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.

Maverick Weigall

Michael Fanfulla

Natalie Cavicchiolo

Bussakorn Nangsue

Fiona Bickerdike

Darcy FitzRoy

Isabelle Lee

Anastasia Cornelia Hindarto

Kanwara Samranwong

Tammy Truong

Cameron Robertson

Alec Stalder

Fabian Alifraco

Ching Ying Chua

Riccardo Falvo

Hayden Marshall

Anny Nguyen

Shelby Philp

Meaghan Sheehan

Marco Simonovski

Davena Fynmore

Talan Watson-Ponsford

Tash Jones

Jack Stone

shuya GUO

Casandra Gonzalez-Pistolesi

Thien Bang

Maddy McCready

Mia (Mya) Stikoltzik

Lachlan Brain

Claudia Schonfeldt

Cindy Bernice Katherine

Domenico Roso

Abbey Evans

Nicko Grimm

Taya Foxman

Georgia Van der Slot

Cameron Good-Giles

Rebecca Smith

Jendaya Bergmeier

Tahlia Boden

Alex Stanton

Kai Djeng

Treshan Perera

Elena Ancarola

Quynh Anh Do

Lewis Macriyiannis

James Morris

Luca Rotteglia

Mathew McCullough

Yin Ting Wong

Isabelle Bates

Fatima Shublaq

Calista Tiara Willa

Isabelle Nguyen

Chunan Qiu

Mile Bui

Kaylee Launder

Ashley Missen

Jonah Milne

Leah McCabe

Gabrielle Condilis

Yuan Ji Chew

Simon Owen

Jess Harrison

Chili Misa

Anastasia Theofanous

Mia Kiely

Casey Sheather

Mix Imbong

Lily Parmenter

Shu Shu

Dorothea Chen

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Nicholas Rickard

Rei Sato

Joshua David

Jess Novakova

Lyn Nguyen

Huu Phi Mai