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.

Tingting Shao

Brittany Webb

Lily Gooding

Shuyu Ren

Carissa Armstrong

Thien Vu

Margit Valentin

Karri Burke

Isabella Baldwin-Wasmer

Lucas Stewart

MYLES O'DOLAN

Annie Kerr

Yangfanfan Yang

Estelle Battaglia

Ho Fung Ma

Sean French

Melissa Whatman

Aidan Winter

Ryley Hubbard

Zhanhan Yu

Rebecca Landman

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Lachlan Soukup

Jack Skelley

Isabella Gruizinga

Brock Jackson

Ailis McKinnon

Laura De Santis

Kenny Vo

Naomi Tabares

Spencer Levesque

Bradley Davis

Ruby Athanas

Davzon Toy

Claudia Koutsaftis

Leo Nathan

Bella Nicholls

Annya Calderon

Wendy Nguyen

ZiXuan Liu

Netasha Smith

Alister Lao

Jayden Pilcher

Sophia Kapetanas

Ilaria Henein

Kirrilee Broughton

Jaime Hoare

Bec Hale

Qinghua Zhou

Emily Shields

Ivy Chan

Jessica Handisides

Linda Montealegre

Tan Nguyen Nhat

Thomas Ayton

Audrey Gardner

Sienna Brown

Erin Lewis

Amy Eddington

Kira McIntyre

Ha Nguyen

Isabella Gammilonghi

Madison Burns

Oscar Christensen

Hunter Kong

Nicole Skamnaki

Dante Lewis

Edward Sillitoe

Alanna Kerwin

Natasha Zelisko

Helen Beissmann

Stuart Caldwell

Christopher Ayton

Chiara Menolascina

Andrea Lione

Johanna Jannenga

Lucas Brancatella

William Calder

Ethan Toll

Nikolaus Hema