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.

Layla Ocampo

Matthew D’Rose

Xin En Chang

Jaz Amelia Palin

Alicia Ockerby

Laura Jaeger

Alice Williamson

Qian Hui Yong

Terry Ngo

Gabi Long

Dingli Xu

Veronica Pampanella

Daphne Ferabend

Holly Turner

Sodalyta Ny

Amy Taylor

Jerry Loi

Lucy Gordon

Haoqi Hao

Amelia Rees

Isabella Suafoa

Lilyana Gorringe

Jiaran Li

Ella Weyers

Jaimee Liubinskas

Ngoc Hoai Uyen Nguyen

Nina Sakura

Tracy Gacrama

Steven Huang

Emily-rose Grech

Auluna Bisma

Sarah Perrett

Chloe Saliba

Naomi Ngo

Emily McLennan

James Chapman

Athena Kavadias

Juels Valpied

Sam Bottrell

Thomas Handbury

Noah Portelli

Lily Buckmaster

Millie Winkett

Sophie Bronte

Bianca Rachela Notogroho

Darika Chittsawangdee

Xavier Seccombe

Janice Seng

Miranda O'Neill

Elliot Sando

Ellie Preston

Dougal Etheridge

Xin Yu Loke

Gia Bao Nguyen

Sophie McElgunn

Georgina Race-Lyons

Kalise Freeny

Heath Glen

Lexi Turner

Leo Botvinik

Aoife Dormer

Massimo Aiello

Natalie Mortale

Christine Ruth Teoxon

Lakeisha Nevin

Stella Duggan

Annabelle Sterkenburg

Hamish Williams

Julia Marchese

Sahar Hachem

Finnian Tully

Hannah Desimone

Ciara Nevin

Tanrak T.

Peter Scoble

Eleni Aivazidis

Pak Kiu (Ryan) Leung

Daniela Innella

Tiarna Bett

Hana Bardwell