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.

Dante Lewis

Avril Price

Sienna Brown

Wendy Nguyen

Leo Nathan

Tan Nguyen Nhat

Linda Montealegre

Kate Jeffares

Matthew Pool

Miranda Newton

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Isabella Baldwin-Wasmer

Shuyu Ren

Nikolaus Hema

Claudia Koutsaftis

Annie Kerr

Lily Gooding

Aidan Winter

Brittany Webb

Ilaria Henein

Sean French

Kenny Vo

Lani Gambino

Aliya Shaholli

Isabella Gruizinga

Michael Barron

Thomas Ayton

MYLES O'DOLAN

Margit Valentin

Bella Nicholls

Karri Burke

Yangfanfan Yang

Madison Burns

Joshua Richards

Erin Lewis

Tingting Shao

Sophia Kapetanas

Alister Lao

Chiara Menolascina

Dana Flahavin

Ruby Athanas

Edward Sillitoe

Thien Vu

Christopher Ayton

Brock Jackson

Bun Linda La

Hunter Kong

Naomi Tabares

Audrey Gardner

Spencer Levesque

Carissa Armstrong

Jiahui Xu

Oscar Christensen

Jaime Hoare

Bec Hale

Ryley Hubbard

Natasha Zelisko

Ha Nguyen

Kira McIntyre

Helen Beissmann

Johanna Jannenga

Ho Fung Ma

Isabella Gammilonghi

Peta Hen

William Calder

Laura De Santis

Alexandra Lipman

Qinghua Zhou

Ashley Chau

Andrea Lione

Zhanhan Yu

Christopher Hann

Kirrilee Broughton

Emily Shields

Annya Calderon

Davzon Toy

Lucas Stewart

Alanna Kerwin

Rebecca Landman

Jessica Handisides