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.

Jiahui Xu

Jaime Hoare

Avril Price

Netasha Smith

Jayden Pilcher

Ryley Hubbard

Sienna Brown

William Calder

Rebecca Landman

Aidan Winter

Bradley Davis

Edward Sillitoe

Erin Lewis

Ethan Toll

Shuyu Ren

Dana Flahavin

Estelle Battaglia

Thien Vu

Thomas Ayton

Helen Beissmann

Lucas Stewart

Amy Eddington

Hunter Kong

Leo Nathan

Spencer Levesque

Karri Burke

Isabella Gruizinga

Kenny Vo

Joshua Richards

Aaron Campbell

Lachlan Soukup

Dante Lewis

Wendy Nguyen

Annie Kerr

Lani Gambino

Lucas Brancatella

Annya Calderon

Erina Salim

Brock Jackson

Isabella Gammilonghi

Ha Nguyen

Emily Shields

Zhanhan Yu

Jessica Handisides

ZiXuan Liu

Ilaria Henein

Ruby Athanas

Bec Hale

Ivy Chan

Isabella Baldwin-Wasmer

Alister Lao

Michael Barron

Alexandra Lipman

Yangfanfan Yang

Stuart Caldwell

Nikolaus Hema

Sophia Kapetanas

Christopher Hann

Natasha Zelisko

Bun Linda La

Ailis McKinnon

Brittany Webb

Qinghua Zhou

Carissa Armstrong

Tan Nguyen Nhat

Chiara Menolascina

Matthew Pool

Naomi Tabares

Alanna Kerwin

Christopher Ayton

Laura De Santis

Lily Gooding

Peta Hen

Ashley Chau

Margit Valentin

Oscar Christensen

Audrey Gardner

Sean French

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Andrea Lione