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.

Haoqi Hao

Thomas Handbury

Xin Yu Loke

Xavier Seccombe

Miranda O'Neill

Rachel Watt

Jaimee Liubinskas

Gabi Long

Ruby Bittner

Tiarna Bett

Giselle Iaconis

Bianca Rachela Notogroho

Alice Williamson

sanali wickramarachchi

Athena Kavadias

Tanrak T.

Layla Ocampo

Christine Ruth Teoxon

Amelia Rees

Terry Ngo

Natalie Mortale

Annabelle Sterkenburg

Janice Seng

Lalana Ray

Elliot Sando

Juels Valpied

Auluna Bisma

Hana Bardwell

Georgina Race-Lyons

Lexi Turner

Daphne Ferabend

Chloe Saliba

Steven Huang

Sarah Styzinski

Eleni Aivazidis

Hamish Williams

Nicholas Barry

Alicia Ockerby

Bailey Joy

Holly Turner

Dougal Etheridge

Sophie O'Connor

Natasha Grek

Aoife Dormer

James Chapman

Matthew D’Rose

Sodalyta Ny

Darika Chittsawangdee

Naomi Ngo

Xin En Chang

Emily-rose Grech

Gabriel Olivier Hernandez

Heath Glen

Dingli Xu

Noah Portelli

Ellie Preston

Isabella Suafoa

Jaz Amelia Palin

Sam Bottrell

Lucy Gordon

Laura Jaeger

Patcharida Saprom

Abbey Leith

Nina Sakura

Sarah Sheehy

Kalise Freeny

Lily Buckmaster

Julia Marchese

Gia Bao Nguyen

Lilyana Gorringe

Veronica Pampanella

Finnian Tully

Tracy Gacrama

Isabella De Amicis

Stella Duggan

Sophie McElgunn

Leo Botvinik

Millie Winkett

Ngoc Hoai Uyen Nguyen

Daniela Innella