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.

Jaz Amelia Palin

Haoqi Hao

Alice Williamson

Lily Buckmaster

Bailey Joy

Nellie Holder

Tracy Gacrama

Sophie McElgunn

Sarah Styzinski

Jaimee Liubinskas

Gabriel Olivier Hernandez

Thomas Handbury

Darika Chittsawangdee

Sarah Sheehy

Lalana Ray

Hana Bardwell

Matthew D’Rose

James Chapman

Kalise Freeny

Steven Huang

Dingli Xu

Finnian Tully

Holly Turner

Aoife Dormer

Terry Ngo

Sahar Hachem

Chloe Saliba

Noah Portelli

Hamish Williams

Isabella De Amicis

Lakeisha Nevin

Hoang Huy Vo

Jerry Loi

Naomi Ngo

Emily-rose Grech

Giselle Iaconis

Rachel Watt

Xin En Chang

sanali wickramarachchi

Christine Ruth Teoxon

Leo Botvinik

Massimo Aiello

Alicia Ockerby

Miranda O'Neill

James McPherson

Laura Jaeger

Janice Seng

Julia Marchese

Auluna Bisma

Millie Winkett

Elli Gale

Ellie Preston

Tanrak T.

Ella Weyers

Layla Ocampo

Natasha Grek

Daphne Ferabend

Annabelle Sterkenburg

Heath Glen

Amelia Rees

Dougal Etheridge

Isabella Suafoa

Daniela Innella

Ngoc Hoai Uyen Nguyen

Sophie Bronte

Gabi Long

Gia Bao Nguyen

Emily McLennan

Athena Kavadias

Lexi Turner

Tiarna Bett

Georgina Race-Lyons

Xavier Seccombe

Bianca Rachela Notogroho

Elliot Sando

Ruby Bittner

Xin Yu Loke

Sodalyta Ny

Hannah Desimone

Lucy Gordon