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.

Dante Lewis

Claudia Koutsaftis

Helen Beissmann

Hunter Kong

Audrey Gardner

Jiahui Xu

Alexandra Lipman

Ivy Chan

Joshua Richards

Ashley Chau

Nikolaus Hema

Naomi Tabares

Andrea Lione

Isabella Baldwin-Wasmer

Lucas Stewart

Alanna Kerwin

Margit Valentin

Michael Barron

Ngan Nguyen

Sienna Brown

Karri Burke

MYLES O'DOLAN

Jayden Pilcher

Matthew Pool

Lani Gambino

Lachlan Soukup

ZiXuan Liu

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Tingting Shao

Oscar Christensen

Ryley Hubbard

Thomas Ayton

Wendy Nguyen

Isabella Gruizinga

Aidan Winter

Zhanhan Yu

Annie Kerr

Sean French

Bella Nicholls

Thien Vu

Edward Sillitoe

Ethan Toll

Sophia Kapetanas

Natasha Zelisko

Aliya Shaholli

Netasha Smith

Bun Linda La

Nicole Skamnaki

Qinghua Zhou

Estelle Battaglia

Kate Jeffares

Tan Nguyen Nhat

William Calder

Ha Nguyen

Brock Jackson

Bradley Davis

Yangfanfan Yang

Erin Lewis

Christopher Hann

Ailis McKinnon

Bec Hale

Brittany Webb

Carissa Armstrong

Ho Fung Ma

Shuyu Ren

Laura De Santis

Kira McIntyre

Rebecca Landman

Kenny Vo

Kirrilee Broughton

Linda Montealegre

Aaron Campbell

Erina Salim

Melissa Whatman

Leo Nathan

Avril Price

Stuart Caldwell

Amy Eddington

Annya Calderon

Jessica Handisides