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.

Max Lienert

Christopher Groves

Domenico Adami

Jeylan Mustafa

Thomas Coghlan

Sanduni Jayasekera

Aaron D'Arcy

Julian Tan

Ruyi Bell

Georgia White

Aliya Bektas

Molly McGarrity

Fang Guo

Jessica Nguyen

Olivia Clark

Lara Selzer

Claudia Aliotta

Phoebe Markoulis

Georgina McAllister

Deepak Prakash

Freya Tran

Joey Truong

Lachie Joe

Peiyang Li

Richard Tao

Anita Doan

Mika Wheatley

Judith Radas

Zachary Gray

Tanya Borg

Aulia Anam

Kaishi Li

Luci Tivendale

Tori Lewis

Stephanie West

JIA SUN

Faith Yong

Joel Emmett

Zoe Archer

Hope Matthews

Gabrielle Halim

Yuhan Zhu

Sarah Louey

Matt Kuch

Bella MacIsaac

Molly Timms

Kowchika Vijayakumaran

Anh Pham

Adam Demarti

Matthew Goljanin

Alice Gallen

Eve Rampley

Xinjie Wang

Tianna Faraci

In Hyeok Park

Madison Spencer

Oshain Premaratne

Vivien Dao

Ilse Brookes

Ciara McCabe

Adam Do

Dinh Ngo

Jocelynda Leonardo

Zayn Tran

Kate Smedley

Caitlin Stanley

Bronte Olander

Ruby Giddings

Rohan Gerrard

Eliza Tan

Talya Bahari

Elle Apostolou

Megan Anstey

Sophia Dolferus

Britney Monacella

Machaya Kurozumi

max howard

Crystal Oliver

Sally Hang

Cindy Nguyen