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.

Chili Misa

Jendaya Bergmeier

Samantha Delaney

Isabelle Bates

Reiya Kuremoto

Fabian Alifraco

Alex Stanton

Katrina Chalmers

Thien Bang

Cindy Bernice Katherine

Jack Stone

Jess Harrison

Treshan Perera

Georgia Van der Slot

Hayden Marshall

Michael Fanfulla

Alec Stalder

Mile Bui

Mia (Mya) Stikoltzik

Fatima Shublaq

Catherine Falconer

Tahlia White

Claudia Schonfeldt

Marco Simonovski

Amie Rippon

Siew Min Fang

Jared Cook

Jaz Carter

Jonah Milne

Nicko Grimm

Luca Rotteglia

Andrea Hart

Kanwara Samranwong

Glo Nera

Jess Novakova

Alessi Fernando

Anastasia Cornelia Hindarto

Casandra Gonzalez-Pistolesi

Davena Fynmore

Pippa Sutherland

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Yin Ting Wong

Lachlan Brain

Simon Owen

Ashley Missen

XinYan Kuah

Alicia Chiaravalle

Mitchell Cook

Lily Parmenter

James Morris

Ella Haywood

Mia Kiely

Darcy FitzRoy

Tonya Tsorbatzoglou

Benjamin Lamaro

Ngoc Cat Tuong Tran

Calista Tiara Willa

Jack Dorgan

Huu Phi Mai

Casey Sheather

Anastasia Theofanous

Kaylee Launder

Rebecca Smith

Sophie Gregg

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Shelby Philp

Mathew McCullough

Cameron Good-Giles

Fiona Bickerdike

Lewis Macriyiannis

Maverick Weigall

Tahlia Boden

Joshua David

Quynh Anh Do

Natalie Cavicchiolo

Ivy Nguyen

Yuan Ji Chew

Neera Vititwatanakul

Tash Jones

Ching Ying Chua