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.

Alanna Kerwin

Lachlan Soukup

Jessica Handisides

Zhanhan Yu

Ashley Chau

Spencer Levesque

Ailis McKinnon

Thien Vu

Jaime Hoare

Sophia Kapetanas

Ilaria Henein

Naomi Tabares

Isabella Baldwin-Wasmer

ZiXuan Liu

Ruby Athanas

Aidan Winter

Kenny Vo

Qinghua Zhou

Yangfanfan Yang

MYLES O'DOLAN

Johanna Jannenga

Sean French

Rebecca Landman

Christopher Ayton

Davzon Toy

Avril Price

Jiahui Xu

Karri Burke

Emily Shields

William Calder

Brock Jackson

Tan Nguyen Nhat

Hunter Kong

Kira McIntyre

Ethan Toll

Tingting Shao

Jayden Pilcher

Alexandra Lipman

Isabella Gruizinga

Leo Nathan

Madison Burns

Lucas Stewart

Ha Nguyen

Carissa Armstrong

Natasha Zelisko

Erin Lewis

Wendy Nguyen

Kirrilee Broughton

Nikolaus Hema

Claudia Koutsaftis

Bec Hale

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Chiara Menolascina

Annie Kerr

Sienna Brown

Laura De Santis

Linda Montealegre

Amy Eddington

Melissa Whatman

Margit Valentin

Thomas Ayton

Aliya Shaholli

Peta Hen

Erina Salim

Nicole Skamnaki

Oscar Christensen

Ho Fung Ma

Kate Jeffares

Ryley Hubbard

Bradley Davis

Lani Gambino

Joshua Richards

Bun Linda La

Stuart Caldwell

Helen Beissmann

Brittany Webb

Annya Calderon

Edward Sillitoe

Isabella Gammilonghi

Shuyu Ren