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.

Bella Nicholls

Ivy Chan

Estelle Battaglia

Ilaria Henein

Sophia Kapetanas

Kate Jeffares

Natasha Zelisko

Annie Kerr

Isabella Gruizinga

Thien Vu

Kira McIntyre

Shuyu Ren

Helen Beissmann

Annya Calderon

Kirrilee Broughton

Nikolaus Hema

Aidan Winter

Christopher Hann

Miranda Newton

Bec Hale

Lani Gambino

Jessica Handisides

ZiXuan Liu

Melissa Whatman

Nicole Skamnaki

Naomi Tabares

Ashley Chau

Isabella Gammilonghi

Erina Salim

Spencer Levesque

Rebecca Landman

Erin Lewis

Isabella Baldwin-Wasmer

Karri Burke

Ho Fung Ma

Wendy Nguyen

Matthew Pool

Leo Nathan

Ethan Toll

Alanna Kerwin

Netasha Smith

Michael Barron

Yangfanfan Yang

Kenny Vo

Lucas Brancatella

Lily Gooding

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Ha Nguyen

Aaron Campbell

Claudia Koutsaftis

Bun Linda La

Jayden Pilcher

Brittany Webb

Jaime Hoare

Avril Price

Sean French

Peta Hen

MYLES O'DOLAN

Ruby Athanas

Margit Valentin

Dana Flahavin

Davzon Toy

Christopher Ayton

Tingting Shao

Oscar Christensen

Bradley Davis

Johanna Jannenga

Andrea Lione

Hunter Kong

Ngan Nguyen

Qinghua Zhou

Ailis McKinnon

Joshua Richards

William Calder

Madison Burns

Stuart Caldwell

Lachlan Soukup

Alister Lao

Thomas Ayton

Alexandra Lipman