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.

Danielle Brown

Tash Jones

Isabelle Lee

Jaz Carter

Mia Ristevski

Jared Cook

Reiya Kuremoto

Alex Stanton

Ashley Missen

Rei Sato

Kai Djeng

Joshua David

Alicia Chiaravalle

Cameron Robertson

Sophie Gregg

Rebecca Smith

Ivy Nguyen

Jendaya Bergmeier

Kanwara Samranwong

Thien Bang

Andrea Hart

Yuan Ji Chew

Samantha Delaney

Lyn Nguyen

Tammy Truong

Taya Foxman

Chunan Qiu

Isabelle Nguyen

Bussakorn Nangsue

Yin Ting Wong

Katrina Chalmers

Alec Stalder

Jiajia Hu

Elena Ancarola

Ryan Zhiren Deng

Britney Angelia Kusuma

Mile Bui

Leah McCabe

Dorothea Chen

Domenico Roso

Darcy FitzRoy

Gabrielle Condilis

Claudia Schonfeldt

James Morris

Ngoc Cat Tuong Tran

XinYan Kuah

Mathew McCullough

Anastasia Theofanous

Alessi Fernando

Jess Harrison

Nicko Grimm

Lachlan Brain

Casandra Gonzalez-Pistolesi

Ruby Glenister

Kaylee Launder

Siew Min Fang

Michael Fanfulla

Nicholas Rickard

Maddy McCready

Jack Stone

Mitchell Cook

Casey Sheather

Fatima Shublaq

Tonya Tsorbatzoglou

Glo Nera

Anastasia Cornelia Hindarto

Anny Nguyen

Catherine Falconer

Lewis Macriyiannis

Riccardo Falvo

Ching Ying Chua

Simon Owen

Chili Misa

Talan Watson-Ponsford

Cameron Good-Giles

Shu Shu

Mix Imbong

Quynh Anh Do

Cindy Bernice Katherine

Ashleigh Hoffmann