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.

Stuart Caldwell

Christopher Ayton

Alanna Kerwin

Ailis McKinnon

Peta Hen

Erin Lewis

Thomas Ayton

Joshua Richards

Sophia Kapetanas

Laura De Santis

Linda Montealegre

Alexandra Lipman

Lachlan Soukup

Jack Skelley

Nikolaus Hema

Ivy Chan

Dante Lewis

Aliya Shaholli

Edward Sillitoe

Helen Beissmann

Tingting Shao

Jaime Hoare

Brittany Webb

Margit Valentin

Lucas Brancatella

Ryley Hubbard

Amy Eddington

Qinghua Zhou

Nicole Skamnaki

Zhanhan Yu

ZiXuan Liu

Rebecca Landman

Andrea Lione

Lani Gambino

Ho Fung Ma

Bec Hale

Jessica Handisides

Jayden Pilcher

Avril Price

Melissa Whatman

Johanna Jannenga

Sean French

William Calder

Ngan Nguyen

Madison Burns

Bradley Davis

Emily Shields

Spencer Levesque

Lucas Stewart

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Alister Lao

Wendy Nguyen

Michael Barron

Natasha Zelisko

Miranda Newton

Kirrilee Broughton

Netasha Smith

Brock Jackson

Tan Nguyen Nhat

Hunter Kong

Shuyu Ren

Aaron Campbell

Isabella Gammilonghi

Jiahui Xu

Sienna Brown

Ethan Toll

Ruby Athanas

Isabella Gruizinga

Karri Burke

Kate Jeffares

Davzon Toy

Ilaria Henein

Annya Calderon

Bella Nicholls

Lily Gooding

MYLES O'DOLAN

Estelle Battaglia

Erina Salim

Isabella Baldwin-Wasmer

Kenny Vo