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.

Cameron Good-Giles

Nicko Grimm

Taya Foxman

Domenico Roso

Bussakorn Nangsue

Mile Bui

Mitchell Cook

Casandra Gonzalez-Pistolesi

Chili Misa

Mathew McCullough

Andrea Hart

Maverick Weigall

Treshan Perera

Dorothea Chen

Cindy Bernice Katherine

Ruby Glenister

Jared Cook

Lily Parmenter

Luca Rotteglia

Mia Kiely

Catherine Falconer

Danielle Brown

Britney Angelia Kusuma

Ngoc Cat Tuong Tran

Jaz Carter

Simon Owen

Thien Bang

Ivy Nguyen

Jendaya Bergmeier

Huu Phi Mai

Sophie Gregg

Georgia Van der Slot

Joshua David

Marco Simonovski

Elena Ancarola

Tahlia White

Meaghan Sheehan

Siew Min Fang

Isabelle Lee

Fabian Alifraco

Alicia Chiaravalle

Pippa Sutherland

James Morris

Maddy McCready

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Isabelle Nguyen

Rei Sato

Riccardo Falvo

Yin Ting Wong

Jess Novakova

Davena Fynmore

Glo Nera

Mia Ristevski

Talan Watson-Ponsford

Ashleigh Hoffmann

Abbey Evans

XinYan Kuah

Fatima Shublaq

Anny Nguyen

Cameron Robertson

Hayden Marshall

Amie Rippon

Lyn Nguyen

Shu Shu

Leah McCabe

Jonah Milne

Reiya Kuremoto

Jack Stone

Natalie Cavicchiolo

Neera Vititwatanakul

Isabelle Bates

Rebecca Smith

Anastasia Theofanous

Calista Tiara Willa

Claudia Schonfeldt

Benjamin Lamaro

Mix Imbong

Nicholas Rickard

Tammy Truong

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