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.

Sanduni Jayasekera

Jessica Nguyen

Isaac Bridges

Talya Bahari

Mahdi Bolbol

Vivian Nguyen

Adam Do

Jeylan Mustafa

Anita Doan

Millicent Madsen

Elle Apostolou

Mattea Marnika-Lee

Lachie Joe

Crystal Oliver

Emma Carson

Deepak Prakash

Joey Truong

Kowchika Vijayakumaran

Laura King

Annabelle Radford

Hope Matthews

Chuanluan XU

Julian Tan

Ching-Yuan Ku

Sarah Louey

Jason Vu

Oshain Premaratne

Xinjie Wang

Alice Gallen

Richard Tao

Matt Kuch

Genevieve Cann

Machaya Kurozumi

Lara Selzer

Phoebe Markoulis

Luke Borrow

Sam Heritage

Hannah Wilson

Bronte Olander

Reynard Brooks

JIA SUN

Kate Smedley

Tanya Borg

Kaishi Li

Thomas Coghlan

Aaron D'Arcy

Imogen Baker

Matthew Goljanin

Faith Yong

Zoe Archer

Khye Huey Teoh

Sally Hang

Sovannary Sao

Amara Bett

Domenico Adami

Luci Tivendale

Vanessa Goh

Sarah Giust

Ruyi Bell

Jocelynda Leonardo

Alex Duong

Bella MacIsaac

Jennifer Godwin

Anh Pham

Linda Liu

Joanna Ikin

Rohan Gerrard

Cindy Nguyen

In Hyeok Park

Carina Love

Georgia White

Christopher Groves

Yue Wang

Madison Spencer

Kristi Biezaite

Peiyang Li

Brittany Ronec

Nicholas Aleksander Owczarek

Madeleine Tseitlin

Megan Anstey