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.

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Jiajia Hu

Shelby Philp

Riccardo Falvo

Georgia Van der Slot

Tonya Tsorbatzoglou

Mia Kiely

Neera Vititwatanakul

Ryan Zhiren Deng

Ching Ying Chua

Jess Harrison

Abbey Evans

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Nicko Grimm

Talan Watson-Ponsford

Calista Tiara Willa

Jendaya Bergmeier

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Dorothea Chen

Jared Cook

Katrina Chalmers

Chunan Qiu

Ashley Missen

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Samantha Delaney

Simon Owen

Joshua David

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Treshan Perera

Yin Ting Wong

Isabelle Lee

Jack Stone

Anny Nguyen

Mitchell Cook

Taya Foxman

Cameron Robertson

Isabelle Bates

James Morris

Cameron Good-Giles

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Fiona Bickerdike

Claudia Schonfeldt

Danielle Brown

Anastasia Theofanous

Davena Fynmore

Tahlia Boden

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Casey Sheather

Ella Haywood

Jess Novakova

Reiya Kuremoto

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Gabrielle Condilis

Anastasia Cornelia Hindarto

Mia Ristevski

Lyn Nguyen

Hayden Marshall

Michael Fanfulla

Jonah Milne

Alex Stanton

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Amie Rippon

Ruby Glenister

Catherine Falconer

Darcy FitzRoy

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Tammy Truong

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