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.

Ching Ying Chua

James Morris

Rebecca Smith

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Jack Stone

Huu Phi Mai

Casey Sheather

Alex Stanton

Casandra Gonzalez-Pistolesi

Tammy Truong

Jess Harrison

XinYan Kuah

Nicko Grimm

Katrina Chalmers

Elena Ancarola

Isabelle Bates

Bussakorn Nangsue

Siew Min Fang

Ella Haywood

Cameron Good-Giles

Kai Djeng

Abbey Evans

Fabian Alifraco

Cameron Robertson

Britney Angelia Kusuma

Benjamin Lamaro

Meaghan Sheehan

Quynh Anh Do

Marco Simonovski

Isabelle Nguyen

Hayden Marshall

Alec Stalder

Yuan Ji Chew

Lewis Macriyiannis

Mia Kiely

Tahlia White

Fiona Bickerdike

Georgia Van der Slot

Andrea Hart

Claudia Schonfeldt

Jonah Milne

Jiajia Hu

Jendaya Bergmeier

Mia Ristevski

Michael Fanfulla

Lachlan Brain

Ashleigh Hoffmann

Joshua David

Anastasia Cornelia Hindarto

Shelby Philp

Amie Rippon

Mia (Mya) Stikoltzik

Ruby Glenister

Alicia Chiaravalle

Pippa Sutherland

Tahlia Boden

Anastasia Theofanous

Ivy Nguyen

Leah McCabe

Darcy FitzRoy

Gabrielle Condilis

Tonya Tsorbatzoglou

Shu Shu

Simon Owen

Anny Nguyen

Mile Bui

Jared Cook

Tash Jones

Chunan Qiu

Mitchell Cook

Davena Fynmore

Mathew McCullough

Glo Nera

Kanwara Samranwong

Yin Ting Wong

Lyn Nguyen

Luca Rotteglia

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Domenico Roso