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.

Tiarna Bett

Ruby Bittner

Sarah Sheehy

Finnian Tully

Alice Williamson

Massimo Aiello

Christine Ruth Teoxon

Eleni Aivazidis

Matthew D’Rose

Alicia Ockerby

Jaz Amelia Palin

Patcharida Saprom

Elli Gale

Lily Buckmaster

Steven Huang

Layla Ocampo

Xavier Seccombe

Giselle Iaconis

Sahar Hachem

Sophie O'Connor

Haoqi Hao

Holly Turner

Hoang Huy Vo

Natalie Mortale

Gabriel Olivier Hernandez

Annabelle Sterkenburg

Ellie Preston

Naomi Ngo

Gabi Long

Lexi Turner

Hamish Williams

Bailey Joy

Millie Winkett

Sophie McElgunn

Rachel Watt

Hana Bardwell

Isabella Suafoa

Aoife Dormer

Lakeisha Nevin

Tracy Gacrama

Peter Scoble

Lalana Ray

Sam Bottrell

Veronica Pampanella

Terry Ngo

Laura Jaeger

Leo Botvinik

Tanrak T.

Elliot Sando

Emily-rose Grech

Georgina Race-Lyons

Lucy Gordon

Nina Sakura

Amelia Rees

Jerry Loi

Natasha Grek

Jaimee Liubinskas

Abbey Leith

James McPherson

Nicholas Barry

Julia Marchese

Sophie Bronte

Daphne Ferabend

sanali wickramarachchi

Amy Taylor

Darika Chittsawangdee

James Chapman

Qian Hui Yong

Nellie Holder

Ella Weyers

Janice Seng

Stella Duggan

Chloe Saliba

Emily McLennan

Hannah Desimone

Ciara Nevin

Bianca Rachela Notogroho

Miranda O'Neill

Juels Valpied

Ngoc Hoai Uyen Nguyen