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.

Samantha Delaney

Ivy Nguyen

Tonya Tsorbatzoglou

Domenico Roso

Fabian Alifraco

Benjamin Lamaro

Ching Ying Chua

Casey Sheather

Isabelle Nguyen

Calista Tiara Willa

Bussakorn Nangsue

Mia Ristevski

shuya GUO

Elena Ancarola

Isabelle Bates

Cindy Bernice Katherine

Gabrielle Condilis

Shelby Philp

Fiona Bickerdike

Luca Rotteglia

Maddy McCready

Anny Nguyen

Talan Watson-Ponsford

Alex Stanton

Reiya Kuremoto

Glo Nera

Tahlia White

Huu Phi Mai

Leah McCabe

Tahlia Boden

Alessi Fernando

Amie Rippon

Kai Djeng

Darcy FitzRoy

Shu Shu

Lyn Nguyen

Mile Bui

Andrea Hart

Ashley Missen

XinYan Kuah

Lachlan Brain

Ella Haywood

Chunan Qiu

Hayden Marshall

Mathew McCullough

Mix Imbong

Kaylee Launder

Chili Misa

Taya Foxman

Abbey Evans

Jess Novakova

Maverick Weigall

Alec Stalder

Georgia Van der Slot

Mitchell Cook

Jiajia Hu

Quynh Anh Do

Jonah Milne

Joshua David

Cameron Good-Giles

Neera Vititwatanakul

Claudia Schonfeldt

Fatima Shublaq

Anastasia Cornelia Hindarto

Nicko Grimm

Yin Ting Wong

Davena Fynmore

Isabelle Lee

Thien Bang

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Casandra Gonzalez-Pistolesi

Lewis Macriyiannis

Treshan Perera

Catherine Falconer

Jendaya Bergmeier

Tash Jones

Tammy Truong

Jaz Carter

Katrina Chalmers

Jared Cook