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.

Isabelle Lee

Mile Bui

Danielle Brown

Chili Misa

Tahlia White

Quynh Anh Do

Mia (Mya) Stikoltzik

Meaghan Sheehan

Reiya Kuremoto

Taya Foxman

Jess Novakova

Shelby Philp

Kai Djeng

Neera Vititwatanakul

Gabrielle Condilis

Mix Imbong

Isabelle Bates

Treshan Perera

Jonah Milne

Fiona Bickerdike

Jack Stone

Jack Dorgan

Riccardo Falvo

XinYan Kuah

Andrea Hart

Marco Simonovski

Tammy Truong

Tash Jones

Ivy Nguyen

Abbey Evans

Samantha Delaney

Tahlia Boden

Nicholas Rickard

Thien Bang

Mia Ristevski

Britney Angelia Kusuma

Dorothea Chen

Jendaya Bergmeier

Leah McCabe

Shu Shu

Yuan Ji Chew

Casey Sheather

Darcy FitzRoy

Natalie Cavicchiolo

Yin Ting Wong

Anastasia Theofanous

Bussakorn Nangsue

Mathew McCullough

Fabian Alifraco

Nicko Grimm

Benjamin Lamaro

Alec Stalder

Lyn Nguyen

Kaylee Launder

Alicia Chiaravalle

Joshua David

Ryan Zhiren Deng

Georgia Van der Slot

Casandra Gonzalez-Pistolesi

Luca Rotteglia

Anny Nguyen

Katrina Chalmers

Catherine Falconer

Claudia Schonfeldt

Maddy McCready

Kanwara Samranwong

James Morris

Amie Rippon

Rebecca Smith

Mia Kiely

Lewis Macriyiannis

Huu Phi Mai

Domenico Roso

Fatima Shublaq

Ching Ying Chua

Alessi Fernando

Anastasia Cornelia Hindarto

Jaz Carter

Hayden Marshall

Talan Watson-Ponsford