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.

Thomas Ayton

Laura De Santis

Aidan Winter

Kate Jeffares

Alister Lao

Bradley Davis

Lily Gooding

Matthew Pool

Isabella Baldwin-Wasmer

Thien Vu

Christopher Hann

Ruby Athanas

Helen Beissmann

Ivy Chan

Natasha Zelisko

Wendy Nguyen

Stuart Caldwell

Dante Lewis

Rebecca Landman

Nikolaus Hema

Chiara Menolascina

Nicole Skamnaki

Sophia Kapetanas

Madison Burns

Tan Nguyen Nhat

Erina Salim

Netasha Smith

Jiahui Xu

Sean French

Joshua Richards

Emily Shields

Naomi Tabares

Amy Eddington

Melissa Whatman

Ryley Hubbard

Peta Hen

Audrey Gardner

William Calder

Aaron Campbell

Bella Nicholls

Dana Flahavin

Aliya Shaholli

Bec Hale

Ha Nguyen

Michael Barron

Ethan Toll

Erin Lewis

Brittany Webb

Estelle Battaglia

Jessica Handisides

Kirrilee Broughton

Lucas Stewart

Jack Skelley

Bun Linda La

Isabella Gruizinga

ZiXuan Liu

Andrea Lione

Claudia Koutsaftis

Miranda Newton

Avril Price

Lachlan Soukup

Carissa Armstrong

Ilaria Henein

Jaime Hoare

Margit Valentin

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Isabella Gammilonghi

Shuyu Ren

Sienna Brown

Lucas Brancatella

Yangfanfan Yang

Ailis McKinnon

Qinghua Zhou

Kenny Vo

Lani Gambino

Annie Kerr

Linda Montealegre

Alanna Kerwin

Spencer Levesque

Edward Sillitoe