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.

Qian Hui Yong

Emily McLennan

Steven Huang

Gabi Long

Lucy Gordon

Noah Portelli

Thomas Handbury

Lakeisha Nevin

Ellie Preston

Jiaran Li

Nina Sakura

Hoang Huy Vo

Xavier Seccombe

Hamish Williams

sanali wickramarachchi

Natasha Grek

Leo Botvinik

Sodalyta Ny

Massimo Aiello

Nicholas Barry

Christine Ruth Teoxon

Miranda O'Neill

Patcharida Saprom

Sophie McElgunn

Naomi Ngo

Chloe Saliba

Gabriel Olivier Hernandez

Lilyana Gorringe

Dougal Etheridge

Abbey Leith

Jaimee Liubinskas

Ngoc Hoai Uyen Nguyen

James McPherson

Holly Turner

Gia Bao Nguyen

Juels Valpied

Sam Bottrell

Natalie Mortale

Ruby Bittner

Bianca Rachela Notogroho

Lalana Ray

Athena Kavadias

Amy Taylor

Jerry Loi

Amelia Rees

Jaz Amelia Palin

Elliot Sando

Giselle Iaconis

Isabella De Amicis

Aoife Dormer

Finnian Tully

Haoqi Hao

Ciara Nevin

Tanrak T.

Sarah Sheehy

Dingli Xu

Eleni Aivazidis

Julia Marchese

Ella Weyers

Terry Ngo

Sarah Styzinski

Georgina Race-Lyons

Rachel Watt

Sophie Bronte

Lily Buckmaster

Stella Duggan

Alice Williamson

Xin En Chang

James Chapman

Peter Scoble

Bailey Joy

Isabella Suafoa

Lexi Turner

Daphne Ferabend

Pak Kiu (Ryan) Leung

Sarah Perrett

Sophie O'Connor

Laura Jaeger

Courtney Obrien

Sahar Hachem