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.

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Fiona Bickerdike

Ruby Glenister

Meaghan Sheehan

Marco Simonovski

Pippa Sutherland

Alec Stalder

Katrina Chalmers

Alex Stanton

Gabrielle Condilis

Davena Fynmore

Tash Jones

Abbey Evans

Danielle Brown

Ella Haywood

Casey Sheather

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Elena Ancarola

Cameron Good-Giles

Jiajia Hu

Dorothea Chen

Chunan Qiu

Fatima Shublaq

Tahlia White

Chili Misa

Sophie Gregg

Neera Vititwatanakul

Darcy FitzRoy

Ashleigh Hoffmann

Maddy McCready

Shu Shu

Jess Harrison

Jendaya Bergmeier

Reiya Kuremoto

Hayden Marshall

Mitchell Cook

Nicholas Rickard

Ashley Missen

Isabelle Lee

Mile Bui

Benjamin Lamaro

Rebecca Smith

Claudia Schonfeldt

Isabelle Bates

Shelby Philp

Treshan Perera

Alessi Fernando

Simon Owen

Domenico Roso

Cameron Robertson

Thien Bang

Jack Stone

Kanwara Samranwong

Tonya Tsorbatzoglou

Lewis Macriyiannis

Mia Ristevski

James Morris

Anastasia Theofanous

Maverick Weigall

Alicia Chiaravalle

Kaylee Launder

Isabelle Nguyen

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Ngoc Cat Tuong Tran

Cindy Bernice Katherine

Mia (Mya) Stikoltzik

Joshua David

Bussakorn Nangsue

Anastasia Cornelia Hindarto

Riccardo Falvo

Yuan Ji Chew

Kai Djeng

Jack Dorgan

Lachlan Brain

Michael Fanfulla

Natalie Cavicchiolo

Ryan Zhiren Deng

Mia Kiely

Britney Angelia Kusuma

Nicko Grimm