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.

Leo Nathan

Amy Eddington

Lily Gooding

Alister Lao

Oscar Christensen

Matthew Pool

Lucas Stewart

Erina Salim

Miranda Newton

Andrea Lione

Shuyu Ren

Madison Burns

Bella Nicholls

Christopher Ayton

Melissa Whatman

Ailis McKinnon

Jack Skelley

Nicole Skamnaki

MYLES O'DOLAN

Peta Hen

Thomas Ayton

Tan Nguyen Nhat

Brock Jackson

Margit Valentin

Tingting Shao

Dante Lewis

Claudia Koutsaftis

Ivy Chan

Jayden Pilcher

Carissa Armstrong

Bradley Davis

Linda Montealegre

Ethan Toll

Kirrilee Broughton

William Calder

Qinghua Zhou

Aaron Campbell

Michael Barron

Ilaria Henein

Lucas Brancatella

Netasha Smith

Spencer Levesque

Sophia Kapetanas

Jaime Hoare

Isabella Gammilonghi

Hunter Kong

Dana Flahavin

Avril Price

Thien Vu

Isabella Baldwin-Wasmer

Zhanhan Yu

Kira McIntyre

Chiara Menolascina

Jessica Handisides

Bun Linda La

Isabella Gruizinga

Helen Beissmann

Laura De Santis

Aliya Shaholli

Ho Fung Ma

Erin Lewis

Natasha Zelisko

Audrey Gardner

Lachlan Soukup

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Naomi Tabares

Nikolaus Hema

Bec Hale

Stuart Caldwell

Sienna Brown

Kenny Vo

Karri Burke

Edward Sillitoe

Aidan Winter

Ha Nguyen

Ngan Nguyen

Wendy Nguyen

Ruby Athanas

Annie Kerr

Sean French