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

Lily Gooding

Melissa Whatman

Isabella Baldwin-Wasmer

Aliya Shaholli

Erina Salim

Ngan Nguyen

Nikolaus Hema

Estelle Battaglia

Jiahui Xu

ZiXuan Liu

Ilaria Henein

Spencer Levesque

Peta Hen

Ailis McKinnon

Isabella Gammilonghi

Shuyu Ren

Carissa Armstrong

Lucas Brancatella

Netasha Smith

Margit Valentin

Christopher Hann

Johanna Jannenga

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Sophia Kapetanas

Stuart Caldwell

Wendy Nguyen

William Calder

Kira McIntyre

Naomi Tabares

Annie Kerr

Ho Fung Ma

Ryley Hubbard

Alister Lao

Karri Burke

Chiara Menolascina

Jessica Handisides

Bec Hale

Natasha Zelisko

Thomas Ayton

Brock Jackson

Rebecca Landman

Aidan Winter

Bun Linda La

Tan Nguyen Nhat

Claudia Koutsaftis

Jack Skelley

Aaron Campbell

Brittany Webb

MYLES O'DOLAN

Bella Nicholls

Lani Gambino

Helen Beissmann

Dana Flahavin

Miranda Newton

Sienna Brown

Joshua Richards

Edward Sillitoe

Bradley Davis

Ethan Toll

Michael Barron

Audrey Gardner

Ashley Chau

Ruby Athanas

Annya Calderon

Emily Shields

Sean French

Amy Eddington

Matthew Pool

Ha Nguyen

Lucas Stewart

Nicole Skamnaki

Thien Vu

Davzon Toy

Kirrilee Broughton

Qinghua Zhou

Christopher Ayton

Hunter Kong

Alexandra Lipman

Jaime Hoare