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.

Tingting Shao

Estelle Battaglia

Tan Nguyen Nhat

Emily Shields

Carissa Armstrong

Bun Linda La

Lily Gooding

Zhanhan Yu

Matthew Pool

Leo Nathan

Naomi Tabares

Ha Nguyen

Claudia Koutsaftis

Bec Hale

Kenny Vo

Annie Kerr

Ailis McKinnon

Aidan Winter

Ethan Toll

Jiahui Xu

Peta Hen

Rebecca Landman

Karri Burke

Bradley Davis

Ruby Athanas

Laura De Santis

Dante Lewis

Miranda Newton

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Lucas Brancatella

Netasha Smith

Alister Lao

ZiXuan Liu

Michael Barron

Edward Sillitoe

Amy Eddington

Brock Jackson

Stuart Caldwell

Helen Beissmann

Chiara Menolascina

Sophia Kapetanas

Sienna Brown

Aliya Shaholli

Margit Valentin

Lani Gambino

Erin Lewis

Melissa Whatman

Avril Price

Dana Flahavin

Audrey Gardner

Brittany Webb

Wendy Nguyen

Ilaria Henein

Spencer Levesque

Davzon Toy

Qinghua Zhou

Christopher Hann

Christopher Ayton

Bella Nicholls

Ho Fung Ma

Ashley Chau

Erina Salim

Thien Vu

Nikolaus Hema

Isabella Baldwin-Wasmer

Andrea Lione

Sean French

Jack Skelley

Ivy Chan

Isabella Gammilonghi

Joshua Richards

Linda Montealegre

Kate Jeffares

Alexandra Lipman

Isabella Gruizinga

Aaron Campbell

Johanna Jannenga

Ryley Hubbard

Lucas Stewart

Oscar Christensen