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.

Adam Demarti

Millicent Madsen

Khye Huey Teoh

Eliza Tan

Anh Pham

Brittany Ronec

Freya Tran

Hope Matthews

Gabrielle Halim

Georgia White

Linda Liu

Jessica Nguyen

Olivia Holloway

Megan Anstey

Hannah Wilson

Sarah Louey

Adam Smith

Oshain Premaratne

Kowchika Vijayakumaran

Alice Gallen

Matthew Goljanin

Hannah Samaddar

Olivia Clark

Laura King

Sarah Giust

Luci Tivendale

Eve Rampley

Luke Borrow

Peiyang Li

Vivian Nguyen

Mahdi Bolbol

Elle Apostolou

will campitelli

Edie Romalis

Kaishi Li

Stephanie Luong

Natnicha 'Denim' Amornmongkol

Stephanie West

Molly McGarrity

JIA SUN

Sally Hang

Vivien Dao

Aliya Bektas

Caitlin Stanley

Imogen Baker

Yue Wang

max howard

Genevieve Cann

Tori Lewis

Ruby Giddings

Machaya Kurozumi

Sanduni Jayasekera

Faith Yong

Julian Tan

Yuhan Zhu

Lachie Joe

Mika Wheatley

Mattea Marnika-Lee

Max Lienert

Kate Smedley

Ilse Brookes

Jason Chan

Carina Love

Jennifer Godwin

Nicholas Aleksander Owczarek

Tianna Faraci

Joanna Ikin

Jason Vu

Ruyi Bell

Emma Carson

Chuanluan XU

Thomas Coghlan

Kristi Biezaite

Domenico Adami

Lara Selzer

Britney Monacella

Joey Truong

Vanessa Goh

Annabelle Freeman

Aaron D'Arcy