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.

Leo Botvinik

Daniela Innella

sanali wickramarachchi

Georgina Race-Lyons

Massimo Aiello

Juels Valpied

Xin Yu Loke

Stella Duggan

Sodalyta Ny

Veronica Pampanella

Tiarna Bett

Auluna Bisma

Sophie Bronte

Alicia Ockerby

Sophie O'Connor

Elli Gale

Ellie Preston

Lily Buckmaster

Heath Glen

Rachel Watt

Natasha Grek

Abbey Leith

Miranda O'Neill

Lakeisha Nevin

Ruby Bittner

Jerry Loi

Ella Weyers

Ngoc Hoai Uyen Nguyen

Haoqi Hao

Pak Kiu (Ryan) Leung

Hannah Desimone

Elliot Sando

Peter Scoble

James McPherson

Lilyana Gorringe

Natalie Mortale

Bailey Joy

Gabi Long

Emily-rose Grech

Darika Chittsawangdee

Sophie McElgunn

Isabella Suafoa

Dougal Etheridge

Gabriel Olivier Hernandez

Bianca Rachela Notogroho

Tanrak T.

Matthew D’Rose

Sam Bottrell

Annabelle Sterkenburg

Nicholas Barry

Amelia Rees

Lalana Ray

Lucy Gordon

Giselle Iaconis

Nina Sakura

Hana Bardwell

Lexi Turner

Hoang Huy Vo

Jaimee Liubinskas

Tracy Gacrama

Ciara Nevin

Qian Hui Yong

Terry Ngo

Hamish Williams

Jaz Amelia Palin

Christine Ruth Teoxon

Amy Taylor

Isabella De Amicis

Kalise Freeny

Nellie Holder

Xin En Chang

Laura Jaeger

Janice Seng

Courtney Obrien

Alice Williamson

James Chapman

Julia Marchese

Finnian Tully

Athena Kavadias

Patcharida Saprom