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.

Leah McCabe

Treshan Perera

Reiya Kuremoto

Ashleigh Hoffmann

Sophie Gregg

Abbey Evans

Cameron Robertson

Lachlan Brain

Georgia Van der Slot

Amie Rippon

Maverick Weigall

Alex Stanton

Mia Kiely

Jess Harrison

Lily Parmenter

Andrea Hart

Glo Nera

Jack Stone

Anastasia Theofanous

Mile Bui

Shelby Philp

Tahlia Boden

Mia Ristevski

Yin Ting Wong

Ivy Nguyen

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Darcy FitzRoy

Mia (Mya) Stikoltzik

Tammy Truong

Michael Fanfulla

Gabrielle Condilis

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Jess Novakova

Thien Bang

Isabelle Nguyen

Alec Stalder

Jiajia Hu

Cameron Good-Giles

Taya Foxman

Nicko Grimm

James Morris

Claudia Schonfeldt

Alessi Fernando

Ching Ying Chua

Maddy McCready

Chunan Qiu

Katrina Chalmers

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Tonya Tsorbatzoglou

Quynh Anh Do

Jack Dorgan

Danielle Brown

Neera Vititwatanakul

Chili Misa

Alicia Chiaravalle

Tash Jones

XinYan Kuah

Cindy Bernice Katherine

Isabelle Bates

Siew Min Fang

Simon Owen

Ashley Missen

Ella Haywood

Catherine Falconer

Fabian Alifraco

Nicholas Rickard

Pippa Sutherland

Shu Shu

Fiona Bickerdike

Mathew McCullough

Ngoc Cat Tuong Tran

Rei Sato

Benjamin Lamaro

Britney Angelia Kusuma

Riccardo Falvo

Rebecca Smith

Jaz Carter

Samantha Delaney

Meaghan Sheehan

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