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.

Athena Kavadias

Eleni Aivazidis

Ruby Bittner

Jaimee Liubinskas

Sahar Hachem

Hamish Williams

Emily-rose Grech

Dougal Etheridge

Hoang Huy Vo

Lily Buckmaster

Gabriel Olivier Hernandez

Tracy Gacrama

Hana Bardwell

Georgina Race-Lyons

Peter Scoble

Janice Seng

Giselle Iaconis

Sodalyta Ny

Elli Gale

Jerry Loi

Darika Chittsawangdee

Finnian Tully

Dingli Xu

Pak Kiu (Ryan) Leung

Heath Glen

Sophie McElgunn

Chloe Saliba

Julia Marchese

Bianca Rachela Notogroho

Alicia Ockerby

Terry Ngo

Veronica Pampanella

Matthew D’Rose

Jiaran Li

Tanrak T.

Nellie Holder

Sophie Bronte

Isabella De Amicis

Thomas Handbury

Miranda O'Neill

Holly Turner

Gia Bao Nguyen

Abbey Leith

Ngoc Hoai Uyen Nguyen

Ciara Nevin

James Chapman

Nicholas Barry

Gabi Long

Lucy Gordon

Patcharida Saprom

Sarah Perrett

Christine Ruth Teoxon

Amy Taylor

Lakeisha Nevin

Noah Portelli

Auluna Bisma

Millie Winkett

Laura Jaeger

Natalie Mortale

Kalise Freeny

Amelia Rees

Lalana Ray

Leo Botvinik

Lexi Turner

Aoife Dormer

Haoqi Hao

Qian Hui Yong

Natasha Grek

Ellie Preston

Bailey Joy

Xavier Seccombe

Courtney Obrien

James McPherson

Steven Huang

Hannah Desimone

Alice Williamson

Daphne Ferabend

Emily McLennan

Annabelle Sterkenburg

Massimo Aiello