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.

Nicholas Aleksander Owczarek

Neve Horvat

Yue Wang

Fang Guo

Richard Tao

Edie Romalis

Britney Monacella

Adam Demarti

Emma Carson

Jason Vu

Dinh Ngo

Joel Emmett

Kristina Tsartas

Kate Smedley

Stephanie Luong

Lara Selzer

Julian Tan

Chuanluan XU

Yuhan Zhu

Madison Spencer

Phoebe Markoulis

Ching-Yuan Ku

Imogen Baker

Lachie Joe

Olivia Clark

Hope Matthews

Crystal Oliver

Sarah Louey

Peiyang Li

Matt Kuch

Adam Do

Oshain Premaratne

Laura King

Katelyn Said

will campitelli

Judith Radas

Natnicha 'Denim' Amornmongkol

Megan Anstey

Genevieve Cann

Luci Tivendale

Khye Huey Teoh

Jennifer Godwin

Xinjie Wang

Sarah Giust

Matthew Goljanin

Tanya Borg

Jeylan Mustafa

max howard

Jessica Nguyen

Elle Apostolou

Ruby Giddings

Millicent Madsen

Thomas Coghlan

Zayn Tran

Madeleine Webster

Freya Tran

Angelia Roiniotis

Cindy Nguyen

Aaron D'Arcy

JIA SUN

Sanduni Jayasekera

Anita Doan

Hannah Wilson

Madeleine Tseitlin

Bronte Olander

Aulia Anam

Jason Chan

Zoe Archer

Jessica Olivia Hartanto

Max Lienert

Luke Borrow

Vanessa Goh

Alex Duong

Reynard Brooks

Claudia Aliotta

Lachlan Banham

Annabelle Radford

Vivien Dao

Christopher Groves

Isaac Bridges