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.

Riccardo Falvo

Simon Owen

Davena Fynmore

Alessi Fernando

Samantha Delaney

Calista Tiara Willa

Ashleigh Hoffmann

Joshua David

Kanwara Samranwong

Amie Rippon

Bussakorn Nangsue

Jared Cook

Kai Djeng

Talan Watson-Ponsford

Maddy McCready

Britney Angelia Kusuma

Lachlan Brain

Katrina Chalmers

Hayden Marshall

Anastasia Theofanous

Jack Stone

XinYan Kuah

Ching Ying Chua

Danielle Brown

Georgia Van der Slot

Nicko Grimm

Lewis Macriyiannis

Cindy Bernice Katherine

Ryan Zhiren Deng

Alicia Chiaravalle

Jaz Carter

Cameron Robertson

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Tahlia White

Shu Shu

Dorothea Chen

Lyn Nguyen

James Morris

Mathew McCullough

Maverick Weigall

Benjamin Lamaro

Fabian Alifraco

Isabelle Bates

Thien Bang

Taya Foxman

Mile Bui

Mia (Mya) Stikoltzik

Domenico Roso

Reiya Kuremoto

Gabrielle Condilis

Yin Ting Wong

Luca Rotteglia

Andrea Hart

Rebecca Smith

Natalie Cavicchiolo

Pippa Sutherland

Alex Stanton

Tash Jones

Casey Sheather

Mix Imbong

Darcy FitzRoy

Shelby Philp

Chunan Qiu

Mia Ristevski

Marco Simonovski

Claudia Schonfeldt

Ivy Nguyen

shuya GUO

Jess Novakova

Leah McCabe

Jendaya Bergmeier

Anny Nguyen

Kaylee Launder

Nicholas Rickard

Ashley Missen

Neera Vititwatanakul

Casandra Gonzalez-Pistolesi

Anastasia Cornelia Hindarto

Siew Min Fang

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