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.

Spencer Levesque

Alanna Kerwin

Alexandra Lipman

Shuyu Ren

Christopher Hann

Andrea Lione

Tingting Shao

Isabella Gruizinga

Sean French

Leo Nathan

Michael Barron

MYLES O'DOLAN

William Calder

Kenny Vo

Ho Fung Ma

Aidan Winter

Helen Beissmann

Alister Lao

Ruby Athanas

Isabella Baldwin-Wasmer

Aaron Campbell

Ryley Hubbard

Tan Nguyen Nhat

Jayden Pilcher

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Yangfanfan Yang

Lachlan Soukup

Rebecca Landman

Margit Valentin

Annie Kerr

Thomas Ayton

Kate Jeffares

Stuart Caldwell

Edward Sillitoe

Carissa Armstrong

Isabella Gammilonghi

Lucas Brancatella

Ailis McKinnon

Kirrilee Broughton

Wendy Nguyen

Naomi Tabares

Lucas Stewart

Bun Linda La

Jiahui Xu

Erina Salim

Laura De Santis

Sophia Kapetanas

Netasha Smith

Dante Lewis

Matthew Pool

Sienna Brown

Amy Eddington

Estelle Battaglia

Ilaria Henein

Bradley Davis

Claudia Koutsaftis

Miranda Newton

Jaime Hoare

Hunter Kong

Jack Skelley

Davzon Toy

Erin Lewis

Christopher Ayton

Nicole Skamnaki

Dana Flahavin

Lily Gooding

Brock Jackson

Ivy Chan

Jessica Handisides

Lani Gambino

Ethan Toll

Brittany Webb

ZiXuan Liu

Annya Calderon

Karri Burke

Peta Hen

Avril Price

Aliya Shaholli

Linda Montealegre

Madison Burns