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.

Ilaria Henein

Ailis McKinnon

Linda Montealegre

Carissa Armstrong

Natasha Zelisko

Tingting Shao

Karri Burke

Ngan Nguyen

Ethan Toll

Aliya Shaholli

Ryley Hubbard

Joshua Richards

Jessica Handisides

Christopher Hann

Avril Price

Tan Nguyen Nhat

Ashley Chau

Sean French

Bella Nicholls

Annie Kerr

Lachlan Soukup

Helen Beissmann

Dana Flahavin

Claudia Koutsaftis

Matthew Pool

Lani Gambino

Rebecca Landman

Kate Jeffares

Kirrilee Broughton

Lucas Stewart

Alister Lao

Kenny Vo

Qinghua Zhou

Stuart Caldwell

ZiXuan Liu

Chiara Menolascina

Thomas Ayton

Nikolaus Hema

Jayden Pilcher

Spencer Levesque

Peta Hen

Shuyu Ren

Zhanhan Yu

Christopher Ayton

Jack Skelley

Amy Eddington

Bradley Davis

Aaron Campbell

Netasha Smith

Annya Calderon

Ivy Chan

Erin Lewis

Isabella Baldwin-Wasmer

Bec Hale

Ha Nguyen

Madison Burns

Ho Fung Ma

MYLES O'DOLAN

Melissa Whatman

Davzon Toy

Kira McIntyre

Margit Valentin

Erina Salim

Oscar Christensen

Emily Shields

Johanna Jannenga

Alexandra Lipman

Alanna Kerwin

Naomi Tabares

Bun Linda La

Michael Barron

Hunter Kong

Andrea Lione

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Brock Jackson

Dante Lewis

Sophia Kapetanas

Estelle Battaglia

Yangfanfan Yang

Aidan Winter