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.

Katrina Chalmers

Anastasia Theofanous

Lewis Macriyiannis

Cameron Robertson

Riccardo Falvo

Mia Ristevski

Lily Parmenter

Michael Fanfulla

Mathew McCullough

Ngoc Cat Tuong Tran

XinYan Kuah

Kaylee Launder

Cameron Good-Giles

Tahlia White

Rei Sato

Andrea Hart

Ruby Glenister

James Morris

Isabelle Lee

Benjamin Lamaro

Lyn Nguyen

Yuan Ji Chew

Thien Bang

Jess Novakova

Nicko Grimm

Jaz Carter

Hayden Marshall

Mile Bui

Maddy McCready

Neera Vititwatanakul

Jared Cook

Isabelle Bates

Fatima Shublaq

Davena Fynmore

Anny Nguyen

Ella Haywood

Alicia Chiaravalle

Britney Angelia Kusuma

Mia Kiely

Chunan Qiu

Meaghan Sheehan

Ryan Zhiren Deng

Darcy FitzRoy

Fiona Bickerdike

Anastasia Cornelia Hindarto

Talan Watson-Ponsford

Luca Rotteglia

Mia (Mya) Stikoltzik

Natalie Cavicchiolo

Kanwara Samranwong

Alessi Fernando

Tonya Tsorbatzoglou

Glo Nera

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Jiajia Hu

Samantha Delaney

Ivy Nguyen

Fabian Alifraco

Quynh Anh Do

Jack Stone

Sophie Gregg

Rebecca Smith

Pippa Sutherland

Chili Misa

Maverick Weigall

Tahlia Boden

Jack Dorgan

Amie Rippon

Jess Harrison

Yin Ting Wong

Tash Jones

Ashleigh Hoffmann

Jendaya Bergmeier

Mix Imbong

Domenico Roso

Ashley Missen

Alex Stanton

Ching Ying Chua

Shelby Philp

Mitchell Cook