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.

Carissa Armstrong

Ngan Nguyen

Lucas Brancatella

Isabella Gruizinga

Peta Hen

Kate Jeffares

Aliya Shaholli

Bec Hale

Helen Beissmann

Bella Nicholls

Dante Lewis

Isabella Gammilonghi

Davzon Toy

Ilaria Henein

Alister Lao

Alexandra Lipman

Tan Nguyen Nhat

Sophia Kapetanas

Thomas Ayton

Joshua Richards

Michael Barron

Leo Nathan

Isabella Baldwin-Wasmer

Nicole Skamnaki

Margit Valentin

Ho Fung Ma

Ashley Chau

Annya Calderon

Linda Montealegre

Ruby Athanas

Ethan Toll

Karri Burke

Sienna Brown

Audrey Gardner

Madison Burns

Nikolaus Hema

Jayden Pilcher

Alanna Kerwin

Jaime Hoare

Erin Lewis

William Calder

Zhanhan Yu

Brock Jackson

Avril Price

Annie Kerr

Ailis McKinnon

Johanna Jannenga

Aidan Winter

Shuyu Ren

Edward Sillitoe

Bradley Davis

Natasha Zelisko

Wendy Nguyen

Kira McIntyre

Lani Gambino

Bun Linda La

Laura De Santis

Kirrilee Broughton

Ivy Chan

Christopher Ayton

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Thien Vu

Sean French

Kenny Vo

Miranda Newton

Jiahui Xu

Brittany Webb

Claudia Koutsaftis

Matthew Pool

Qinghua Zhou

Jessica Handisides

Amy Eddington

Dana Flahavin

Lucas Stewart

Tingting Shao

Ha Nguyen

Hunter Kong

Estelle Battaglia

Erina Salim

Spencer Levesque