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.

Michael Barron

Ailis McKinnon

Ethan Toll

Kate Jeffares

Kenny Vo

Christopher Ayton

Margit Valentin

Nicole Skamnaki

Naomi Tabares

Netasha Smith

Thomas Ayton

Sienna Brown

MYLES O'DOLAN

Ryley Hubbard

Aliya Shaholli

Madison Burns

Erin Lewis

Ho Fung Ma

Annya Calderon

Joshua Richards

Bec Hale

Ivy Chan

Hunter Kong

Sophia Kapetanas

Johanna Jannenga

Bradley Davis

Dana Flahavin

Isabella Baldwin-Wasmer

Ha Nguyen

Davzon Toy

Zhanhan Yu

Lachlan Soukup

Isabella Gammilonghi

Ruby Athanas

Ashley Chau

Emily Shields

Kira McIntyre

William Calder

Erina Salim

Stuart Caldwell

Ngan Nguyen

Qinghua Zhou

Ilaria Henein

Claudia Koutsaftis

Leo Nathan

Linda Montealegre

ZiXuan Liu

Bella Nicholls

Nikolaus Hema

Alanna Kerwin

Lucas Stewart

Natasha Zelisko

Estelle Battaglia

Wendy Nguyen

Thien Vu

Spencer Levesque

Karri Burke

Shuyu Ren

Helen Beissmann

Miranda Newton

Lani Gambino

Aidan Winter

Annie Kerr

Lily Gooding

Brittany Webb

Peta Hen

Sean French

Tan Nguyen Nhat

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Isabella Gruizinga

Brock Jackson

Rebecca Landman

Jayden Pilcher

Avril Price

Jack Skelley

Tingting Shao

Jessica Handisides

Alister Lao

Alexandra Lipman

Bun Linda La