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.

James McPherson

Millie Winkett

Daphne Ferabend

Nina Sakura

Rachel Watt

Steven Huang

Sam Bottrell

Georgina Race-Lyons

Ella Weyers

Thomas Handbury

Lalana Ray

Emily McLennan

Pak Kiu (Ryan) Leung

Dingli Xu

Ngoc Hoai Uyen Nguyen

Terry Ngo

Ciara Nevin

Elli Gale

Hamish Williams

Isabella De Amicis

Sarah Sheehy

Courtney Obrien

Naomi Ngo

Darika Chittsawangdee

Bailey Joy

Sophie McElgunn

Bianca Rachela Notogroho

Auluna Bisma

Juels Valpied

Ruby Bittner

James Chapman

Christine Ruth Teoxon

Jaimee Liubinskas

Athena Kavadias

Gabriel Olivier Hernandez

Kalise Freeny

Veronica Pampanella

Gia Bao Nguyen

Xin En Chang

Haoqi Hao

Miranda O'Neill

Hana Bardwell

Sarah Perrett

Sophie Bronte

Massimo Aiello

Xin Yu Loke

Jiaran Li

Heath Glen

Lakeisha Nevin

Dougal Etheridge

Finnian Tully

Holly Turner

Emily-rose Grech

Hoang Huy Vo

Giselle Iaconis

Daniela Innella

Chloe Saliba

Amy Taylor

Sahar Hachem

Sophie O'Connor

sanali wickramarachchi

Sarah Styzinski

Leo Botvinik

Abbey Leith

Nellie Holder

Isabella Suafoa

Tracy Gacrama

Lucy Gordon

Alicia Ockerby

Lily Buckmaster

Peter Scoble

Stella Duggan

Natalie Mortale

Lilyana Gorringe

Janice Seng

Matthew D’Rose

Layla Ocampo

Xavier Seccombe

Natasha Grek

Annabelle Sterkenburg