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.

Xin En Chang

Lalana Ray

Tiarna Bett

Ngoc Hoai Uyen Nguyen

Stella Duggan

Georgina Race-Lyons

Hamish Williams

Sam Bottrell

Tracy Gacrama

Abbey Leith

Chloe Saliba

Miranda O'Neill

Jiaran Li

Kalise Freeny

Rachel Watt

Gabi Long

Nicholas Barry

Amy Taylor

Millie Winkett

Nellie Holder

Terry Ngo

Massimo Aiello

Lilyana Gorringe

Xin Yu Loke

Jaz Amelia Palin

Jaimee Liubinskas

Natasha Grek

Juels Valpied

Alice Williamson

Dingli Xu

Pak Kiu (Ryan) Leung

Heath Glen

Naomi Ngo

Sophie O'Connor

Lexi Turner

Emily-rose Grech

Gia Bao Nguyen

James Chapman

Athena Kavadias

Gabriel Olivier Hernandez

Noah Portelli

Elliot Sando

Sahar Hachem

Lucy Gordon

Courtney Obrien

Amelia Rees

Lily Buckmaster

Julia Marchese

Finnian Tully

Natalie Mortale

Layla Ocampo

Hana Bardwell

Steven Huang

Alicia Ockerby

Hannah Desimone

Bailey Joy

Sarah Styzinski

Sarah Sheehy

Daniela Innella

Tanrak T.

Matthew D’Rose

Ruby Bittner

Christine Ruth Teoxon

Emily McLennan

Eleni Aivazidis

Annabelle Sterkenburg

Jerry Loi

Aoife Dormer

Ella Weyers

Xavier Seccombe

Isabella Suafoa

Hoang Huy Vo

sanali wickramarachchi

Nina Sakura

Thomas Handbury

Janice Seng

Sophie Bronte

Isabella De Amicis

Bianca Rachela Notogroho

Laura Jaeger