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.

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Claudia Koutsaftis

Emily Shields

Isabella Gruizinga

MYLES O'DOLAN

Matthew Pool

Hunter Kong

Kira McIntyre

Netasha Smith

Isabella Baldwin-Wasmer

Andrea Lione

Ivy Chan

Kirrilee Broughton

Ha Nguyen

Alexandra Lipman

Dante Lewis

Wendy Nguyen

Kenny Vo

Christopher Ayton

Jiahui Xu

Yangfanfan Yang

Edward Sillitoe

Michael Barron

Bec Hale

Jayden Pilcher

Ailis McKinnon

Sean French

Aaron Campbell

Qinghua Zhou

Kate Jeffares

Bella Nicholls

Ethan Toll

Aidan Winter

Estelle Battaglia

Chiara Menolascina

Jack Skelley

Joshua Richards

Ngan Nguyen

Ryley Hubbard

Ilaria Henein

Lucas Brancatella

Bradley Davis

Annya Calderon

Tingting Shao

Annie Kerr

Aliya Shaholli

Isabella Gammilonghi

Erin Lewis

William Calder

Natasha Zelisko

Helen Beissmann

Amy Eddington

Johanna Jannenga

Christopher Hann

Nikolaus Hema

Oscar Christensen

Lachlan Soukup

Bun Linda La

Laura De Santis

Audrey Gardner

Peta Hen

Melissa Whatman

Ho Fung Ma

Alanna Kerwin

Naomi Tabares

Shuyu Ren

Carissa Armstrong

Zhanhan Yu

Davzon Toy

Sophia Kapetanas

Rebecca Landman

Alister Lao

Madison Burns

Karri Burke

Nicole Skamnaki

Margit Valentin

Avril Price

Leo Nathan

Linda Montealegre

Ruby Athanas