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.

Ciara McCabe

Joey Truong

Tianna Faraci

Machaya Kurozumi

Lachlan Banham

Sam Heritage

Tori Lewis

Deepak Prakash

Vivian Nguyen

Hope Matthews

Vivien Dao

Jessica Nguyen

Molly McGarrity

Dinh Ngo

Luci Tivendale

Amita Tulpule

Reynard Brooks

Chuanluan XU

Anita Doan

Max Lienert

Sarah Louey

Oshain Premaratne

Ilse Brookes

Alex Duong

Katelyn Said

Richard Tao

Mika Wheatley

Annabelle Freeman

Adam Demarti

Kaishi Li

Edie Romalis

Phoebe Markoulis

Thomas Coghlan

Stephanie Luong

Stephanie West

Bronte Olander

Georgia White

Ruby Giddings

Yuhan Zhu

Sanduni Jayasekera

Brittany Ronec

Adam Smith

Fang Guo

Matt Kuch

Laura King

Sovannary Sao

Jennifer Godwin

Jason Vu

Alice Gallen

Aliya Bektas

Faith Yong

Tanya Borg

Christopher Groves

Bella MacIsaac

In Hyeok Park

Kowchika Vijayakumaran

Yue Wang

Hannah Wilson

Aaron D'Arcy

Cindy Nguyen

Madeleine Webster

Molly Timms

Olivia Holloway

Emma Carson

Jeylan Mustafa

Nicholas Aleksander Owczarek

Imogen Baker

Madison Spencer

Isaac Bridges

Olivia Clark

Talya Bahari

Annabelle Radford

will campitelli

Sarah Giust

Genevieve Cann

Amara Bett

Claudia Aliotta

Lara Selzer

max howard

Carina Love