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.

Amara Bett

Stephanie Luong

Claudia Aliotta

Elle Apostolou

Matt Kuch

Yue Wang

Rohan Gerrard

Tianna Faraci

Neve Horvat

Tori Lewis

Talya Bahari

Molly McGarrity

Jessica Olivia Hartanto

Millicent Madsen

Richard Tao

Adam Smith

Olivia Clark

Tanya Borg

Aulia Anam

Reynard Brooks

Madeleine Tseitlin

Jason Vu

Faith Yong

Olivia Holloway

Jessica Nguyen

Carina Love

Sanduni Jayasekera

Sophie-Rose Maytom

Alice Gallen

Emma Carson

Ching-Yuan Ku

Christopher Groves

Genevieve Cann

Sarah Giust

Adam Demarti

Matthew Goljanin

Kowchika Vijayakumaran

Sam Heritage

Zayn Tran

Kristina Tsartas

Eliza Tan

Luci Tivendale

Fang Guo

Natnicha 'Denim' Amornmongkol

Aaron D'Arcy

Hope Matthews

Zachary Gray

Katelyn Said

Amita Tulpule

Eve Rampley

Lara Selzer

Anh Pham

Mahdi Bolbol

Julian Tan

Isaac Bridges

Machaya Kurozumi

max howard

Ruyi Bell

Chuanluan XU

Megan Anstey

Lachie Joe

Kristi Biezaite

Georgia White

Annabelle Radford

Madison Spencer

Freya Tran

Georgina McAllister

Bronte Olander

Mattea Marnika-Lee

Peiyang Li

Adam Do

Xinjie Wang

Stephanie West

Alex Duong

Domenico Adami

Gabrielle Halim

Sarah Louey

Laura King

Nicholas Aleksander Owczarek

Linda Liu