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.

Veronica Pampanella

Alice Williamson

Matthew D’Rose

Sophie Bronte

Janice Seng

Lucy Gordon

Eleni Aivazidis

Xin En Chang

Layla Ocampo

Noah Portelli

Auluna Bisma

Ciara Nevin

Lexi Turner

Peter Scoble

Nicholas Barry

Ellie Preston

Stella Duggan

Leo Botvinik

Massimo Aiello

Holly Turner

Elli Gale

Hoang Huy Vo

Daphne Ferabend

Sophie McElgunn

Pak Kiu (Ryan) Leung

sanali wickramarachchi

Emily-rose Grech

Lakeisha Nevin

Jaz Amelia Palin

Qian Hui Yong

Elliot Sando

James Chapman

Miranda O'Neill

Natasha Grek

Jiaran Li

Sahar Hachem

Bianca Rachela Notogroho

Hana Bardwell

Sophie O'Connor

Darika Chittsawangdee

Courtney Obrien

Athena Kavadias

Nellie Holder

Sam Bottrell

Amelia Rees

Aoife Dormer

Isabella De Amicis

Gabriel Olivier Hernandez

Georgina Race-Lyons

Terry Ngo

Christine Ruth Teoxon

Thomas Handbury

Xin Yu Loke

Naomi Ngo

James McPherson

Finnian Tully

Tracy Gacrama

Annabelle Sterkenburg

Sarah Styzinski

Steven Huang

Ruby Bittner

Sarah Sheehy

Lilyana Gorringe

Emily McLennan

Sarah Perrett

Gabi Long

Dingli Xu

Laura Jaeger

Haoqi Hao

Gia Bao Nguyen

Ella Weyers

Jaimee Liubinskas

Giselle Iaconis

Lalana Ray

Natalie Mortale

Julia Marchese

Hamish Williams

Daniela Innella

Millie Winkett

Rachel Watt