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.

Taya Foxman

Rei Sato

Ching Ying Chua

Shelby Philp

Huu Phi Mai

Rebecca Smith

Sophie Gregg

Cameron Robertson

Lewis Macriyiannis

Reiya Kuremoto

Calista Tiara Willa

Marco Simonovski

Riccardo Falvo

Casey Sheather

XinYan Kuah

Tahlia Boden

Georgia Van der Slot

Samantha Delaney

Darcy FitzRoy

Ashley Missen

Tahlia White

Quynh Anh Do

Neera Vititwatanakul

Ivy Nguyen

Alessi Fernando

Pippa Sutherland

Cameron Good-Giles

Abbey Evans

Fabian Alifraco

Leah McCabe

Ashleigh Hoffmann

Dorothea Chen

Joshua David

Casandra Gonzalez-Pistolesi

Mile Bui

Fiona Bickerdike

Britney Angelia Kusuma

Nicko Grimm

Mia (Mya) Stikoltzik

Mia Kiely

Isabelle Bates

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Lyn Nguyen

Ngoc Cat Tuong Tran

Jared Cook

Amie Rippon

Nicholas Rickard

Ryan Zhiren Deng

Jess Harrison

Bussakorn Nangsue

Lachlan Brain

Jonah Milne

Natalie Cavicchiolo

Chili Misa

Lily Parmenter

Jack Dorgan

Alicia Chiaravalle

Kai Djeng

Hayden Marshall

Anastasia Theofanous

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Davena Fynmore

Cindy Bernice Katherine

Catherine Falconer

Kanwara Samranwong

Anny Nguyen

Mix Imbong

Jendaya Bergmeier

Katrina Chalmers

Alec Stalder

Glo Nera

Jack Stone

Isabelle Lee

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Ella Haywood

Elena Ancarola

Siew Min Fang

Talan Watson-Ponsford

Tonya Tsorbatzoglou

Yuan Ji Chew