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.

Gabriel Olivier Hernandez

Finnian Tully

Sarah Styzinski

Giselle Iaconis

Xavier Seccombe

Isabella Suafoa

Heath Glen

Jerry Loi

Jiaran Li

Millie Winkett

Matthew D’Rose

Tiarna Bett

Lexi Turner

Ella Weyers

Lucy Gordon

Veronica Pampanella

James Chapman

Gia Bao Nguyen

Sam Bottrell

Lalana Ray

James McPherson

Dougal Etheridge

Daphne Ferabend

Kalise Freeny

sanali wickramarachchi

Sahar Hachem

Amy Taylor

Jaimee Liubinskas

Layla Ocampo

Sodalyta Ny

Jaz Amelia Palin

Emily McLennan

Sophie O'Connor

Xin En Chang

Xin Yu Loke

Elli Gale

Ruby Bittner

Hana Bardwell

Julia Marchese

Gabi Long

Bianca Rachela Notogroho

Elliot Sando

Alicia Ockerby

Nellie Holder

Annabelle Sterkenburg

Peter Scoble

Daniela Innella

Terry Ngo

Dingli Xu

Massimo Aiello

Natasha Grek

Hamish Williams

Ciara Nevin

Ngoc Hoai Uyen Nguyen

Thomas Handbury

Isabella De Amicis

Holly Turner

Courtney Obrien

Chloe Saliba

Qian Hui Yong

Alice Williamson

Patcharida Saprom

Auluna Bisma

Leo Botvinik

Sarah Sheehy

Bailey Joy

Steven Huang

Hannah Desimone

Emily-rose Grech

Darika Chittsawangdee

Natalie Mortale

Pak Kiu (Ryan) Leung

Sophie McElgunn

Amelia Rees

Aoife Dormer

Nicholas Barry

Georgina Race-Lyons

Tracy Gacrama

Lilyana Gorringe

Rachel Watt