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.

Erina Salim

Hunter Kong

Laura De Santis

Margit Valentin

Linda Montealegre

Ashley Chau

Alexandra Lipman

Thomas Ayton

Kate Jeffares

Michael Barron

Tan Nguyen Nhat

Matthew Pool

Christopher Ayton

Aidan Winter

Andrea Lione

Dana Flahavin

Lachlan Soukup

Joshua Richards

Lani Gambino

Brittany Webb

Shuyu Ren

Sophia Kapetanas

Wendy Nguyen

Isabella Baldwin-Wasmer

Rebecca Landman

Netasha Smith

Edward Sillitoe

Naomi Tabares

Ilaria Henein

Melissa Whatman

Kira McIntyre

Emily Shields

Tingting Shao

Yangfanfan Yang

Avril Price

Nikolaus Hema

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Ailis McKinnon

Lucas Stewart

Kenny Vo

Spencer Levesque

Thien Vu

Jiahui Xu

Brock Jackson

Alister Lao

Aaron Campbell

Johanna Jannenga

Amy Eddington

ZiXuan Liu

Lily Gooding

Christopher Hann

Jack Skelley

Lucas Brancatella

Ngan Nguyen

Carissa Armstrong

Stuart Caldwell

Zhanhan Yu

Ryley Hubbard

Bun Linda La

MYLES O'DOLAN

Claudia Koutsaftis

Ho Fung Ma

Madison Burns

Kirrilee Broughton

William Calder

Isabella Gruizinga

Isabella Gammilonghi

Sienna Brown

Alanna Kerwin

Jaime Hoare

Helen Beissmann

Davzon Toy

Karri Burke

Estelle Battaglia

Ruby Athanas

Erin Lewis

Bradley Davis

Peta Hen

Natasha Zelisko

Leo Nathan