Credits

RMIT School

School of Design


RMIT Program

Master of Communication Design


Teaching Staff

Fayen d’Evie & Noel Waite

RMIT School

School of Design


RMIT Program

Master of Communication Design


Teaching Staff

Fayen d’Evie & Noel Waite

Support and Contributors

Aaron Kumar

Amy Clarke (Senior Coordinator, Library Communications and Engagement)

Darshini Penmetsa (Student Assistance)

Emma Teasdale(Operations Officer)

Fayen d’Evie (Lecturer, Communication Design Comm Design - PG)

Johnathon Iliopoulos (Technical Officer)

Luke Zhu (Event photographer)

Melanie Kidman (Senior Coordinator, Frontline Services Quality and Engagement)

Noel Waite (Senior Lecturer Communication Design)

Rashi Dawar

Whitcome & Tombs

Yiming Wei (Student Assistance)

Aayush Swadhin Mishra (Event photographer)

We would like to express our sincere appreciation to everyone listed above. Thank you for your help, support, and time in bringing this event to life.

(Names are listed in alphabetical order by surname.)

Support and Contributors

Aaron Kumar

Amy Clarke (Senior Coordinator, Library Communications and Engagement)

Darshini Penmetsa (Student Assistance)

Emma Teasdale(Operations Officer)

Fayen d’Evie (Lecturer, Communication Design Comm Design - PG)

Johnathon Iliopoulos (Technical Officer)

Luke Zhu (Event photographer)

Melanie Kidman (Senior Coordinator, Frontline Services Quality and Engagement)

Noel Waite (Senior Lecturer Communication Design)

Rashi Dawar

Whitcome & Tombs

Yiming Wei (Student Assistance)

Aayush Swadhin Mishra (Event photographer)

We would like to express our sincere appreciation to everyone listed above. Thank you for your help, support, and time in bringing this event to life.

(Names are listed in alphabetical order by surname.)

Resources

RMIT University

Resources

RMIT University

Acknowledgment

Special thank you to Fayen d’Evie & Noel Waite for their generous guidance, time and support all throughout the development of this exhibition. We would also like to thank all the students who contributed to Why?…And Because –

Charlotte Kam, Emma Huang, Haley Cheng,

Hang Pham, Jamie xiao-ru Sun, Jessie Yu,

Jijia Jayde Wang, Joy Gao, Kiki Hui, Lin Liu,

Lubna AlMadani, Max Zhang, Serena Wang, Silvia Li,

Vanessa Xiucheng Wang, Xiyao Huang, Yating Yu,

Yazhini Kumaran, Yuanyuan Liu, Zeqin Felix Wan

We are grateful to RMIT staff, RMIT Makerspace team, volunteers, and event photographers for their time and support throughout the development, installation, and opening of the exhibition. Their assistance, coordination, and expertise were invaluable in bringing the exhibition together.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Bunurong peoples of the Kulin Nation, the Traditional Custodians of the unceded lands on which this publication was edited, designed and printed.

Acknowledgment

Special thank you to Fayen d’Evie & Noel Waite for their generous guidance, time and support all throughout the development of this exhibition. We would also like to thank all the students who contributed to Why?…And Because –

Charlotte Kam, Emma Huang, Haley Cheng,

Hang Pham, Jamie xiao-ru Sun, Jessie Yu,

Jijia Jayde Wang, Joy Gao, Kiki Hui, Lin Liu,

Lubna AlMadani, Max Zhang, Serena Wang, Silvia Li,

Vanessa Xiucheng Wang, Xiyao Huang, Yating Yu,

Yazhini Kumaran, Yuanyuan Liu, Zeqin Felix Wan

We are grateful to RMIT staff, RMIT Makerspace team, volunteers, and event photographers for their time and support throughout the development, installation, and opening of the exhibition. Their assistance, coordination, and expertise were invaluable in bringing the exhibition together.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Bunurong peoples of the Kulin Nation, the Traditional Custodians of the unceded lands on which this publication was edited, designed and printed.

Why?... and Because

An exhibition about Whitcombe & Tombs, books and childhood

Exhibition Hours

Monday – Friday: 10:30 AM – 8:00 PM

Sunday: Closed

© 2026 RMIT. All rights reserved.

RMIT University transforms futures through learning and industry.

Master of Communication Design students acknowledge the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung people of the eastern Kulin Nation, on whose unceded lands we curate this exhibition. We respectfully acknowledge their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. Our curatorial team also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we host this exhibition.

Why?... and Because

An exhibition about Whitcombe & Tombs, books and childhood

Exhibition Hours

Monday – Friday: 10:30 AM – 8:00 PM

Sunday: Closed

© 2026 RMIT. All rights reserved.

RMIT University transforms futures through learning and industry.

Master of Communication Design students acknowledge the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung people of the eastern Kulin Nation, on whose unceded lands we curate this exhibition. We respectfully acknowledge their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. Our curatorial team also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we host this exhibition.

Why?... and Because

An exhibition about Whitcombe & Tombs, books and childhood

Exhibition Hours

Monday – Friday: 10:30 AM – 8:00 PM

Sunday: Closed

© 2026 RMIT. All rights reserved.

RMIT University transforms futures through learning and industry.

Master of Communication Design students acknowledge the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung people of the eastern Kulin Nation, on whose unceded lands we curate this exhibition. We respectfully acknowledge their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. Our curatorial team also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we host this exhibition.

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