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.

Georgia Van der Slot

Huu Phi Mai

Jendaya Bergmeier

Ruby Glenister

Chili Misa

Tahlia White

Yuan Ji Chew

Jaz Carter

James Morris

Cameron Robertson

Casey Sheather

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Kai Djeng

Ella Haywood

Andrea Hart

Lachlan Brain

Mia Ristevski

Tammy Truong

Anny Nguyen

Marco Simonovski

Siew Min Fang

Jack Dorgan

Domenico Roso

Ashley Missen

Nicholas Rickard

Abbey Evans

Isabelle Bates

Tash Jones

Ivy Nguyen

Alessi Fernando

Benjamin Lamaro

Alicia Chiaravalle

Tonya Tsorbatzoglou

Ashleigh Hoffmann

Neera Vititwatanakul

Darcy FitzRoy

Tahlia Boden

Quynh Anh Do

Mia (Mya) Stikoltzik

Luca Rotteglia

Mile Bui

Alec Stalder

Katrina Chalmers

Meaghan Sheehan

Lily Parmenter

Cameron Good-Giles

XinYan Kuah

Dorothea Chen

Treshan Perera

Jared Cook

Jess Harrison

Riccardo Falvo

Casandra Gonzalez-Pistolesi

Maverick Weigall

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Michael Fanfulla

Samantha Delaney

Glo Nera

Ryan Zhiren Deng

Claudia Schonfeldt

Maddy McCready

Leah McCabe

Mix Imbong

Rei Sato

Kanwara Samranwong

Mitchell Cook

Sophie Gregg

Lyn Nguyen

Fatima Shublaq

Fiona Bickerdike

Jiajia Hu

Mathew McCullough

Isabelle Nguyen

Cindy Bernice Katherine

Thien Bang

Shelby Philp

Bussakorn Nangsue

Danielle Brown

Isabelle Lee

Nicko Grimm