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.

Luca Rotteglia

Ashleigh Hoffmann

Pippa Sutherland

XinYan Kuah

Casey Sheather

Britney Angelia Kusuma

Jiajia Hu

Simon Owen

Anny Nguyen

Lachlan Brain

Tash Jones

Jess Harrison

Anastasia Cornelia Hindarto

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Leah McCabe

Glo Nera

Alessi Fernando

Reiya Kuremoto

Cindy Bernice Katherine

Jonah Milne

Alec Stalder

Chunan Qiu

Alicia Chiaravalle

Tahlia White

Isabelle Nguyen

Treshan Perera

Jess Novakova

Quynh Anh Do

Domenico Roso

Natalie Cavicchiolo

Mix Imbong

Siew Min Fang

Abbey Evans

Maverick Weigall

Taya Foxman

Claudia Schonfeldt

Bussakorn Nangsue

Ella Haywood

Joshua David

Fabian Alifraco

Meaghan Sheehan

Mia (Mya) Stikoltzik

James Morris

Kaylee Launder

Danielle Brown

Yin Ting Wong

Ruby Glenister

Darcy FitzRoy

Benjamin Lamaro

Lyn Nguyen

Lewis Macriyiannis

Rebecca Smith

Elena Ancarola

Hayden Marshall

Cameron Robertson

Casandra Gonzalez-Pistolesi

Mitchell Cook

Kanwara Samranwong

Georgia Van der Slot

Nicko Grimm

Jendaya Bergmeier

Dorothea Chen

Riccardo Falvo

Mathew McCullough

Fatima Shublaq

Jaz Carter

Amie Rippon

Fiona Bickerdike

Davena Fynmore

Cameron Good-Giles

Katrina Chalmers

Lily Parmenter

Calista Tiara Willa

Anastasia Theofanous

Isabelle Lee

Huu Phi Mai

Ivy Nguyen

Samantha Delaney

Chili Misa

Michael Fanfulla