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.

Ellie Preston

Gabriel Olivier Hernandez

Lilyana Gorringe

Georgina Race-Lyons

Gabi Long

Sahar Hachem

Jaimee Liubinskas

Abbey Leith

Kalise Freeny

Janice Seng

Natasha Grek

Amy Taylor

Hana Bardwell

Emily McLennan

Xin Yu Loke

Jerry Loi

Lalana Ray

Alicia Ockerby

Dingli Xu

Sam Bottrell

Gia Bao Nguyen

James McPherson

Eleni Aivazidis

Auluna Bisma

Nina Sakura

Pak Kiu (Ryan) Leung

Jaz Amelia Palin

Qian Hui Yong

Isabella De Amicis

Darika Chittsawangdee

Sarah Sheehy

Sarah Styzinski

Layla Ocampo

Millie Winkett

Ruby Bittner

Ciara Nevin

Tracy Gacrama

Hannah Desimone

Isabella Suafoa

James Chapman

Rachel Watt

Thomas Handbury

Sophie Bronte

Veronica Pampanella

Amelia Rees

Natalie Mortale

Elliot Sando

Xin En Chang

Laura Jaeger

Giselle Iaconis

Daniela Innella

Leo Botvinik

Tiarna Bett

Annabelle Sterkenburg

Hamish Williams

Heath Glen

Aoife Dormer

Christine Ruth Teoxon

Bianca Rachela Notogroho

Noah Portelli

sanali wickramarachchi

Alice Williamson

Sarah Perrett

Nicholas Barry

Lily Buckmaster

Elli Gale

Ngoc Hoai Uyen Nguyen

Finnian Tully

Sophie O'Connor

Chloe Saliba

Nellie Holder

Dougal Etheridge

Miranda O'Neill

Athena Kavadias

Emily-rose Grech

Ella Weyers

Steven Huang

Lucy Gordon

Naomi Ngo

Haoqi Hao