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.

Sahar Hachem

Peter Scoble

Layla Ocampo

Amy Taylor

Sophie O'Connor

Tanrak T.

Eleni Aivazidis

Alice Williamson

Hoang Huy Vo

Tiarna Bett

Darika Chittsawangdee

Dingli Xu

Daniela Innella

Emily-rose Grech

Natasha Grek

Isabella Suafoa

Nina Sakura

Naomi Ngo

Steven Huang

Ruby Bittner

Natalie Mortale

Dougal Etheridge

Georgina Race-Lyons

Amelia Rees

Jerry Loi

Elli Gale

Juels Valpied

Terry Ngo

Abbey Leith

Lalana Ray

Bailey Joy

Emily McLennan

Ellie Preston

Janice Seng

Noah Portelli

Hannah Desimone

Jaz Amelia Palin

Qian Hui Yong

Kalise Freeny

Athena Kavadias

Bianca Rachela Notogroho

Sarah Perrett

Matthew D’Rose

Lucy Gordon

Giselle Iaconis

Elliot Sando

Gabi Long

Nicholas Barry

Ella Weyers

Sophie Bronte

Laura Jaeger

Stella Duggan

Julia Marchese

Heath Glen

Nellie Holder

Lily Buckmaster

Lilyana Gorringe

Haoqi Hao

Christine Ruth Teoxon

Finnian Tully

James McPherson

Tracy Gacrama

Hamish Williams

Xin Yu Loke

Sam Bottrell

Rachel Watt

Sophie McElgunn

Isabella De Amicis

Hana Bardwell

Thomas Handbury

Lakeisha Nevin

Alicia Ockerby

Sarah Sheehy

Jiaran Li

Gabriel Olivier Hernandez

Miranda O'Neill

Chloe Saliba

Aoife Dormer

Lexi Turner

Ngoc Hoai Uyen Nguyen