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.

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Shelby Philp

Ryan Zhiren Deng

Yuan Ji Chew

Catherine Falconer

Benjamin Lamaro

Alex Stanton

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Thien Bang

Meaghan Sheehan

Michael Fanfulla

Chunan Qiu

Taya Foxman

Georgia Van der Slot

Ruby Glenister

XinYan Kuah

Treshan Perera

Tammy Truong

Natalie Cavicchiolo

Casey Sheather

Ngoc Cat Tuong Tran

Reiya Kuremoto

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Isabelle Lee

Cameron Robertson

Sophie Gregg

Cindy Bernice Katherine

Mia Ristevski

Isabelle Bates

Elena Ancarola

Rei Sato

Neera Vititwatanakul

Kaylee Launder

Siew Min Fang

Ashleigh Hoffmann

Chili Misa

Dorothea Chen

Jess Harrison

Lewis Macriyiannis

Andrea Hart

James Morris

Nicko Grimm

Kanwara Samranwong

Talan Watson-Ponsford

Darcy FitzRoy

Mile Bui

Anastasia Theofanous

Mathew McCullough

Casandra Gonzalez-Pistolesi

Lyn Nguyen

Danielle Brown

Nicholas Rickard

Leah McCabe

Jack Stone

Quynh Anh Do

Britney Angelia Kusuma

Tonya Tsorbatzoglou

Jack Dorgan

Alessi Fernando

Marco Simonovski

Bussakorn Nangsue

Davena Fynmore

Riccardo Falvo

Jared Cook

Amie Rippon

Ella Haywood

Kai Djeng

Yin Ting Wong

Mix Imbong

Alec Stalder

Rebecca Smith

Tahlia Boden

Fabian Alifraco

Glo Nera

Simon Owen

Cameron Good-Giles

Domenico Roso

Isabelle Nguyen

Joshua David

Maverick Weigall