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.

Thomas Handbury

Sarah Sheehy

Nina Sakura

Elli Gale

James McPherson

Auluna Bisma

Jaz Amelia Palin

Sophie O'Connor

Sophie Bronte

Ciara Nevin

Tiarna Bett

Elliot Sando

Terry Ngo

Darika Chittsawangdee

Miranda O'Neill

Dingli Xu

Abbey Leith

Annabelle Sterkenburg

Chloe Saliba

Gabriel Olivier Hernandez

Lucy Gordon

Matthew D’Rose

Holly Turner

Qian Hui Yong

Georgina Race-Lyons

Janice Seng

Hana Bardwell

Amelia Rees

Pak Kiu (Ryan) Leung

Leo Botvinik

Lily Buckmaster

sanali wickramarachchi

Sahar Hachem

Natasha Grek

Lalana Ray

Ruby Bittner

Sophie McElgunn

Natalie Mortale

Nicholas Barry

Hamish Williams

James Chapman

Gia Bao Nguyen

Sarah Styzinski

Lilyana Gorringe

Millie Winkett

Haoqi Hao

Nellie Holder

Xavier Seccombe

Ngoc Hoai Uyen Nguyen

Sarah Perrett

Christine Ruth Teoxon

Isabella Suafoa

Daniela Innella

Xin En Chang

Steven Huang

Heath Glen

Dougal Etheridge

Tracy Gacrama

Amy Taylor

Eleni Aivazidis

Lexi Turner

Tanrak T.

Peter Scoble

Patcharida Saprom

Jiaran Li

Daphne Ferabend

Bianca Rachela Notogroho

Finnian Tully

Alicia Ockerby

Juels Valpied

Julia Marchese

Jerry Loi

Xin Yu Loke

Emily-rose Grech

Sodalyta Ny

Isabella De Amicis

Laura Jaeger

Courtney Obrien

Aoife Dormer

Kalise Freeny