CMYK with 1 spot colour and an all-over satin aqueous varnish.

Naked Nature

Bronze
Client: Depot Creative
Category: Packaging
Year: 2023
Nudus
The packaging for start-up company shows off these healthy fruit and vegetable chips bare-naked goodness philosophy and playful humor. Their point of difference is that they are made from fruit and vegetable slices, air-dried, with nothing added whatsoever – hence the 'bare-naked' concept. Although black is a bold and unconventional choice for the healthy snack market, the agency chose this to show the product's vibrancy and give it extra shelf shout. The photography captures the product before and after air-drying illustrating the fruit is as good as nature intended.

Nudus

Gold
Client: Depot Creative
Category: Packaging
Year: 2020
Hightail
The agency was commissioned to develop the brand name, tone of voice as well as visual identity and packaging design for an innovative motorbike helmet accessory. The brief had a number of specific criteria, the packaging was to have a unisex appeal, to be reusable, enable high product visibility and be light weight for cost effective freight. The sleek and unique multi layered film pouch was designed to meet all of the client's requirements, as well as containing everything the purchaser needs to get up and running; the product, attachment clips, spacer and how-to brochure.

Hightail

Iron
Client: Depot Creative
Category: Packaging
Year: 2022
Hopapops
Project tasks: Naming, brand creation and packaging design for popped water lily seeds, targeted at US consumers. The challenge was how to grab a market that hasn’t necessarily heard of the key ingredient, water lily seeds. The solution, to focus on shelf shout, simple information hierarchy and prominent ingredient visuals. The illustration, which makes up both the front and back of the packaging, drives home the product and flavor variant. The uneven nature of the Hopapops brand mark typography adds a cheeky bounce to the packs, complimenting the fun tone of voice created for the brand.

Hopapops

Iron
Client: Depot Creative
Category: Packaging
Year: 2020

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