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.

Lily Gooding

Carissa Armstrong

Aliya Shaholli

Margit Valentin

Ryley Hubbard

Netasha Smith

Kate Jeffares

Bun Linda La

Ruby Athanas

Chiara Menolascina

Wendy Nguyen

Edward Sillitoe

Stuart Caldwell

Oscar Christensen

Christopher Ayton

Ivy Chan

Erin Lewis

Spencer Levesque

Ilaria Henein

Isabella Gruizinga

Andrea Lione

Isabella Gammilonghi

Audrey Gardner

Miranda Newton

Estelle Battaglia

Qinghua Zhou

Aaron Campbell

Ngan Nguyen

Helen Beissmann

Erina Salim

Kirrilee Broughton

Joshua Richards

Kira McIntyre

Nikolaus Hema

Madison Burns

Sean French

Laura De Santis

Brittany Webb

Jack Skelley

Alister Lao

Davzon Toy

Christopher Hann

Alanna Kerwin

ZiXuan Liu

Jiahui Xu

Linda Montealegre

Claudia Koutsaftis

Lani Gambino

Ethan Toll

Jayden Pilcher

Kenny Vo

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Thien Vu

Sophia Kapetanas

Lachlan Soukup

Ailis McKinnon

Johanna Jannenga

Nicole Skamnaki

Bradley Davis

Michael Barron

Alexandra Lipman

Shuyu Ren

Amy Eddington

Rebecca Landman

Naomi Tabares

Jaime Hoare

Hunter Kong

Avril Price

William Calder

Jessica Handisides

Lucas Stewart

Annya Calderon

Ho Fung Ma

Natasha Zelisko

Melissa Whatman

Lucas Brancatella

Peta Hen

Bella Nicholls

Matthew Pool

Thomas Ayton