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.

Chiara Menolascina

Ho Fung Ma

Bella Nicholls

Nicole Skamnaki

Miranda Newton

Sean French

Thomas Ayton

Bec Hale

Christopher Ayton

Nikolaus Hema

Ha Nguyen

Isabella Baldwin-Wasmer

Hunter Kong

Sienna Brown

Aidan Winter

Jaime Hoare

Aaron Campbell

Yangfanfan Yang

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Ashley Chau

Ruby Athanas

Lani Gambino

Jayden Pilcher

Bradley Davis

Ethan Toll

Claudia Koutsaftis

Sophia Kapetanas

Kenny Vo

Natasha Zelisko

Michael Barron

Tan Nguyen Nhat

Joshua Richards

Stuart Caldwell

Johanna Jannenga

Brittany Webb

ZiXuan Liu

Zhanhan Yu

MYLES O'DOLAN

Amy Eddington

Alexandra Lipman

Helen Beissmann

Andrea Lione

Bun Linda La

Dana Flahavin

Jessica Handisides

Annie Kerr

Ryley Hubbard

Madison Burns

Davzon Toy

Karri Burke

Laura De Santis

Audrey Gardner

Shuyu Ren

Lily Gooding

Annya Calderon

Naomi Tabares

Leo Nathan

Lucas Stewart

Wendy Nguyen

Spencer Levesque

Linda Montealegre

Brock Jackson

Aliya Shaholli

Edward Sillitoe

Ilaria Henein

Thien Vu

Alister Lao

Jiahui Xu

Matthew Pool

Isabella Gammilonghi

Ailis McKinnon

Avril Price

Christopher Hann

Melissa Whatman

Netasha Smith

Kirrilee Broughton

Oscar Christensen

Rebecca Landman

Erin Lewis

Erina Salim