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.

Linda Montealegre

Lachlan Soukup

Lucas Brancatella

Kate Jeffares

Joshua Richards

Carissa Armstrong

Peta Hen

Brock Jackson

Dante Lewis

Kenny Vo

Qinghua Zhou

Ethan Toll

Jayden Pilcher

Margit Valentin

Bun Linda La

Isabella Gruizinga

Jiahui Xu

Erina Salim

Johanna Jannenga

Audrey Gardner

Rebecca Landman

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Hunter Kong

Alister Lao

Matthew Pool

Lucas Stewart

Nikolaus Hema

Ivy Chan

Ailis McKinnon

Isabella Baldwin-Wasmer

Christopher Hann

Michael Barron

Andrea Lione

Sean French

Spencer Levesque

Karri Burke

ZiXuan Liu

Jessica Handisides

Ilaria Henein

Amy Eddington

Stuart Caldwell

Sienna Brown

Avril Price

Ruby Athanas

Alanna Kerwin

Thien Vu

Estelle Battaglia

Kira McIntyre

Wendy Nguyen

Tingting Shao

Annie Kerr

Annya Calderon

Miranda Newton

Sophia Kapetanas

Edward Sillitoe

Chiara Menolascina

Madison Burns

Kirrilee Broughton

Tan Nguyen Nhat

Ngan Nguyen

Netasha Smith

Claudia Koutsaftis

Thomas Ayton

Bradley Davis

Ho Fung Ma

Bella Nicholls

Isabella Gammilonghi

Brittany Webb

Emily Shields

Helen Beissmann

Erin Lewis

Jack Skelley

Laura De Santis

Melissa Whatman

Christopher Ayton

Ashley Chau

Bec Hale

Leo Nathan

Oscar Christensen

Natasha Zelisko