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.

Lachie Joe

Olivia Holloway

Lara Selzer

Julian Tan

Oshain Premaratne

Tanya Borg

Adam Smith

max howard

Chuanluan XU

Eve Rampley

Elle Apostolou

Mahdi Bolbol

Sarah Giust

Kristina Tsartas

Cindy Nguyen

Madeleine Webster

Yuhan Zhu

Reynard Brooks

Dinh Ngo

Molly McGarrity

Judith Radas

Isaac Bridges

Khye Huey Teoh

Hannah Samaddar

Molly Timms

Aaron D'Arcy

Sally Hang

Faith Yong

Joel Emmett

Hannah Wilson

Rohan Gerrard

Linda Liu

Carina Love

Lachlan Banham

Kate Smedley

Annabelle Radford

Vivian Nguyen

Sophie-Rose Maytom

Sarah Louey

Neve Horvat

Yue Wang

Max Lienert

Emma Carson

Alex Duong

Zayn Tran

Madison Spencer

Machaya Kurozumi

In Hyeok Park

Crystal Oliver

Aulia Anam

Kristi Biezaite

Tianna Faraci

Jocelynda Leonardo

Ilse Brookes

Ching-Yuan Ku

Angelia Roiniotis

Katelyn Said

Peiyang Li

Adam Do

Hope Matthews

Jason Chan

Ruyi Bell

Talya Bahari

Aliya Bektas

Kowchika Vijayakumaran

Vanessa Goh

Ciara McCabe

Caitlin Stanley

Anh Pham

Zachary Gray

Sovannary Sao

Megan Anstey

Jessica Olivia Hartanto

Xinjie Wang

Sanduni Jayasekera

Freya Tran

Anita Doan

Olivia Clark

Georgia White

Stephanie Luong