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.

Ho Fung Ma

William Calder

Sean French

Thien Vu

Lachlan Soukup

Jiahui Xu

Alister Lao

Ngan Nguyen

Madison Burns

Netasha Smith

Ilaria Henein

Avril Price

Michael Barron

Ha Nguyen

Amy Eddington

Zhanhan Yu

Jack Skelley

Carissa Armstrong

Alanna Kerwin

Kenny Vo

Edward Sillitoe

Tingting Shao

Emily Shields

Aidan Winter

Hunter Kong

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Ashley Chau

Lucas Brancatella

Leo Nathan

Miranda Newton

Dana Flahavin

Aliya Shaholli

Rebecca Landman

Davzon Toy

Lani Gambino

Naomi Tabares

Isabella Gammilonghi

Shuyu Ren

Joshua Richards

Alexandra Lipman

Wendy Nguyen

Tan Nguyen Nhat

Lily Gooding

MYLES O'DOLAN

Matthew Pool

Spencer Levesque

Christopher Ayton

Bun Linda La

Oscar Christensen

Linda Montealegre

Annie Kerr

Kirrilee Broughton

Ailis McKinnon

Sienna Brown

Qinghua Zhou

Sophia Kapetanas

Jaime Hoare

Chiara Menolascina

Estelle Battaglia

Dante Lewis

Yangfanfan Yang

Margit Valentin

Johanna Jannenga

Laura De Santis

Nikolaus Hema

Karri Burke

Brittany Webb

Jessica Handisides

Helen Beissmann

Peta Hen

Ethan Toll

Brock Jackson

Isabella Baldwin-Wasmer

Melissa Whatman

Lucas Stewart

Ivy Chan

Bec Hale

Christopher Hann

Isabella Gruizinga

ZiXuan Liu