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

Jack Skelley

Yangfanfan Yang

Claudia Koutsaftis

Ngan Nguyen

Brittany Webb

Emily Shields

Shuyu Ren

Linda Montealegre

Ailis McKinnon

Thien Vu

Sophia Kapetanas

Miranda Newton

Brock Jackson

Qinghua Zhou

Ethan Toll

William Calder

Oscar Christensen

Kira McIntyre

Leo Nathan

Ryley Hubbard

Bella Nicholls

Karri Burke

Bradley Davis

Nikolaus Hema

Margit Valentin

Peta Hen

Kenny Vo

Matthew Pool

Alanna Kerwin

Kate Jeffares

Jayden Pilcher

Ho Fung Ma

Natasha Zelisko

Estelle Battaglia

Avril Price

Aaron Campbell

Kirrilee Broughton

Christopher Hann

Thomas Ayton

Helen Beissmann

Amy Eddington

Sienna Brown

Rebecca Landman

MYLES O'DOLAN

Bec Hale

Michael Barron

Isabella Baldwin-Wasmer

Joshua Richards

Nicole Skamnaki

Erin Lewis

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Ilaria Henein

Melissa Whatman

ZiXuan Liu

Jiahui Xu

Isabella Gruizinga

Sean French

Laura De Santis

Chiara Menolascina

Annya Calderon

Zhanhan Yu

Edward Sillitoe

Alexandra Lipman

Andrea Lione

Johanna Jannenga

Jessica Handisides

Ruby Athanas

Aliya Shaholli

Ha Nguyen

Lily Gooding

Spencer Levesque

Stuart Caldwell

Ashley Chau

Annie Kerr

Tan Nguyen Nhat

Wendy Nguyen

Erina Salim

Dante Lewis

Davzon Toy