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.

Casey Sheather

Hayden Marshall

Pippa Sutherland

Elena Ancarola

Cindy Bernice Katherine

XinYan Kuah

Mile Bui

Catherine Falconer

Ashley Missen

Abbey Evans

Calista Tiara Willa

Amie Rippon

Lily Parmenter

Claudia Schonfeldt

Jess Novakova

Benjamin Lamaro

Mitchell Cook

Quynh Anh Do

Kanwara Samranwong

Treshan Perera

Riccardo Falvo

Danielle Brown

Mathew McCullough

Isabelle Bates

Jack Stone

Tonya Tsorbatzoglou

Lachlan Brain

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Ngoc Cat Tuong Tran

Chunan Qiu

Nicholas Rickard

James Morris

Fatima Shublaq

Shelby Philp

Thien Bang

Cameron Good-Giles

Siew Min Fang

Gabrielle Condilis

Jess Harrison

Katrina Chalmers

Ryan Zhiren Deng

Nicko Grimm

Domenico Roso

Tash Jones

Tahlia Boden

Ashleigh Hoffmann

Maddy McCready

Fiona Bickerdike

Alec Stalder

Tammy Truong

Jiajia Hu

Mix Imbong

Rebecca Smith

Cameron Robertson

Michael Fanfulla

Isabelle Lee

Jared Cook

Joshua David

Yuan Ji Chew

Alex Stanton

Darcy FitzRoy

Alessi Fernando

Fabian Alifraco

Jack Dorgan

shuya GUO

Rei Sato

Jaz Carter

Reiya Kuremoto

Mia (Mya) Stikoltzik

Jonah Milne

Britney Angelia Kusuma

Huu Phi Mai

Alicia Chiaravalle

Bussakorn Nangsue

Casandra Gonzalez-Pistolesi

Taya Foxman

Ruby Glenister

Glo Nera

Ella Haywood

Ching Ying Chua