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.

Ryan Zhiren Deng

Domenico Roso

Abbey Evans

Mia Ristevski

Isabelle Nguyen

Jess Harrison

Marco Simonovski

Ching Ying Chua

Britney Angelia Kusuma

Ella Haywood

Anastasia Cornelia Hindarto

Bussakorn Nangsue

Alex Stanton

Leah McCabe

Chili Misa

Fabian Alifraco

James Morris

Luca Rotteglia

XinYan Kuah

Shu Shu

Glo Nera

Chunan Qiu

Neera Vititwatanakul

Katrina Chalmers

Natalie Cavicchiolo

Isabelle Lee

Meaghan Sheehan

Yin Ting Wong

Fiona Bickerdike

Jack Dorgan

Maddy McCready

Jendaya Bergmeier

Tammy Truong

Rebecca Smith

Jess Novakova

Ivy Nguyen

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Mitchell Cook

Danielle Brown

Amie Rippon

Mathew McCullough

Gabrielle Condilis

Alessi Fernando

Andrea Hart

Taya Foxman

Elena Ancarola

Sophie Gregg

Anastasia Theofanous

Samantha Delaney

Pippa Sutherland

Ruby Glenister

Cameron Robertson

Jack Stone

Alicia Chiaravalle

Cindy Bernice Katherine

Benjamin Lamaro

Siew Min Fang

Mile Bui

Ashleigh Hoffmann

Quynh Anh Do

Maverick Weigall

Hayden Marshall

Huu Phi Mai

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Riccardo Falvo

Kai Djeng

Joshua David

Darcy FitzRoy

Tonya Tsorbatzoglou

Mix Imbong

Jiajia Hu

Catherine Falconer

Jonah Milne

Casey Sheather

Kanwara Samranwong

Cameron Good-Giles

Yuan Ji Chew

Lily Parmenter

Tahlia White

Claudia Schonfeldt