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.

Gabriel Olivier Hernandez

Xavier Seccombe

Gia Bao Nguyen

Ellie Preston

Leo Botvinik

Hamish Williams

Elliot Sando

Tiarna Bett

Gabi Long

Noah Portelli

James Chapman

Naomi Ngo

James McPherson

Daniela Innella

Hana Bardwell

Sophie O'Connor

Alicia Ockerby

Steven Huang

Julia Marchese

Miranda O'Neill

Giselle Iaconis

Ella Weyers

Isabella De Amicis

sanali wickramarachchi

Lexi Turner

Holly Turner

Sarah Styzinski

Kalise Freeny

Xin Yu Loke

Isabella Suafoa

Natalie Mortale

Jiaran Li

Amy Taylor

Jerry Loi

Dougal Etheridge

Annabelle Sterkenburg

Ruby Bittner

Lily Buckmaster

Auluna Bisma

Sarah Sheehy

Christine Ruth Teoxon

Qian Hui Yong

Lilyana Gorringe

Sophie McElgunn

Tanrak T.

Daphne Ferabend

Bailey Joy

Stella Duggan

Matthew D’Rose

Courtney Obrien

Laura Jaeger

Natasha Grek

Emily-rose Grech

Sahar Hachem

Nina Sakura

Sam Bottrell

Eleni Aivazidis

Sophie Bronte

Terry Ngo

Ngoc Hoai Uyen Nguyen

Peter Scoble

Nicholas Barry

Finnian Tully

Patcharida Saprom

Abbey Leith

Athena Kavadias

Amelia Rees

Haoqi Hao

Bianca Rachela Notogroho

Juels Valpied

Chloe Saliba

Hoang Huy Vo

Xin En Chang

Heath Glen

Hannah Desimone

Georgina Race-Lyons

Nellie Holder

Massimo Aiello

Layla Ocampo

Dingli Xu