Tristan Schultz Email & Phone Number

Queensland, Australia

Gold Coast, Australia

I am the founder and co-director of Relative Creative. I design communication, strategies, experiences and events that help people think, talk and mobilise sustainable futures. I have expertise across a range of experiences and skills:

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

I direct the creative vision and strategy for all projects, ensuring alignment with our values and quality of excellence. I emphasise futures thinking, transformational adaptation, and climate change in creative processes, with a focus on local context. I lead a team of designers in producing innovative and impactful design interventions.

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

I manage diverse design and consultancy projects, emphasising, co-design and collaboration methodologies. I provide leadership to multidisciplinary teams to ensure project objectives are met.

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

I design and facilitate workshops, strategies and events focused on sustainable futures and climate change adaptation. I engage with communities and stakeholders to promote sustainability initiatives and co-design processes, emphasising place-based contexts and practices.

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

I lead the development and implementation of strategic design solutions with a focus on transformational adaptation and transition design. I utilise futures thinking and strategic design tools and processes to create communication strategies, services, and experiences that address climate change, sustainability and social justice.

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

I lead community engagement and strategic stakeholder engagement initiatives to support project goals, focusing on participatory design and critical co-design methodologies. I provide leadership in building strong relationships with community members and stakeholders, particularly First Nations communities.

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

I conduct in-depth critical research across a range of topics, including critical mapping, decolonising design contexts, futures studies, climate change and Indigenous Knowledge.

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

I design impactful visual communication and product strategies and visual identities, integrating place-based service design and interpretive design principles. I utilise futures thinking and critical semiotics to create compelling visual narratives that resonate with local contexts

Melbourne

Sydney, Australia

Qca, South Bank, Brisbane

Contribute to the long-term development of design theory and interdisciplinary studies in the area of Visual Communication Design at the Queensland College of Art (QCA).Play an essential role in shaping and teaching at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level with particular reference to design literacy, intercultural understandings and design futures.Assist in the advancement of interdisciplinary knowledge and projects linking all design discipline program areas.Spearhead research into relevant areas associated with the design and use of visual communications in both popular culture and as a change agent.Conduct tutorials, technical workshops, lectures, seminars; consult with students, marking; participating in course and curriculum development, and contributing to the research profile of the Queensland College of Art.

Gold Coast And South Bank, Brisbane Campus

Lecturer and tutor across broad interdisciplinary areas of design studio and theory

Head the design and direction for Billabong Australia Mens Accessories.Spearhead a Billabong Mens Accessories global design program

Consulting Product Developer, Designer and Artist

Head the design and direction for mens and womens accessories. Execute seasonal artwork for brand

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Design

Decolonising Design: Mapping Futures

Master Of Design Futures, Design Futures, Postgraduate Master With Honours

Bachelor Product Design, Product Design, Industrial Design, Graphic Design