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.

Claudia Schonfeldt

Amie Rippon

Siew Min Fang

Ryan Zhiren Deng

Jiajia Hu

Casey Sheather

Jack Dorgan

Ngoc Cat Tuong Tran

Gabrielle Condilis

Taya Foxman

Kanwara Samranwong

Fatima Shublaq

Ashleigh Hoffmann

Alicia Chiaravalle

Riccardo Falvo

Calista Tiara Willa

shuya GUO

Huu Phi Mai

Tonya Tsorbatzoglou

Mile Bui

Yin Ting Wong

Glo Nera

Tahlia White

Leah McCabe

Mitchell Cook

Jendaya Bergmeier

Treshan Perera

Anastasia Cornelia Hindarto

Rei Sato

Pippa Sutherland

Yuan Ji Chew

Cindy Bernice Katherine

Lachlan Brain

Joshua David

James Morris

Fiona Bickerdike

Jack Stone

Michael Fanfulla

Luca Rotteglia

Abbey Evans

Fabian Alifraco

Chunan Qiu

Jonah Milne

Isabelle Lee

Natalie Cavicchiolo

Shelby Philp

Marco Simonovski

Ivy Nguyen

Mia (Mya) Stikoltzik

Ruby Glenister

Sophie Gregg

Tammy Truong

Ashley Missen

Shu Shu

Jaz Carter

Isabelle Nguyen

Cameron Robertson

Reiya Kuremoto

Georgia Van der Slot

Nicholas Rickard

Casandra Gonzalez-Pistolesi

Chili Misa

Ching Ying Chua

Danielle Brown

Meaghan Sheehan

Samantha Delaney

Jess Novakova

Tash Jones

Britney Angelia Kusuma

Hayden Marshall

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Lyn Nguyen

Lewis Macriyiannis

Simon Owen

Mia Kiely

Ella Haywood

Isabelle Bates

Domenico Roso

Mix Imbong

Elena Ancarola