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.

MYLES O'DOLAN

Kenny Vo

Alexandra Lipman

Zhanhan Yu

Carissa Armstrong

Lachlan Soukup

ZiXuan Liu

Sienna Brown

Dana Flahavin

Ilaria Henein

Claudia Koutsaftis

Netasha Smith

Estelle Battaglia

Lily Gooding

Karri Burke

Matthew Pool

Lucas Brancatella

Johanna Jannenga

Stuart Caldwell

Bec Hale

Avril Price

Thien Vu

Erina Salim

Ho Fung Ma

Spencer Levesque

Brittany Webb

Hunter Kong

Davzon Toy

Isabella Baldwin-Wasmer

Shuyu Ren

Vanessa Audrey Thejakoesuma

Bella Nicholls

Andrea Lione

Lucas Stewart

Helen Beissmann

Alanna Kerwin

Sophia Kapetanas

Chiara Menolascina

Wendy Nguyen

Aidan Winter

Margit Valentin

Ashley Chau

Michael Barron

Peta Hen

Kirrilee Broughton

Kira McIntyre

Madison Burns

Christopher Ayton

Ailis McKinnon

Ruby Athanas

Bradley Davis

William Calder

Qinghua Zhou

Yangfanfan Yang

Linda Montealegre

Laura De Santis

Melissa Whatman

Joshua Richards

Lani Gambino

Thomas Ayton

Tan Nguyen Nhat

Tingting Shao

Ha Nguyen

Ryley Hubbard

Ivy Chan

Christopher Hann

Isabella Gruizinga

Jaime Hoare

Amy Eddington

Alister Lao

Nikolaus Hema

Audrey Gardner

Oscar Christensen

Annya Calderon

Annie Kerr

Isabella Gammilonghi

Edward Sillitoe

Bun Linda La

Jiahui Xu

Dante Lewis