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.

Ashley Chau

Jessica Handisides

Estelle Battaglia

Shuyu Ren

Ilaria Henein

Johanna Jannenga

Jaime Hoare

Lucas Stewart

Christopher Hann

Netasha Smith

Melissa Whatman

Jayden Pilcher

Qinghua Zhou

William Calder

Miranda Newton

Matthew Pool

Tingting Shao

Margit Valentin

Brock Jackson

Sienna Brown

Aaron Campbell

Thomas Ayton

Zhanhan Yu

Naomi Tabares

Lucas Brancatella

Nicole Skamnaki

Helen Beissmann

Michael Barron

Kira McIntyre

Emily Shields

Annie Kerr

Amy Eddington

Ngan Nguyen

Alexandra Lipman

Peta Hen

Jiahui Xu

Lani Gambino

Linda Montealegre

Thien Vu

Laura De Santis

Nikolaus Hema

Audrey Gardner

Erina Salim

Oscar Christensen

Carissa Armstrong

Rebecca Landman

Andrea Lione

Kenny Vo

Aidan Winter

Joshua Richards

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Sean French

Christopher Ayton

Brittany Webb

Dante Lewis

Bec Hale

Lily Gooding

Lachlan Soukup

Ivy Chan

Wendy Nguyen

Alister Lao

Isabella Baldwin-Wasmer

Ethan Toll

Ailis McKinnon

Kirrilee Broughton

Ryley Hubbard

Leo Nathan

Edward Sillitoe

Claudia Koutsaftis

Jack Skelley

Natasha Zelisko

Annya Calderon

Alanna Kerwin

Bradley Davis

Stuart Caldwell

Kate Jeffares

Aliya Shaholli

Bun Linda La

Ha Nguyen

Spencer Levesque