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.

Reynard Brooks

Phoebe Markoulis

Kristina Tsartas

JIA SUN

Madeleine Webster

Georgina McAllister

Eliza Tan

Mahdi Bolbol

In Hyeok Park

Aaron D'Arcy

Joanna Ikin

Katelyn Said

Lachlan Banham

Jeylan Mustafa

Julian Tan

Olivia Clark

Natnicha 'Denim' Amornmongkol

Vivien Dao

Thomas Coghlan

Molly Timms

Tianna Faraci

Crystal Oliver

Tori Lewis

Freya Tran

Annabelle Freeman

Tanya Borg

Sophia Dolferus

Jason Vu

Anita Doan

Adam Smith

Hope Matthews

Adam Do

Georgia White

Hannah Samaddar

Luke Borrow

Matt Kuch

Jocelynda Leonardo

Jessica Nguyen

Annabelle Radford

Ciara McCabe

Stephanie West

Kaishi Li

Jennifer Godwin

Dinh Ngo

Kowchika Vijayakumaran

Judith Radas

Alex Duong

Emma Carson

Mika Wheatley

Rohan Gerrard

Ruyi Bell

Aliya Bektas

Adam Demarti

Oshain Premaratne

Sarah Louey

Fang Guo

Deepak Prakash

Zoe Archer

Richard Tao

Nicholas Aleksander Owczarek

Machaya Kurozumi

Lachie Joe

Ilse Brookes

Max Lienert

Claudia Aliotta

Chuanluan XU

Isaac Bridges

will campitelli

Hannah Wilson

Joey Truong

Vanessa Goh

Matthew Goljanin

Luci Tivendale

Eve Rampley

Sophie-Rose Maytom

Carina Love

Brittany Ronec

Domenico Adami

Vivian Nguyen

Christopher Groves