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.

Brittany Webb

Tan Nguyen Nhat

Spencer Levesque

Netasha Smith

Ngan Nguyen

Melissa Whatman

Estelle Battaglia

Christopher Hann

Rebecca Landman

Nicole Skamnaki

Michael Barron

Claudia Koutsaftis

Wendy Nguyen

Karri Burke

Thomas Ayton

Hunter Kong

Amy Eddington

Lucas Stewart

Ilaria Henein

Audrey Gardner

Dana Flahavin

Bradley Davis

Kira McIntyre

Jayden Pilcher

Lily Gooding

Helen Beissmann

Erina Salim

Alexandra Lipman

Sienna Brown

Ruby Athanas

Lucas Brancatella

Emily Shields

Isabella Gammilonghi

Erin Lewis

Isabella Gruizinga

Brock Jackson

Sophia Kapetanas

Aaron Campbell

Margit Valentin

Leo Nathan

Oscar Christensen

Peta Hen

Miranda Newton

ZiXuan Liu

Zhanhan Yu

Kenny Vo

Kirrilee Broughton

Jaime Hoare

Davzon Toy

Andrea Lione

Aliya Shaholli

Natasha Zelisko

Joshua Richards

Bella Nicholls

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Johanna Jannenga

Qinghua Zhou

Kate Jeffares

Edward Sillitoe

Thien Vu

MYLES O'DOLAN

Sean French

Ivy Chan

Lani Gambino

Ethan Toll

Christopher Ayton

Ho Fung Ma

Carissa Armstrong

Ailis McKinnon

Annie Kerr

Linda Montealegre

Stuart Caldwell

Alanna Kerwin

Yangfanfan Yang

William Calder

Bun Linda La

Jessica Handisides

Ha Nguyen

Dante Lewis

Laura De Santis