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.

Ngoc Cat Tuong Tran

Tammy Truong

Katrina Chalmers

Talan Watson-Ponsford

Isabelle Bates

Yuan Ji Chew

Michael Fanfulla

Shelby Philp

Dorothea Chen

Marco Simonovski

Riccardo Falvo

Rei Sato

Ivy Nguyen

Maverick Weigall

XinYan Kuah

Fatima Shublaq

Jess Novakova

Siew Min Fang

Jiajia Hu

Chunan Qiu

Casandra Gonzalez-Pistolesi

Thien Bang

Ching Ying Chua

Kaylee Launder

Sophie Gregg

Andrea Hart

Rebecca Smith

Natalie Cavicchiolo

Isabelle Lee

Ella Haywood

Jonah Milne

Luca Rotteglia

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Chili Misa

Cindy Bernice Katherine

Maddy McCready

Cameron Good-Giles

Tash Jones

Joshua David

Tonya Tsorbatzoglou

Lachlan Brain

Catherine Falconer

Ruby Glenister

Yin Ting Wong

Shu Shu

Georgia Van der Slot

Cameron Robertson

Mathew McCullough

Ryan Zhiren Deng

Jack Dorgan

Elena Ancarola

Calista Tiara Willa

James Morris

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Tahlia Boden

Isabelle Nguyen

Casey Sheather

Benjamin Lamaro

Samantha Delaney

Anastasia Cornelia Hindarto

Ashley Missen

Jess Harrison

Alex Stanton

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Britney Angelia Kusuma

Danielle Brown

Lewis Macriyiannis

Leah McCabe

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Lily Parmenter

Gabrielle Condilis

Pippa Sutherland

Davena Fynmore

Alec Stalder

Anny Nguyen

Jaz Carter

Domenico Roso

Bussakorn Nangsue

Taya Foxman

Kai Djeng