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.

Juels Valpied

Thomas Handbury

Christine Ruth Teoxon

Xin Yu Loke

Lalana Ray

Nina Sakura

Athena Kavadias

Lily Buckmaster

Laura Jaeger

Sahar Hachem

Hamish Williams

Miranda O'Neill

Lucy Gordon

Noah Portelli

Isabella De Amicis

Gabi Long

Pak Kiu (Ryan) Leung

Tanrak T.

Bailey Joy

Massimo Aiello

Sodalyta Ny

Leo Botvinik

Elli Gale

James Chapman

Ella Weyers

Nicholas Barry

Ruby Bittner

Amy Taylor

Natasha Grek

Ngoc Hoai Uyen Nguyen

Dingli Xu

Patcharida Saprom

Hana Bardwell

Xavier Seccombe

Ciara Nevin

Auluna Bisma

Gabriel Olivier Hernandez

Alice Williamson

Steven Huang

Elliot Sando

Sarah Sheehy

Sam Bottrell

Millie Winkett

Emily-rose Grech

Naomi Ngo

Amelia Rees

Lakeisha Nevin

Annabelle Sterkenburg

Emily McLennan

Matthew D’Rose

Ellie Preston

Daphne Ferabend

Heath Glen

Lilyana Gorringe

Holly Turner

Qian Hui Yong

Natalie Mortale

Julia Marchese

Janice Seng

Georgina Race-Lyons

Alicia Ockerby

Hannah Desimone

Xin En Chang

Sarah Styzinski

Jerry Loi

Chloe Saliba

Abbey Leith

Bianca Rachela Notogroho

Jaz Amelia Palin

Terry Ngo

Sophie Bronte

Tiarna Bett

Veronica Pampanella

Courtney Obrien

James McPherson

Finnian Tully

Sophie O'Connor

Isabella Suafoa

Giselle Iaconis

Layla Ocampo