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.

Gabrielle Halim

Sophie-Rose Maytom

Linda Liu

Georgia White

Stephanie Luong

Ilse Brookes

Jennifer Godwin

Olivia Holloway

Sally Hang

Madison Spencer

Vanessa Goh

Amita Tulpule

Richard Tao

Neve Horvat

Adam Smith

Madeleine Tseitlin

Yuhan Zhu

Ciara McCabe

Judith Radas

Ruyi Bell

Fang Guo

Ching-Yuan Ku

Amara Bett

Sophia Dolferus

Mattea Marnika-Lee

Vivien Dao

Alex Duong

Yue Wang

Jason Vu

Bronte Olander

Matthew Goljanin

Nicholas Aleksander Owczarek

Lara Selzer

will campitelli

Katelyn Said

Kristina Tsartas

max howard

Alice Gallen

Bella MacIsaac

Max Lienert

Ruby Giddings

Freya Tran

Imogen Baker

Hannah Samaddar

Deepak Prakash

Matt Kuch

Angelia Roiniotis

Vivian Nguyen

Anita Doan

Khye Huey Teoh

Christopher Groves

Adam Do

Crystal Oliver

Elle Apostolou

Olivia Clark

Zachary Gray

Lachlan Banham

Chuanluan XU

Anh Pham

Sam Heritage

Sarah Louey

Brittany Ronec

Madeleine Webster

Kristi Biezaite

Machaya Kurozumi

Eliza Tan

Hope Matthews

Joey Truong

Kate Smedley

Oshain Premaratne

Mahdi Bolbol

Britney Monacella

Sovannary Sao

Mika Wheatley

Sanduni Jayasekera

Phoebe Markoulis

Sarah Giust

Jeylan Mustafa

Zayn Tran

Molly McGarrity