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.

Natasha Grek

Sophie O'Connor

Dougal Etheridge

Darika Chittsawangdee

Sophie McElgunn

Finnian Tully

Georgina Race-Lyons

Hamish Williams

Daphne Ferabend

Tracy Gacrama

Sarah Perrett

Nellie Holder

Aoife Dormer

Dingli Xu

Bailey Joy

Naomi Ngo

Alicia Ockerby

Julia Marchese

Sophie Bronte

Hannah Desimone

Qian Hui Yong

Sahar Hachem

James Chapman

Janice Seng

Sarah Sheehy

Stella Duggan

Christine Ruth Teoxon

Ruby Bittner

Annabelle Sterkenburg

Amy Taylor

Bianca Rachela Notogroho

Alice Williamson

Jiaran Li

Natalie Mortale

Xin Yu Loke

Elliot Sando

Steven Huang

Ngoc Hoai Uyen Nguyen

Hana Bardwell

Elli Gale

Lilyana Gorringe

Sodalyta Ny

Noah Portelli

Emily McLennan

Patcharida Saprom

Millie Winkett

Jaz Amelia Palin

Hoang Huy Vo

Lucy Gordon

Veronica Pampanella

Xavier Seccombe

Layla Ocampo

Jerry Loi

Eleni Aivazidis

Tiarna Bett

Laura Jaeger

Giselle Iaconis

Thomas Handbury

Daniela Innella

Abbey Leith

Ella Weyers

Xin En Chang

Juels Valpied

Tanrak T.

Isabella Suafoa

Pak Kiu (Ryan) Leung

Lalana Ray

Holly Turner

Nicholas Barry

Heath Glen

Emily-rose Grech

Miranda O'Neill

James McPherson

Lakeisha Nevin

sanali wickramarachchi

Courtney Obrien

Leo Botvinik

Sam Bottrell

Rachel Watt

Kalise Freeny