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.

Melissa Whatman

Erina Salim

Ruby Athanas

ZiXuan Liu

Matthew Pool

Leo Nathan

MYLES O'DOLAN

Estelle Battaglia

Sophia Kapetanas

Peta Hen

Lucas Stewart

Tingting Shao

Kira McIntyre

Ilaria Henein

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Alister Lao

Margit Valentin

Karri Burke

Miranda Newton

Ryley Hubbard

Ho Fung Ma

Joshua Richards

Madison Burns

Thomas Ayton

Kirrilee Broughton

Christopher Ayton

Annya Calderon

Jessica Handisides

Lily Gooding

Qinghua Zhou

Emily Shields

Nikolaus Hema

Isabella Baldwin-Wasmer

Jaime Hoare

Dana Flahavin

Edward Sillitoe

Rebecca Landman

Audrey Gardner

Ha Nguyen

Oscar Christensen

Jayden Pilcher

Aidan Winter

Alexandra Lipman

Linda Montealegre

Ailis McKinnon

Zhanhan Yu

Jiahui Xu

Bella Nicholls

Isabella Gruizinga

William Calder

Thien Vu

Ivy Chan

Lani Gambino

Alanna Kerwin

Brock Jackson

Brittany Webb

Kate Jeffares

Stuart Caldwell

Shuyu Ren

Aliya Shaholli

Wendy Nguyen

Chiara Menolascina

Avril Price

Natasha Zelisko

Ngan Nguyen

Annie Kerr

Sienna Brown

Erin Lewis

Bradley Davis

Lachlan Soukup

Netasha Smith

Andrea Lione

Helen Beissmann

Johanna Jannenga

Christopher Hann

Spencer Levesque

Amy Eddington

Bec Hale

Jack Skelley

Michael Barron