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.

Margit Valentin

Ruby Athanas

Bec Hale

Zhanhan Yu

Helen Beissmann

Christopher Hann

Brittany Webb

ZiXuan Liu

Michael Barron

MYLES O'DOLAN

Jack Skelley

Edward Sillitoe

Peta Hen

Madison Burns

Thien Vu

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Aidan Winter

Aaron Campbell

Nicole Skamnaki

Ryley Hubbard

Jaime Hoare

Alanna Kerwin

Erina Salim

Tingting Shao

Lucas Brancatella

Matthew Pool

Ashley Chau

Miranda Newton

Stuart Caldwell

Lani Gambino

Kira McIntyre

Lily Gooding

Nikolaus Hema

Sean French

Isabella Gruizinga

Alister Lao

Avril Price

Estelle Battaglia

Brock Jackson

Ilaria Henein

Annie Kerr

Carissa Armstrong

Karri Burke

Yangfanfan Yang

Bradley Davis

Alexandra Lipman

Sienna Brown

Andrea Lione

Shuyu Ren

Jayden Pilcher

Emily Shields

Natasha Zelisko

Netasha Smith

Laura De Santis

Claudia Koutsaftis

Ho Fung Ma

Kate Jeffares

Johanna Jannenga

Jessica Handisides

Bun Linda La

Dana Flahavin

Wendy Nguyen

Ethan Toll

Tan Nguyen Nhat

Aliya Shaholli

Ailis McKinnon

William Calder

Annya Calderon

Christopher Ayton

Isabella Gammilonghi

Kirrilee Broughton

Naomi Tabares

Bella Nicholls

Leo Nathan

Spencer Levesque

Ivy Chan

Ngan Nguyen

Erin Lewis

Linda Montealegre

Lucas Stewart