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.

Fabian Alifraco

Jess Novakova

Tahlia White

Siew Min Fang

Cameron Good-Giles

Jendaya Bergmeier

Anastasia Theofanous

Mathew McCullough

Joshua David

Yuan Ji Chew

Casey Sheather

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Ryan Zhiren Deng

Katrina Chalmers

Jiajia Hu

Maverick Weigall

Marco Simonovski

Meaghan Sheehan

Britney Angelia Kusuma

Ching Ying Chua

Alex Stanton

Ella Haywood

Neera Vititwatanakul

Bussakorn Nangsue

Huu Phi Mai

Isabelle Bates

Dorothea Chen

Yin Ting Wong

Kai Djeng

Simon Owen

Mile Bui

Isabelle Nguyen

Catherine Falconer

Chunan Qiu

Calista Tiara Willa

Maddy McCready

Mitchell Cook

Jonah Milne

Jared Cook

Ruby Glenister

Lewis Macriyiannis

Tonya Tsorbatzoglou

Cindy Bernice Katherine

Hayden Marshall

Nicholas Rickard

Ashley Missen

Ashleigh Hoffmann

Shu Shu

Abbey Evans

Cameron Robertson

Mia Ristevski

Lily Parmenter

Gabrielle Condilis

Lyn Nguyen

Pippa Sutherland

shuya GUO

Alessi Fernando

Jaz Carter

Reiya Kuremoto

Benjamin Lamaro

Michael Fanfulla

Davena Fynmore

Treshan Perera

Kaylee Launder

Ivy Nguyen

Sophie Gregg

Jack Stone

Amie Rippon

Ngoc Cat Tuong Tran

Quynh Anh Do

Fatima Shublaq

Jess Harrison

Alicia Chiaravalle

Casandra Gonzalez-Pistolesi

Anastasia Cornelia Hindarto

Georgia Van der Slot

Samantha Delaney

Tash Jones

Jack Dorgan

Leah McCabe