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.

Samantha Delaney

Ivy Nguyen

Georgia Van der Slot

Simon Owen

Chili Misa

Catherine Falconer

Huu Phi Mai

Benjamin Lamaro

Anastasia Theofanous

Natalie Cavicchiolo

Marco Simonovski

Amie Rippon

Yin Ting Wong

Jack Stone

Bussakorn Nangsue

Reiya Kuremoto

Ryan Zhiren Deng

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Isabelle Nguyen

Jess Novakova

Cameron Good-Giles

Jonah Milne

Jiajia Hu

Siew Min Fang

Ashley Missen

Casey Sheather

Fabian Alifraco

Glo Nera

Maverick Weigall

Leah McCabe

Danielle Brown

Cameron Robertson

Mia Kiely

Gabrielle Condilis

Maddy McCready

Thien Bang

Neera Vititwatanakul

Alex Stanton

Quynh Anh Do

Jess Harrison

Abbey Evans

Tammy Truong

Mile Bui

Alec Stalder

Ruby Glenister

Jaz Carter

Ching Ying Chua

Shelby Philp

Cindy Bernice Katherine

Mathew McCullough

Davena Fynmore

Kai Djeng

Tahlia White

Michael Fanfulla

Britney Angelia Kusuma

Elena Ancarola

Dorothea Chen

Pippa Sutherland

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Riccardo Falvo

Yuan Ji Chew

Meaghan Sheehan

Treshan Perera

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Lyn Nguyen

Rebecca Smith

Claudia Schonfeldt

Rei Sato

Anastasia Cornelia Hindarto

Hayden Marshall

Mia Ristevski

Sophie Gregg

Tahlia Boden

Isabelle Bates

Katrina Chalmers

Ngoc Cat Tuong Tran

Lily Parmenter

James Morris

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