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.

Darcy FitzRoy

Jack Dorgan

Jack Stone

Casey Sheather

Mia Ristevski

Talan Watson-Ponsford

Fabian Alifraco

Meaghan Sheehan

Alec Stalder

Britney Angelia Kusuma

Marco Simonovski

Anastasia Cornelia Hindarto

Pippa Sutherland

Jendaya Bergmeier

Fiona Bickerdike

Amie Rippon

Michael Fanfulla

Jonah Milne

Rebecca Smith

Huu Phi Mai

Isabelle Bates

Ashley Missen

James Morris

Lily Parmenter

Mitchell Cook

Jared Cook

Tahlia White

Shu Shu

Yuan Ji Chew

Anastasia Theofanous

Samantha Delaney

Chili Misa

Isabelle Nguyen

Cameron Robertson

Mia (Mya) Stikoltzik

Jaz Carter

Jiajia Hu

Mathew McCullough

Tahlia Boden

Lachlan Brain

Dorothea Chen

Ashleigh Hoffmann

Fatima Shublaq

Ngoc Cat Tuong Tran

Tash Jones

Hayden Marshall

Cameron Good-Giles

Joshua David

Bussakorn Nangsue

Taya Foxman

Andrea Hart

Siew Min Fang

Reiya Kuremoto

Kaylee Launder

Jess Novakova

Leah McCabe

Quynh Anh Do

Ching Ying Chua

Kanwara Samranwong

Nicholas Rickard

Casandra Gonzalez-Pistolesi

Abbey Evans

Thien Bang

Maddy McCready

Treshan Perera

Lewis Macriyiannis

Calista Tiara Willa

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Ryan Zhiren Deng

shuya GUO

Tonya Tsorbatzoglou

Riccardo Falvo

Tammy Truong

Benjamin Lamaro

Rei Sato

Georgia Van der Slot

Elena Ancarola

Mix Imbong

Luca Rotteglia

Catherine Falconer