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.

Netasha Smith

Nikolaus Hema

Spencer Levesque

Christopher Hann

Jack Skelley

Alexandra Lipman

Naomi Tabares

Ngan Nguyen

Peta Hen

Kate Jeffares

Amy Eddington

Estelle Battaglia

Bec Hale

Lucas Stewart

Ashley Chau

Laura De Santis

Aaron Campbell

Thomas Ayton

Isabella Gammilonghi

Hunter Kong

Shuyu Ren

Kirrilee Broughton

Jiahui Xu

Annie Kerr

Davzon Toy

Bella Nicholls

Yangfanfan Yang

Lani Gambino

Sean French

Tan Nguyen Nhat

Michael Barron

Margit Valentin

Nicole Skamnaki

Avril Price

Jayden Pilcher

Edward Sillitoe

Annya Calderon

Natasha Zelisko

Alanna Kerwin

Audrey Gardner

Karri Burke

Ilaria Henein

Andrea Lione

Isabella Gruizinga

Brittany Webb

Miranda Newton

Bradley Davis

Isabella Baldwin-Wasmer

Emily Shields

Stuart Caldwell

Qinghua Zhou

William Calder

Johanna Jannenga

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Madison Burns

Oscar Christensen

Ethan Toll

Dana Flahavin

Lucas Brancatella

Erina Salim

Linda Montealegre

Melissa Whatman

Christopher Ayton

Ha Nguyen

Zhanhan Yu

Matthew Pool

Brock Jackson

Sophia Kapetanas

Kenny Vo

Aidan Winter

Ryley Hubbard

Ailis McKinnon

Helen Beissmann

Leo Nathan

Sienna Brown

Carissa Armstrong

Jaime Hoare

Claudia Koutsaftis

Lachlan Soukup

Ho Fung Ma