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.

Georgia White

Thomas Coghlan

Zoe Archer

Jason Vu

Lara Selzer

Amita Tulpule

Jessica Nguyen

Peiyang Li

Aaron D'Arcy

Kristina Tsartas

Eliza Tan

Adam Smith

Linda Liu

Hannah Wilson

Ching-Yuan Ku

Bella MacIsaac

Zayn Tran

Tori Lewis

Edie Romalis

Fang Guo

In Hyeok Park

Millicent Madsen

Megan Anstey

Machaya Kurozumi

Annabelle Freeman

Hope Matthews

Jason Chan

Elle Apostolou

Christopher Groves

Mika Wheatley

Jessica Olivia Hartanto

Luke Borrow

Isaac Bridges

Deepak Prakash

Sarah Giust

Domenico Adami

Joanna Ikin

Sally Hang

Yuhan Zhu

Lachlan Banham

Britney Monacella

Madison Spencer

Georgina McAllister

Katelyn Said

Sovannary Sao

Nicholas Aleksander Owczarek

Jennifer Godwin

Zachary Gray

Vanessa Goh

Claudia Aliotta

Alex Duong

Judith Radas

Bronte Olander

Adam Demarti

Imogen Baker

Laura King

Caitlin Stanley

Ruby Giddings

Oshain Premaratne

Carina Love

Neve Horvat

Gabrielle Halim

Olivia Holloway

Tianna Faraci

Anita Doan

Natnicha 'Denim' Amornmongkol

Stephanie West

Sophia Dolferus

Yue Wang

Sophie-Rose Maytom

Richard Tao

Kristi Biezaite

JIA SUN

Khye Huey Teoh

Annabelle Radford

Molly McGarrity

Sanduni Jayasekera

Jocelynda Leonardo

Amara Bett

Stephanie Luong