Communication Design

Acknowledgement of Country

The School of Design and Architecture respectfully acknowledges the Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and knowledge-keepers of the lands, waters and sky that surround us, where we work, learn, create, communicate and make place. We recognise that sovereignty has never been ceded and this always was and will always be Wurundjeri Country. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who continue to make a better world through design.

We extend our acknowledgement to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff, students, alumni, real-life clients, and knowledge keepers, who have contributed to our own education diversity and growth. We will continue to ensure that staff and students respectfully honour ancestral connection to Country and Place in everything that they do.

We are dedicated to the notion of design to make a better world and we acknowledge that making tools, shaping place, sharing stories, making meaning, wayfinding and collaborating have long been and continue to be both central and integral to First Peoples' cultures. We recognize that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ cultural contributions have continued relevance to design practice and commit to: reconciling ancestries of design and contemporary practice as well as pursuing culturally and professionally appropriate ways to engage with a diverse population of colleagues, industries and clients. In a time of treaty-making and voice we understand that there are overlaps between caring for Country and the sustainable production of goods, services, experiences, products and buildings.

Guided by the principles of respect, reconciliation, and reciprocity we undertake to indigenising and decolonising design practice by dismantling colonial structures and challenging biases that have marginalised Indigenous voices and design.

As students of SoDA you will be given opportunities to both engage with and educate yourself in Indigenous creative practices and cultural protocols through a lens of inclusivity, diversity, respect, mutual understanding, inter-cultural dialogue in all aspects of design practice. Indigenous people have been telling stories, making tools, and connecting to Country through visual media, placemaking and place marking for more than 60,000 years and these practices are part of an ongoing, evolving and live tradition.

Jennifer Godwin

Kaishi Li

Mattea Marnika-Lee

Tanya Borg

Tianna Faraci

Jessica Nguyen

Zoe Archer

Britney Monacella

Amita Tulpule

Hannah Samaddar

Isaac Bridges

Dinh Ngo

Anita Doan

Kristina Tsartas

Tori Lewis

Mahdi Bolbol

Luci Tivendale

Zachary Gray

Sarah Giust

Bella MacIsaac

Aulia Anam

Vivian Nguyen

Julian Tan

Madison Spencer

Jeylan Mustafa

Cindy Nguyen

Katelyn Said

Luke Borrow

Kate Smedley

Kowchika Vijayakumaran

Ciara McCabe

Sovannary Sao

Sarah Louey

Linda Liu

Sanduni Jayasekera

Richard Tao

Vanessa Goh

Hannah Wilson

Carina Love

Judith Radas

Lara Selzer

Molly Timms

In Hyeok Park

Joel Emmett

Adam Do

Jessica Olivia Hartanto

Alex Duong

Sophie-Rose Maytom

Millicent Madsen

Aliya Bektas

Sophia Dolferus

Stephanie West

Deepak Prakash

Georgina McAllister

Ilse Brookes

Joey Truong

Natnicha 'Denim' Amornmongkol

Chuanluan XU

Sally Hang

Edie Romalis

Talya Bahari

Nicholas Aleksander Owczarek

Annabelle Radford

Peiyang Li

Phoebe Markoulis

Megan Anstey

Jocelynda Leonardo

Faith Yong

Reynard Brooks

Gabrielle Halim

Adam Demarti

Imogen Baker

Hope Matthews

Stephanie Luong

Ruyi Bell

Brittany Ronec

Caitlin Stanley

Madeleine Webster

Yue Wang

Max Lienert