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.

Sophia Kapetanas

Michael Barron

Estelle Battaglia

Karri Burke

Aliya Shaholli

Netasha Smith

Avril Price

Joshua Richards

Peta Hen

Melissa Whatman

Amy Eddington

Helen Beissmann

Isabella Gruizinga

Sean French

Ngan Nguyen

William Calder

Jayden Pilcher

Lily Gooding

Wendy Nguyen

Brittany Webb

Bradley Davis

Rebecca Landman

Isabella Gammilonghi

Ethan Toll

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Audrey Gardner

Alanna Kerwin

Alexandra Lipman

Zhanhan Yu

Ilaria Henein

Kira McIntyre

Tingting Shao

Matthew Pool

Emily Shields

Lani Gambino

Nicole Skamnaki

Margit Valentin

Kate Jeffares

Yangfanfan Yang

Nikolaus Hema

Naomi Tabares

Kenny Vo

Shuyu Ren

Edward Sillitoe

Claudia Koutsaftis

Andrea Lione

Spencer Levesque

Madison Burns

Lucas Stewart

Thomas Ayton

Linda Montealegre

ZiXuan Liu

Lucas Brancatella

Laura De Santis

Jack Skelley

Jessica Handisides

Annie Kerr

Ho Fung Ma

Ruby Athanas

Dante Lewis

Christopher Hann

Bec Hale

Brock Jackson

Aaron Campbell

Annya Calderon

Ashley Chau

Qinghua Zhou

Kirrilee Broughton

Christopher Ayton

Ha Nguyen

Erina Salim

Oscar Christensen

Bella Nicholls

Miranda Newton

Leo Nathan

Johanna Jannenga

Davzon Toy

MYLES O'DOLAN

Stuart Caldwell

Isabella Baldwin-Wasmer