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.

Naomi Ngo

Gabi Long

Giselle Iaconis

Auluna Bisma

Christine Ruth Teoxon

Ngoc Hoai Uyen Nguyen

Sodalyta Ny

Sam Bottrell

Ruby Bittner

Eleni Aivazidis

Daphne Ferabend

Sahar Hachem

Tracy Gacrama

Ella Weyers

Courtney Obrien

Lalana Ray

Patcharida Saprom

Sophie McElgunn

Hoang Huy Vo

Jerry Loi

sanali wickramarachchi

Alicia Ockerby

Holly Turner

Elli Gale

Aoife Dormer

Leo Botvinik

Xin En Chang

Lilyana Gorringe

Sarah Styzinski

Dougal Etheridge

Lily Buckmaster

Alice Williamson

Chloe Saliba

Heath Glen

Gabriel Olivier Hernandez

Janice Seng

Annabelle Sterkenburg

Jaz Amelia Palin

Thomas Handbury

Tanrak T.

Ciara Nevin

Emily McLennan

Millie Winkett

Bailey Joy

Xin Yu Loke

Daniela Innella

Noah Portelli

Jaimee Liubinskas

Natalie Mortale

Dingli Xu

Amy Taylor

Abbey Leith

Nina Sakura

Bianca Rachela Notogroho

Isabella De Amicis

Veronica Pampanella

Isabella Suafoa

Xavier Seccombe

Terry Ngo

Amelia Rees

Lexi Turner

Massimo Aiello

Kalise Freeny

Lucy Gordon

Layla Ocampo

Sarah Perrett

Matthew D’Rose

Sophie O'Connor

Sophie Bronte

James Chapman

Georgina Race-Lyons

Laura Jaeger

Steven Huang

Darika Chittsawangdee

Peter Scoble

Haoqi Hao

Lakeisha Nevin

Finnian Tully

Hana Bardwell

Julia Marchese