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.

Lachlan Banham

Alice Gallen

Bella MacIsaac

Matthew Goljanin

Zoe Archer

Kristina Tsartas

Thomas Coghlan

Ching-Yuan Ku

Annabelle Freeman

Brittany Ronec

Chuanluan XU

Sarah Louey

Luke Borrow

Jeylan Mustafa

Vivien Dao

JIA SUN

Tianna Faraci

Freya Tran

Reynard Brooks

Sovannary Sao

Britney Monacella

Adam Demarti

Caitlin Stanley

Genevieve Cann

Gabrielle Halim

Joanna Ikin

Richard Tao

Ilse Brookes

Natnicha 'Denim' Amornmongkol

Christopher Groves

Sanduni Jayasekera

Ciara McCabe

Imogen Baker

Domenico Adami

Dinh Ngo

Sophia Dolferus

Bronte Olander

Madeleine Webster

Aaron D'Arcy

Xinjie Wang

Ruyi Bell

Jessica Nguyen

Phoebe Markoulis

Tanya Borg

Georgina McAllister

Peiyang Li

Isaac Bridges

Lachie Joe

Joey Truong

Jennifer Godwin

Cindy Nguyen

Amara Bett

Sally Hang

Eve Rampley

Zayn Tran

Kristi Biezaite

Hope Matthews

Olivia Holloway

Rohan Gerrard

Fang Guo

Jessica Olivia Hartanto

Laura King

Nicholas Aleksander Owczarek

Neve Horvat

Georgia White

Amita Tulpule

Zachary Gray

Yue Wang

Carina Love

Matt Kuch

Max Lienert

Molly Timms

Sarah Giust

Linda Liu

Madeleine Tseitlin

Adam Smith

Emma Carson

Anita Doan

Jocelynda Leonardo

Angelia Roiniotis