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.

Isabella Gammilonghi

Avril Price

Linda Montealegre

Davzon Toy

Jessica Handisides

Amy Eddington

Jayden Pilcher

Karri Burke

Jaime Hoare

Kenny Vo

Chiara Menolascina

Matthew Pool

Tan Nguyen Nhat

Sophia Kapetanas

Ethan Toll

Brittany Webb

Hunter Kong

MYLES O'DOLAN

Thien Vu

Helen Beissmann

Peta Hen

Ivy Chan

Melissa Whatman

Spencer Levesque

Oscar Christensen

Shuyu Ren

Naomi Tabares

Yangfanfan Yang

Lucas Brancatella

Annie Kerr

Miranda Newton

Bella Nicholls

Zhanhan Yu

Dana Flahavin

Erin Lewis

Ailis McKinnon

Ilaria Henein

Kate Jeffares

Carissa Armstrong

Lucas Stewart

Natasha Zelisko

Bun Linda La

Edward Sillitoe

Aliya Shaholli

Stuart Caldwell

Bec Hale

Erina Salim

Tingting Shao

Andrea Lione

Nikolaus Hema

Dante Lewis

ZiXuan Liu

Laura De Santis

Audrey Gardner

Lily Gooding

Lachlan Soukup

Jack Skelley

Wendy Nguyen

William Calder

Aaron Campbell

Brock Jackson

Alister Lao

Ho Fung Ma

Sean French

Claudia Koutsaftis

Michael Barron

Kira McIntyre

Netasha Smith

Ashley Chau

Joshua Richards

Ryley Hubbard

Annya Calderon

Qinghua Zhou

Johanna Jannenga

Alanna Kerwin

Nicole Skamnaki

Thomas Ayton

Bradley Davis

Rebecca Landman

Leo Nathan