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.

Cameron Robertson

Isabelle Bates

Leah McCabe

Glo Nera

Neera Vititwatanakul

Natalie Cavicchiolo

Ashley Missen

Jared Cook

Cindy Bernice Katherine

Abbey Evans

Huu Phi Mai

Alex Stanton

Mix Imbong

Elena Ancarola

Ivy Nguyen

Shelby Philp

Kaylee Launder

Marco Simonovski

XinYan Kuah

Isabelle Lee

Yuan Ji Chew

Yin Ting Wong

Mia Kiely

Ashleigh Hoffmann

Fiona Bickerdike

Katrina Chalmers

Reiya Kuremoto

Benjamin Lamaro

Tash Jones

Siew Min Fang

Domenico Roso

Quynh Anh Do

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Ella Haywood

Fatima Shublaq

Dorothea Chen

Gabrielle Condilis

Ruby Glenister

Ryan Zhiren Deng

Mathew McCullough

Taya Foxman

Jonah Milne

Tonya Tsorbatzoglou

Shu Shu

Chunan Qiu

Mia Ristevski

Maddy McCready

Pippa Sutherland

Catherine Falconer

Riccardo Falvo

Maverick Weigall

Lily Parmenter

Tammy Truong

Rei Sato

Anny Nguyen

Davena Fynmore

Britney Angelia Kusuma

Talan Watson-Ponsford

Alicia Chiaravalle

Luca Rotteglia

Joshua David

Casandra Gonzalez-Pistolesi

Hayden Marshall

Mitchell Cook

Michael Fanfulla

Lewis Macriyiannis

Sophie Gregg

Casey Sheather

Nicholas Rickard

Tahlia Boden

Danielle Brown

Meaghan Sheehan

Anastasia Cornelia Hindarto

Jaz Carter

Samantha Delaney

Tahlia White

Mia (Mya) Stikoltzik

Jess Novakova

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Nicko Grimm