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.

Edward Sillitoe

Laura De Santis

Aidan Winter

Christopher Ayton

Ryley Hubbard

Chiara Menolascina

Tingting Shao

Ashley Chau

Bradley Davis

Ailis McKinnon

Brittany Webb

Kira McIntyre

Thomas Ayton

Amy Eddington

Shuyu Ren

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Avril Price

Jessica Handisides

Naomi Tabares

Isabella Baldwin-Wasmer

Alister Lao

Kate Jeffares

Oscar Christensen

Isabella Gruizinga

William Calder

Alanna Kerwin

Lani Gambino

Davzon Toy

Estelle Battaglia

Zhanhan Yu

Peta Hen

Ruby Athanas

Helen Beissmann

Linda Montealegre

Margit Valentin

Jack Skelley

Aliya Shaholli

Ivy Chan

Bella Nicholls

Erina Salim

Emily Shields

Joshua Richards

Alexandra Lipman

Karri Burke

Jayden Pilcher

Thien Vu

Ha Nguyen

Nikolaus Hema

MYLES O'DOLAN

Kirrilee Broughton

Ho Fung Ma

Nicole Skamnaki

Carissa Armstrong

Leo Nathan

Qinghua Zhou

Lucas Brancatella

Sienna Brown

Yangfanfan Yang

Stuart Caldwell

Brock Jackson

Wendy Nguyen

Audrey Gardner

Aaron Campbell

Isabella Gammilonghi

Bun Linda La

Netasha Smith

Kenny Vo

Andrea Lione

Ethan Toll

Lily Gooding

Lachlan Soukup

Dana Flahavin

ZiXuan Liu

Hunter Kong

Annie Kerr

Ngan Nguyen

Miranda Newton

Natasha Zelisko

Lucas Stewart

Claudia Koutsaftis