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.

Georgia Van der Slot

Simon Owen

Andrea Hart

Mile Bui

Jared Cook

Tahlia White

Talan Watson-Ponsford

Leah McCabe

Yuan Ji Chew

Meaghan Sheehan

Elena Ancarola

Natalie Cavicchiolo

Anny Nguyen

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Thien Bang

Darcy FitzRoy

Joshua David

Mia (Mya) Stikoltzik

Tonya Tsorbatzoglou

Ashleigh Hoffmann

Mix Imbong

Casandra Gonzalez-Pistolesi

Ella Haywood

Chunan Qiu

shuya GUO

Lily Parmenter

Fatima Shublaq

Ching Ying Chua

Quynh Anh Do

Shelby Philp

James Morris

Tammy Truong

Luca Rotteglia

Casey Sheather

Kanwara Samranwong

Neera Vititwatanakul

Treshan Perera

Mathew McCullough

Ashley Missen

Jess Harrison

Jiajia Hu

Jaz Carter

Benjamin Lamaro

Shu Shu

Domenico Roso

Bussakorn Nangsue

Ruby Glenister

Glo Nera

Jess Novakova

Ivy Nguyen

Abbey Evans

Davena Fynmore

Isabelle Lee

Marco Simonovski

Jack Stone

Jonah Milne

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Yin Ting Wong

Taya Foxman

Hayden Marshall

Tahlia Boden

Samantha Delaney

Jendaya Bergmeier

Maddy McCready

Cameron Robertson

Calista Tiara Willa

Huu Phi Mai

Britney Angelia Kusuma

Kai Djeng

Isabelle Nguyen

Nicholas Rickard

Reiya Kuremoto

Mia Ristevski

Cameron Good-Giles

Siew Min Fang

Mitchell Cook

Fabian Alifraco

Anastasia Theofanous

Lyn Nguyen

Jack Dorgan