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.

Kanwara Samranwong

Shu Shu

Chili Misa

Thien Bang

Glo Nera

Kai Djeng

Andrea Hart

Rebecca Smith

Quynh Anh Do

Samantha Delaney

Michael Fanfulla

Alessi Fernando

Pippa Sutherland

Leah McCabe

Luca Rotteglia

Chunan Qiu

Davena Fynmore

Mile Bui

Tahlia Boden

Jaz Carter

Jess Novakova

Fatima Shublaq

Claudia Schonfeldt

XinYan Kuah

Mia Ristevski

Joshua David

Mathew McCullough

Isabelle Nguyen

Cameron Good-Giles

Katrina Chalmers

Casandra Gonzalez-Pistolesi

Alec Stalder

James Morris

Tash Jones

Siew Min Fang

Mia (Mya) Stikoltzik

Elena Ancarola

Yin Ting Wong

Taya Foxman

Jack Stone

Alex Stanton

Catherine Falconer

Tahlia White

Cameron Robertson

Calista Tiara Willa

Anny Nguyen

Tammy Truong

Tonya Tsorbatzoglou

Mia Kiely

Ashley Missen

Rei Sato

Jess Harrison

Reiya Kuremoto

Danielle Brown

Lily Parmenter

Jack Dorgan

Yuan Ji Chew

Amie Rippon

Fiona Bickerdike

Casey Sheather

Georgia Van der Slot

Alicia Chiaravalle

Nicholas Rickard

Maverick Weigall

Gabrielle Condilis

Ella Haywood

Hayden Marshall

Ivy Nguyen

Ruby Glenister

Lyn Nguyen

Mix Imbong

Benjamin Lamaro

Ashleigh Hoffmann

Domenico Roso

Kaylee Launder

Simon Owen

Ngoc Cat Tuong Tran

Jendaya Bergmeier

Abbey Evans

Fabian Alifraco