A first-of-its-kind institute redefining design education and practice through Country-centred methods, bridging education, industry and community to shape more sustainable and culturally responsive futures – a return to ancient ways of being. 

The Indigenous Institute for Designing with Country (IIDwC) aims to be a world-leading, cross-disciplinary design laboratory specialising in Blak design thinking and practices.

Led by First Nations designers, land management experts, community leaders, educators, researchers and practitioners, the Institute will continue to transform industry through Designing with Country methodologies that support new ways of learning, collaborating and practising across design education, research and practice.

Extending beyond home ground, the Institute is a cultural space and incubator for First Nations designers here and abroad – a home for First Peoples from across the world to gather, learn and define new ways of practising.