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.

Hunter Kong

Kenny Vo

Madison Burns

Avril Price

Carissa Armstrong

Miranda Newton

Jayden Pilcher

Estelle Battaglia

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Tan Nguyen Nhat

Matthew Pool

Erina Salim

Sophia Kapetanas

Brock Jackson

Bradley Davis

Peta Hen

Bec Hale

Claudia Koutsaftis

Thien Vu

Helen Beissmann

Ailis McKinnon

Johanna Jannenga

Christopher Ayton

Bella Nicholls

Spencer Levesque

Alister Lao

Rebecca Landman

Kate Jeffares

Kirrilee Broughton

Isabella Gruizinga

William Calder

Ryley Hubbard

Sienna Brown

Lily Gooding

Thomas Ayton

ZiXuan Liu

Alanna Kerwin

Annya Calderon

Nikolaus Hema

Wendy Nguyen

Margit Valentin

Ilaria Henein

Ethan Toll

Tingting Shao

Ruby Athanas

Michael Barron

Edward Sillitoe

Netasha Smith

MYLES O'DOLAN

Aliya Shaholli

Andrea Lione

Lani Gambino

Zhanhan Yu

Lucas Brancatella

Chiara Menolascina

Jiahui Xu

Dana Flahavin

Nicole Skamnaki

Jack Skelley

Isabella Baldwin-Wasmer

Kira McIntyre

Qinghua Zhou

Erin Lewis

Audrey Gardner

Linda Montealegre

Karri Burke

Aidan Winter

Christopher Hann

Yangfanfan Yang

Shuyu Ren

Ngan Nguyen

Joshua Richards

Leo Nathan

Ha Nguyen

Sean French

Jessica Handisides

Alexandra Lipman

Ivy Chan

Lachlan Soukup

Annie Kerr