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

Jess Harrison

Leah McCabe

Lewis Macriyiannis

Lyn Nguyen

Anastasia Theofanous

Calista Tiara Willa

Glo Nera

Michael Fanfulla

Jess Novakova

Kaylee Launder

Georgia Van der Slot

Meaghan Sheehan

Rebecca Smith

Casandra Gonzalez-Pistolesi

Casey Sheather

Maverick Weigall

Isabelle Bates

Ashley Missen

Anny Nguyen

Ashleigh Hoffmann

Tahlia White

Claudia Schonfeldt

Kanwara Samranwong

Reiya Kuremoto

Alec Stalder

Tash Jones

Domenico Roso

Nicko Grimm

Neera Vititwatanakul

Rei Sato

Fabian Alifraco

Jack Stone

Treshan Perera

Isabelle Lee

Shelby Philp

Maddy McCready

Ryan Zhiren Deng

Alex Stanton

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Mia Kiely

Ruby Glenister

Talan Watson-Ponsford

Ella Haywood

Nicholas Rickard

Chunan Qiu

Jared Cook

Taya Foxman

Davena Fynmore

Mia (Mya) Stikoltzik

Tahlia Boden

Jiajia Hu

Andrea Hart

Katrina Chalmers

Alicia Chiaravalle

Ivy Nguyen

Darcy FitzRoy

Lachlan Brain

Huu Phi Mai

Bussakorn Nangsue

Quynh Anh Do

Anastasia Cornelia Hindarto

Yuan Ji Chew

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Mia Ristevski

Cindy Bernice Katherine

Luca Rotteglia

Sophie Gregg

Yin Ting Wong

Mitchell Cook

Lily Parmenter

Gabrielle Condilis

Mathew McCullough

James Morris

Tonya Tsorbatzoglou

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Isabelle Nguyen

Ching Ying Chua

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