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

Eve Rampley

Katelyn Said

max howard

Alice Gallen

Thomas Coghlan

Laura King

Lara Selzer

Freya Tran

Sophie-Rose Maytom

Machaya Kurozumi

Kristi Biezaite

Olivia Clark

Faith Yong

Talya Bahari

Fang Guo

Madeleine Tseitlin

Judith Radas

Genevieve Cann

Christopher Groves

will campitelli

Xinjie Wang

Cindy Nguyen

Kristina Tsartas

Ruby Giddings

Ching-Yuan Ku

Amita Tulpule

Jennifer Godwin

Tori Lewis

Oshain Premaratne

Kaishi Li

Hope Matthews

Aaron D'Arcy

Lachlan Banham

Matthew Goljanin

Jocelynda Leonardo

Edie Romalis

Sally Hang

Eliza Tan

Nicholas Aleksander Owczarek

Bella MacIsaac

Khye Huey Teoh

Richard Tao

Jessica Olivia Hartanto

Aliya Bektas

Phoebe Markoulis

Molly Timms

Adam Smith

Megan Anstey

Jason Vu

Olivia Holloway

Sovannary Sao

Neve Horvat

Tianna Faraci

Anh Pham

Ciara McCabe

Hannah Wilson

Luke Borrow

Anita Doan

Gabrielle Halim

Yuhan Zhu

Luci Tivendale

Dinh Ngo

Peiyang Li

Kate Smedley

Carina Love

Georgina McAllister

Molly McGarrity

Jessica Nguyen

Zoe Archer

Alex Duong

Sam Heritage

In Hyeok Park

Georgia White

Millicent Madsen

Annabelle Freeman

Amara Bett

Jason Chan

Kowchika Vijayakumaran

Domenico Adami