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.

Rebecca Landman

Estelle Battaglia

Amy Eddington

Qinghua Zhou

Jessica Handisides

Davzon Toy

Sean French

Andrea Lione

Nikolaus Hema

Joshua Richards

Ilaria Henein

Jayden Pilcher

Ivy Chan

Michael Barron

Bec Hale

Lily Gooding

MYLES O'DOLAN

Edward Sillitoe

Margit Valentin

Wendy Nguyen

Emily Shields

Tan Nguyen Nhat

Thien Vu

Alister Lao

Dante Lewis

Aaron Campbell

Ruby Athanas

Melissa Whatman

Annya Calderon

Johanna Jannenga

Audrey Gardner

Bradley Davis

Natasha Zelisko

Brock Jackson

Ashley Chau

Ho Fung Ma

Dana Flahavin

Zhanhan Yu

Shuyu Ren

Lani Gambino

Christopher Hann

Madison Burns

Ngan Nguyen

Kate Jeffares

Nicole Skamnaki

Peta Hen

Aliya Shaholli

Jack Skelley

Lucas Stewart

Alanna Kerwin

Ryley Hubbard

Bun Linda La

Isabella Gammilonghi

Avril Price

Brittany Webb

Kirrilee Broughton

Christopher Ayton

Ha Nguyen

Miranda Newton

William Calder

Leo Nathan

Ailis McKinnon

Jaime Hoare

Spencer Levesque

Kira McIntyre

Laura De Santis

Claudia Koutsaftis

Thomas Ayton

Kenny Vo

Erin Lewis

Erina Salim

Naomi Tabares

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Hunter Kong

Isabella Gruizinga

Jiahui Xu

Netasha Smith

Annie Kerr

Stuart Caldwell

Sophia Kapetanas