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.

Lucas Stewart

Michael Barron

Sophia Kapetanas

Erina Salim

Lachlan Soukup

William Calder

Kate Jeffares

Karri Burke

Thomas Ayton

Jessica Handisides

MYLES O'DOLAN

Ethan Toll

Miranda Newton

ZiXuan Liu

Matthew Pool

Bella Nicholls

Davzon Toy

Helen Beissmann

Yangfanfan Yang

Melissa Whatman

Linda Montealegre

Carissa Armstrong

Netasha Smith

Nikolaus Hema

Aidan Winter

Margit Valentin

Annie Kerr

Oscar Christensen

Erin Lewis

Thien Vu

Isabella Gammilonghi

Christopher Hann

Jack Skelley

Annya Calderon

Avril Price

Ruby Athanas

Isabella Gruizinga

Isabella Baldwin-Wasmer

Peta Hen

Bun Linda La

Alexandra Lipman

Ivy Chan

Kira McIntyre

Brittany Webb

Naomi Tabares

Shuyu Ren

Ha Nguyen

Alister Lao

Johanna Jannenga

Tingting Shao

Leo Nathan

Spencer Levesque

Aliya Shaholli

Qinghua Zhou

Laura De Santis

Ilaria Henein

Alanna Kerwin

Brock Jackson

Christopher Ayton

Ailis McKinnon

Rebecca Landman

Claudia Koutsaftis

Bec Hale

Zhanhan Yu

Jaime Hoare

Emily Shields

Jayden Pilcher

Andrea Lione

Jiahui Xu

Kirrilee Broughton

Natasha Zelisko

Tan Nguyen Nhat

Edward Sillitoe

Chiara Menolascina

Lucas Brancatella

Bradley Davis

Estelle Battaglia

Dana Flahavin

Ashley Chau

Joshua Richards