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.

Laura King

Ruby Giddings

Deepak Prakash

Freya Tran

Brittany Ronec

Mika Wheatley

Sarah Giust

Lara Selzer

Hope Matthews

Dinh Ngo

Aulia Anam

In Hyeok Park

Rohan Gerrard

Natnicha 'Denim' Amornmongkol

Annabelle Freeman

Adam Demarti

Ilse Brookes

Oshain Premaratne

Emma Carson

Lachlan Banham

Zachary Gray

Ching-Yuan Ku

Kristina Tsartas

Ciara McCabe

Mahdi Bolbol

Adam Do

Aliya Bektas

Mattea Marnika-Lee

Hannah Wilson

Yuhan Zhu

Sam Heritage

Jennifer Godwin

Talya Bahari

Machaya Kurozumi

Megan Anstey

Max Lienert

Julian Tan

Bronte Olander

Matt Kuch

Zayn Tran

Linda Liu

Fang Guo

Elle Apostolou

Britney Monacella

Jocelynda Leonardo

Caitlin Stanley

Annabelle Radford

Xinjie Wang

Stephanie Luong

will campitelli

Edie Romalis

Georgia White

Amita Tulpule

Olivia Clark

max howard

Sarah Louey

Tianna Faraci

Joanna Ikin

Genevieve Cann

Kate Smedley

Matthew Goljanin

Amara Bett

Madeleine Webster

Anh Pham

Jessica Nguyen

Vanessa Goh

Olivia Holloway

Nicholas Aleksander Owczarek

Stephanie West

Molly McGarrity

Isaac Bridges

Vivian Nguyen

Peiyang Li

Eliza Tan

Jason Vu

Katelyn Said

JIA SUN

Khye Huey Teoh

Joey Truong

Sophia Dolferus