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.

Ilse Brookes

Sarah Giust

Gabrielle Halim

Imogen Baker

Mika Wheatley

Aaron D'Arcy

Neve Horvat

Kristi Biezaite

Aulia Anam

Edie Romalis

Yue Wang

Lachlan Banham

Sanduni Jayasekera

Sally Hang

Genevieve Cann

Millicent Madsen

Yuhan Zhu

In Hyeok Park

Vanessa Goh

Stephanie Luong

Kristina Tsartas

Olivia Clark

Khye Huey Teoh

Hannah Samaddar

Madison Spencer

Jocelynda Leonardo

Natnicha 'Denim' Amornmongkol

Thomas Coghlan

Cindy Nguyen

Anita Doan

Tianna Faraci

Laura King

Hope Matthews

Ruyi Bell

Nicholas Aleksander Owczarek

Domenico Adami

Georgina McAllister

Amara Bett

Fang Guo

Bella MacIsaac

Annabelle Freeman

Katelyn Said

Joel Emmett

Megan Anstey

Brittany Ronec

Crystal Oliver

Amita Tulpule

Annabelle Radford

Isaac Bridges

Matt Kuch

Mahdi Bolbol

Deepak Prakash

Aliya Bektas

Sam Heritage

Kaishi Li

Julian Tan

Lara Selzer

Jessica Nguyen

Eliza Tan

Linda Liu

Zayn Tran

Sovannary Sao

Carina Love

Luke Borrow

Zoe Archer

Anh Pham

Caitlin Stanley

Jason Chan

Sophie-Rose Maytom

Sarah Louey

Richard Tao

Ching-Yuan Ku

Christopher Groves

Jeylan Mustafa

Hannah Wilson

Reynard Brooks

Matthew Goljanin

Olivia Holloway

max howard

Talya Bahari