Art and design news

Leap Day: Time and Space Connection

Senior Lecturer Emily O’Hara believes leap years and days offer something even more interesting to consider: why do we have calendars anyway?

Te Ataata 2024 - Julie Stephen Chheng

Paris-based designer, illustrator and writer Julie Stephen Chheng is the 2024 Te Ataata artist in residence at AUT.

Climate crisis artwork on show in India

AUT’s Janine Randerson, Rachel Shearer and Stefan Marks head to India to present the audiovisual artwork Ngā Raraunga o te Mākū: the data of moisture.

Māori chief inspires fashion student’s work

Ngāti Tūwharetoa design student Tia Tahau’s collection, showcased at AUT’s 2023 Graduate Fashion Show, was inspired by her ancestor Te Rangi Tāhau

2023 Graduate Fashion Show a runway success

Twenty-nine Bachelor of Design students showcased their collections before a 300-strong audience of friends, family, fashion industry and influencers.

AUT students tackle food insecurity

With Healthy Families South Auckland and The Southern Initiative, Bachelor of Design students seek to improve food security and sovereignty in communities.

AUT wins 45 pins at 2023 Best Design Awards

Art and Design staff and students take home 15 Gold, 10 Silver and 19 Bronze Pins at the prestigious Best Design Awards

AUT gallery renamed Te Wai Ngutu Kākā

Formerly ST PAUL St Gallery, AUT’s art gallery has been gifted the new name by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei.

Are you making a meal out of research?

That’s the question a new workbook created by the Good Health Design team at AUT hopes to help answer.