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.

Vanessa Goh

Kaishi Li

Ching-Yuan Ku

Aulia Anam

Sarah Louey

Zayn Tran

Genevieve Cann

Lachie Joe

Tanya Borg

Hannah Samaddar

Adam Smith

Millicent Madsen

Georgia White

Madeleine Tseitlin

Elle Apostolou

Anita Doan

Olivia Holloway

Kristina Tsartas

Sovannary Sao

Dinh Ngo

Judith Radas

Matthew Goljanin

Georgina McAllister

Laura King

Amara Bett

Chuanluan XU

Oshain Premaratne

Madison Spencer

Faith Yong

Ruyi Bell

Katelyn Said

Megan Anstey

will campitelli

Molly McGarrity

Lachlan Banham

Tori Lewis

Eve Rampley

Gabrielle Halim

Vivien Dao

Yue Wang

Hope Matthews

Linda Liu

Alice Gallen

Kowchika Vijayakumaran

Sarah Giust

Rohan Gerrard

Adam Demarti

Joey Truong

Eliza Tan

Natnicha 'Denim' Amornmongkol

Annabelle Radford

max howard

Sanduni Jayasekera

Jessica Olivia Hartanto

Sophia Dolferus

Emma Carson

Sally Hang

Amita Tulpule

Freya Tran

Peiyang Li

Nicholas Aleksander Owczarek

Machaya Kurozumi

Ruby Giddings

Edie Romalis

Bronte Olander

Thomas Coghlan

Stephanie West

Joel Emmett

In Hyeok Park

Aliya Bektas

Luci Tivendale

Mahdi Bolbol

Max Lienert

Aaron D'Arcy

Stephanie Luong

Jessica Nguyen

Jeylan Mustafa

Deepak Prakash

Fang Guo

Mattea Marnika-Lee