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.

Jaime Hoare

Ngan Nguyen

Thomas Ayton

Tan Nguyen Nhat

Estelle Battaglia

Bun Linda La

Naomi Tabares

Ivy Chan

Miranda Newton

Ilaria Henein

Christopher Hann

ZiXuan Liu

Lily Gooding

Aaron Campbell

Helen Beissmann

Netasha Smith

Alanna Kerwin

Madison Burns

Bradley Davis

Oscar Christensen

Emily Shields

Erin Lewis

Lucas Stewart

Melissa Whatman

Isabella Gruizinga

Jayden Pilcher

Kira McIntyre

Aliya Shaholli

Chiara Menolascina

Kenny Vo

Peta Hen

Christopher Ayton

Lani Gambino

Ruby Athanas

Ashley Chau

Zhanhan Yu

Ho Fung Ma

Bella Nicholls

Annya Calderon

Brittany Webb

Amy Eddington

Carissa Armstrong

Nikolaus Hema

Isabella Baldwin-Wasmer

Brock Jackson

Tingting Shao

Avril Price

Qinghua Zhou

Sean French

Jessica Handisides

Thien Vu

Linda Montealegre

Leo Nathan

Shuyu Ren

Andrea Lione

Jiahui Xu

Jack Skelley

Alexandra Lipman

Aidan Winter

Michael Barron

Erina Salim

Bec Hale

Davzon Toy

Isabella Gammilonghi

Yangfanfan Yang

William Calder

Sienna Brown

Claudia Koutsaftis

Lachlan Soukup

Wendy Nguyen

Ha Nguyen

Nicole Skamnaki

Matthew Pool

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Rebecca Landman

Joshua Richards

Dana Flahavin

Kate Jeffares

Edward Sillitoe

Ryley Hubbard