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.

Huu Phi Mai

Mia Kiely

Anastasia Cornelia Hindarto

Georgia Van der Slot

Katrina Chalmers

Ruby Glenister

Tash Jones

Isabelle Lee

Jaz Carter

Yuan Ji Chew

Lily Parmenter

Samantha Delaney

Mitchell Cook

Leah McCabe

James Morris

Alec Stalder

Sophie Gregg

Bussakorn Nangsue

Glo Nera

Dorothea Chen

Anastasia Theofanous

Nicko Grimm

Maddy McCready

Siew Min Fang

Kai Djeng

Anny Nguyen

Ryan Zhiren Deng

Alessi Fernando

Casandra Gonzalez-Pistolesi

Kanwara Samranwong

Cindy Bernice Katherine

Jendaya Bergmeier

Chili Misa

Britney Angelia Kusuma

Hayden Marshall

Elena Ancarola

Jack Dorgan

Davena Fynmore

Amie Rippon

Lewis Macriyiannis

Lyn Nguyen

Tonya Tsorbatzoglou

Danielle Brown

Alicia Chiaravalle

Benjamin Lamaro

Jared Cook

Taya Foxman

Pippa Sutherland

Mia Ristevski

shuya GUO

Treshan Perera

Luca Rotteglia

Nicholas Rickard

Chunan Qiu

Ivy Nguyen

Shu Shu

Andrea Hart

Isabelle Nguyen

Catherine Falconer

Tahlia White

Yin Ting Wong

Mia (Mya) Stikoltzik

Tammy Truong

Quynh Anh Do

Abbey Evans

Claudia Schonfeldt

Riccardo Falvo

Darcy FitzRoy

Rebecca Smith

Domenico Roso

Fiona Bickerdike

Jess Novakova

XinYan Kuah

Isabelle Bates

Natalie Cavicchiolo

Neera Vititwatanakul

Lachlan Brain

Mathew McCullough

Casey Sheather

Rei Sato