Coco Bacon is a Melbourne-based Graphic and Performance Designer. With a focus on visual storytelling and audience experience, her design style is bold, playful, and driven by narrative.
Coco has worked with some of Melbourne's leading classical musicians, helping to establish brand identities that celebrate and elevate craft and passion. Notable collaborations include Tempo Rubato's Tempo Queer (2023, 2024) and fortyfivedownstairs Chamber Music Festival (2023, 2024, 2025).
As part of the Design and Production team for EYE End of Year Exhibition's Curatorial Team, Coco developed skills in spatial design and audience interaction—aspects she considers fundamental to her design practice.
Her dual background in Graphic and Performance Design provides a unique approach to her work, where visual impact meets experiential storytelling, always with the audience at the centre.
The Job Search Puzzle, Poster Design, 2025
The Job Search Puzzle examines the fragmentation of
identity through the relentless cycle of job applications
and rejection, where the self is copied, edited, and
reformatted to meet standardised employment criteria.
The puzzle medium—a childhood toy—creates a pointed
contrast, employing a vibrant yellow and purple colour
palette that juxtaposes playful aesthetics against the
harsh realities of adult employment. The chaotic scatter
of pieces invites audiences to physically interact with the
fragmented and faded identity, attempting to reassemble
a coherent sense of self. This engagement reflects the
existential crisis in the shift from “what do you want to be
when you grow up?”—where anything feels possible—to
the petrifying post-graduation questions: “so what now?”
and “how do I become employable?” Through satirical
statements, the work exposes the absurdity of the universal
employment process that dismantles our understanding of
who we are, what we’re good at, and what we have to offer.
All we are left with are the pieces.
The Job Search Puzzle, Concertina Fold Booklet Design, Front Cover, 2025
The Job Search Puzzle Concertina Fold Booklet
The Job Search Puzzle Concertina Fold Booklet Back Cover
NGV Africa Fashion Poster Design
NGV Africa Fashion Book Cover Design
The Typographer's Hand Poster Design,
Type Specimen
My type specimen showcases Es Klarheit Kurrent, a geometric grotesque typeface designed by Alex Dejuc from Extraset Foundry in Switzerland (2020), through an interactive deck of playing cards titled "The Typographer's Hand." This approach transforms the traditional specimen format into a tactile
experience that invites physical engagement with the typeface's unique characteristics. Each suit explores different aspects of the typeface's capabilities: the Diamonds suit employs extra bold and bold weights with orange highlighting to create high-impact graphic imagery that emphasises the typeface's distinctive angular incisions and geometric shapes; the Spades suit utilises extra light, light, and italic weights to demonstrate technical
capabilities through figure-ground relationships, tracking, ligatures, and
grid-based compositions; the Clubs suit experiments with regular and italic weights to create fluid patterns through linking and overlapping letterforms that contrast with the typeface's geometric nature; and the Hearts suit focuses on medium weight to explore spatial transformation through rotation and reflection of letters while maintaining legibility. The deck is accompanied by an A4 information sheet that documents the cards in use, displays the complete character set and weight range, and provides foundry information and design credits. "The Typographer's Hand" demonstrates how typography can be experienced beyond passive observation, creating an educational yet entertaining interaction that makes the exploration of Es Klarheit Kurrent's features both memorable and engaging, ultimately revealing the typeface's versatility through the universal language of play.
Record Cover Design, Maneskin Teatro D'ira Vol. 1
Set + Lighting
Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl
Movement 1, Scene 1
The set for Eurydice manifests as a surreal dreamscape—a painterly sky, sand, and a floating balcony form an otherworldly landscape where paternal love unlocks memory and imagination.The corner stage layout establishes a liminal space that is simultaneously defined and endless—contained yet hinting at spaces beyond view. The interplay between the familiar and uncanny evokes curiosity and magic.
In the Underworld, the set transforms into a space of play and imagination. The Father orchestrates this shift, crafting a world of memories, nostalgia, and paternal love as hanging TV screens descend—physical manifestations of new language and shared memories. Through gesture, he cues childlike illustrations on the screens, drawing a world for her and creating a silent language that awakens their past and visualises their deepening connection.
Set + Lighting
Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl
Movement 1, Scene 3
Set + Lighting
Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl
Movement 1, Scene 7
Set + Lighting
Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl
Movement 1, Scene 7
Set + Lighting
Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl
Movement 2, Scene 13
Set + Lighting
Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl
Movement 2, Scene 17
Set + Lighting
Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl
Movement 3, Scene 3