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.

Lucas Brancatella

Natasha Zelisko

Sean French

Bun Linda La

Ha Nguyen

Oscar Christensen

Nicole Skamnaki

Claudia Koutsaftis

Melissa Whatman

Jack Skelley

Zhanhan Yu

Aaron Campbell

William Calder

Chiara Menolascina

Tingting Shao

Sophia Kapetanas

Ailis McKinnon

Annya Calderon

Karri Burke

Matthew Pool

Ilaria Henein

Edward Sillitoe

Carissa Armstrong

Alexandra Lipman

Isabella Gruizinga

Estelle Battaglia

Erin Lewis

Kirrilee Broughton

MYLES O'DOLAN

Christopher Hann

Kenny Vo

Ivy Chan

Thien Vu

Jaime Hoare

Ho Fung Ma

Hunter Kong

Avril Price

Dante Lewis

Qinghua Zhou

Aidan Winter

Christopher Ayton

Ashley Chau

Andrea Lione

Lucas Stewart

Netasha Smith

Alister Lao

Emily Shields

Dana Flahavin

Laura De Santis

Erina Salim

Jayden Pilcher

Joshua Richards

Michael Barron

Leo Nathan

Ruby Athanas

Annie Kerr

Margit Valentin

Alanna Kerwin

Jiahui Xu

Lachlan Soukup

ZiXuan Liu

Shuyu Ren

Thomas Ayton

Stuart Caldwell

Johanna Jannenga

Isabella Baldwin-Wasmer

Miranda Newton

Jessica Handisides

Spencer Levesque

Rebecca Landman

Peta Hen

Madison Burns

Brock Jackson

Linda Montealegre

Wendy Nguyen

Helen Beissmann

Nikolaus Hema

Ryley Hubbard

Bella Nicholls

Kira McIntyre