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.

Tingting Shao

Chiara Menolascina

Karri Burke

Avril Price

Zhanhan Yu

Madison Burns

Margit Valentin

Thomas Ayton

Shuyu Ren

Aaron Campbell

Hunter Kong

Ngan Nguyen

Bec Hale

Christopher Hann

Dana Flahavin

Spencer Levesque

Tan Nguyen Nhat

Ilaria Henein

Ruby Athanas

Kenny Vo

MYLES O'DOLAN

Jaime Hoare

Naomi Tabares

Bella Nicholls

Rebecca Landman

William Calder

Erin Lewis

Aidan Winter

Jiahui Xu

Nicole Skamnaki

Dante Lewis

Laura De Santis

Kira McIntyre

Annie Kerr

Claudia Koutsaftis

Annya Calderon

Lachlan Soukup

Carissa Armstrong

Lucas Brancatella

Kirrilee Broughton

Ethan Toll

Ha Nguyen

Ashley Chau

Sean French

Netasha Smith

Sophia Kapetanas

Bun Linda La

Jack Skelley

Isabella Gruizinga

Leo Nathan

Jayden Pilcher

Jessica Handisides

Wendy Nguyen

Yangfanfan Yang

ZiXuan Liu

Bradley Davis

Kate Jeffares

Johanna Jannenga

Ivy Chan

Christopher Ayton

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Miranda Newton

Brock Jackson

Audrey Gardner

Isabella Gammilonghi

Matthew Pool

Aliya Shaholli

Ryley Hubbard

Estelle Battaglia

Qinghua Zhou

Joshua Richards

Stuart Caldwell

Peta Hen

Linda Montealegre

Emily Shields

Alanna Kerwin

Ho Fung Ma

Erina Salim

Sienna Brown

Alister Lao