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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Rei Sato

Yin Ting Wong

Cindy Bernice Katherine

Katrina Chalmers

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Darcy FitzRoy

Maddy McCready

Mile Bui

Reiya Kuremoto

James Morris

Isabelle Bates

Jiajia Hu

Kaylee Launder

Yuan Ji Chew

Ching Ying Chua

Ruby Glenister

Michael Fanfulla

Marco Simonovski

Mia (Mya) Stikoltzik

Treshan Perera

Mix Imbong

Anastasia Theofanous

Cameron Robertson

Ivy Nguyen

Claudia Schonfeldt

Fiona Bickerdike

Samantha Delaney

Glo Nera

Ashleigh Hoffmann

Jonah Milne

Lachlan Brain

Alec Stalder

Tash Jones

XinYan Kuah

Mia Ristevski

Chili Misa

Anastasia Cornelia Hindarto

Kai Djeng

Nicko Grimm

Joshua David

Georgia Van der Slot

Huu Phi Mai

Jared Cook

Amie Rippon

Davena Fynmore

Luca Rotteglia

Simon Owen

Ngoc Cat Tuong Tran

Anny Nguyen

Casandra Gonzalez-Pistolesi

Nicholas Rickard

Ashley Missen

Jendaya Bergmeier

Mathew McCullough

Quynh Anh Do

Talan Watson-Ponsford

Bussakorn Nangsue

Alex Stanton

Elena Ancarola

Natalie Cavicchiolo

Jack Dorgan

Jess Novakova

Lyn Nguyen

Ella Haywood

Sophie Gregg

Jack Stone

Dorothea Chen

Isabelle Nguyen

Alicia Chiaravalle

Jaz Carter

Mia Kiely

Fabian Alifraco

Andrea Hart

Siew Min Fang

Tonya Tsorbatzoglou

Tammy Truong

Neera Vititwatanakul

Calista Tiara Willa

Leah McCabe