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.

Matt Kuch

Molly Timms

Ching-Yuan Ku

Emma Carson

Madeleine Tseitlin

Caitlin Stanley

Hope Matthews

Ciara McCabe

Joanna Ikin

Bronte Olander

Alice Gallen

Georgina McAllister

Christopher Groves

Sophie-Rose Maytom

will campitelli

Millicent Madsen

Joel Emmett

Sophia Dolferus

Joey Truong

Fang Guo

Rohan Gerrard

Xinjie Wang

Claudia Aliotta

Yuhan Zhu

Hannah Samaddar

Jason Vu

Deepak Prakash

Linda Liu

Aulia Anam

Kaishi Li

Stephanie West

max howard

Mattea Marnika-Lee

Olivia Holloway

Molly McGarrity

Natnicha 'Denim' Amornmongkol

Sovannary Sao

Kate Smedley

Peiyang Li

Jeylan Mustafa

Ilse Brookes

Julian Tan

Imogen Baker

Madeleine Webster

Dinh Ngo

Ruby Giddings

Yue Wang

Chuanluan XU

Annabelle Radford

Olivia Clark

Richard Tao

Luci Tivendale

Adam Smith

Brittany Ronec

In Hyeok Park

Amita Tulpule

Lara Selzer

Neve Horvat

Jason Chan

Aliya Bektas

Cindy Nguyen

Stephanie Luong

Zayn Tran

Freya Tran

Crystal Oliver

Jennifer Godwin

Tianna Faraci

Eve Rampley

Mika Wheatley

Machaya Kurozumi

Ruyi Bell

Hannah Wilson

Katelyn Said

Vivien Dao

Faith Yong

Madison Spencer

Zachary Gray

Zoe Archer

Laura King

Talya Bahari