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.

Zhanhan Yu

Emily Shields

Peta Hen

Ethan Toll

ZiXuan Liu

Alexandra Lipman

Bella Nicholls

Karri Burke

Davzon Toy

Helen Beissmann

Alister Lao

Edward Sillitoe

Bradley Davis

Melissa Whatman

Wendy Nguyen

Audrey Gardner

Jessica Handisides

Qinghua Zhou

Thomas Ayton

Ilaria Henein

William Calder

Isabella Gruizinga

Chiara Menolascina

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Kate Jeffares

Jayden Pilcher

Michael Barron

Nicole Skamnaki

Laura De Santis

Dana Flahavin

Shuyu Ren

Lucas Brancatella

Erin Lewis

Oscar Christensen

Lachlan Soukup

Aliya Shaholli

Yangfanfan Yang

Jack Skelley

Ho Fung Ma

Aaron Campbell

Lucas Stewart

Matthew Pool

Bun Linda La

Estelle Battaglia

Annie Kerr

Carissa Armstrong

Johanna Jannenga

MYLES O'DOLAN

Christopher Hann

Ruby Athanas

Annya Calderon

Ha Nguyen

Margit Valentin

Amy Eddington

Linda Montealegre

Netasha Smith

Lily Gooding

Isabella Gammilonghi

Christopher Ayton

Brittany Webb

Kira McIntyre

Lani Gambino

Sienna Brown

Ngan Nguyen

Ryley Hubbard

Leo Nathan

Ivy Chan

Spencer Levesque

Natasha Zelisko

Tingting Shao

Alanna Kerwin

Naomi Tabares

Joshua Richards

Dante Lewis

Bec Hale

Madison Burns

Claudia Koutsaftis

Jiahui Xu

Erina Salim

Sophia Kapetanas