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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Alex Stanton

Fatima Shublaq

Cindy Bernice Katherine

Dorothea Chen

Ryan Zhiren Deng

Gabrielle Condilis

Michael Fanfulla

Mia Kiely

Jendaya Bergmeier

XinYan Kuah

Davena Fynmore

Ashley Missen

Talan Watson-Ponsford

Kanwara Samranwong

Mitchell Cook

Ching Ying Chua

Treshan Perera

Danielle Brown

Jess Novakova

Abbey Evans

Catherine Falconer

Hayden Marshall

Jaz Carter

Amie Rippon

Samantha Delaney

Cameron Good-Giles

Elena Ancarola

Mia (Mya) Stikoltzik

Ella Haywood

Calista Tiara Willa

Rebecca Smith

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Casandra Gonzalez-Pistolesi

Maverick Weigall

Yin Ting Wong

Maddy McCready

Claudia Schonfeldt

Natalie Cavicchiolo

Fabian Alifraco

Ruby Glenister

Jess Harrison

Alec Stalder

Isabelle Nguyen

Lily Parmenter

Lewis Macriyiannis

Neera Vititwatanakul

Casey Sheather

Anastasia Cornelia Hindarto

Luca Rotteglia

Marco Simonovski

James Morris

Chunan Qiu

Simon Owen

Sophie Gregg

Anny Nguyen

Riccardo Falvo

Cameron Robertson

Rei Sato

Jiajia Hu

Taya Foxman

Chili Misa

Ivy Nguyen

Darcy FitzRoy

Yuan Ji Chew

Glo Nera

Shu Shu

Nicko Grimm

Meaghan Sheehan

Mia Ristevski

Fiona Bickerdike

Leah McCabe

Kai Djeng

Katrina Chalmers

Benjamin Lamaro

Lachlan Brain

Tonya Tsorbatzoglou

Lyn Nguyen

Tammy Truong

Tash Jones