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.

Sarah Giust

Laura King

Sovannary Sao

Xinjie Wang

Luci Tivendale

Georgina McAllister

Isaac Bridges

Mika Wheatley

Katelyn Said

Madison Spencer

Amara Bett

Imogen Baker

Aulia Anam

Domenico Adami

Kristina Tsartas

Jeylan Mustafa

Bella MacIsaac

Peiyang Li

will campitelli

Thomas Coghlan

Zayn Tran

Georgia White

Freya Tran

JIA SUN

Adam Smith

Sally Hang

Angelia Roiniotis

Talya Bahari

Machaya Kurozumi

Kaishi Li

Caitlin Stanley

In Hyeok Park

Jason Chan

Emma Carson

Lachie Joe

Stephanie Luong

Ilse Brookes

Olivia Holloway

Julian Tan

Megan Anstey

Ruby Giddings

Mattea Marnika-Lee

Sam Heritage

Anh Pham

Millicent Madsen

Matt Kuch

Vivian Nguyen

Hannah Samaddar

Luke Borrow

Molly McGarrity

Max Lienert

Kate Smedley

Kristi Biezaite

Claudia Aliotta

Joey Truong

Stephanie West

Vivien Dao

Ching-Yuan Ku

max howard

Adam Do

Vanessa Goh

Linda Liu

Dinh Ngo

Joel Emmett

Aliya Bektas

Annabelle Freeman

Jason Vu

Fang Guo

Hannah Wilson

Richard Tao

Gabrielle Halim

Judith Radas

Hope Matthews

Natnicha 'Denim' Amornmongkol

Lara Selzer

Christopher Groves

Sarah Louey

Jessica Nguyen

Khye Huey Teoh

Annabelle Radford