Art and design news

Teaching sustainability in design

For Industrial Design students at AUT, light-proof milk bottles are a valuable resource to be reimagined in a circular economy challenge.

Thinking through colour

After finding problems with the designs of patient information in healthcare, student Hannah Sames looked at how painting could improve experiences.

Documenting what’s left behind

For Associate Professor Fiona Amundsen the ongoing restrictions due to Covid-19 has meant she has had to adapt and pivot her art.

Click & Collect Sculpture Exhibition

Second and third year sculpture students have put together Click & Collect, a live, socially distanced exhibition opening online on Friday 8 October.

World-first triple PhD joint project

3 Te Wānanga o Aotearoa staff have been awarded PhD’s in raranga (traditional Māori weaving) after joined-up study through AUT’s Ipukarea Research Centre.

Moana view in Ars Electronica Festival

AUT academics will host Moana Digitalities as part of the 2021 Ars Electronica Festival.

Meet the 2021 X Challenge Finalists

Read about the eight finalists who will be battling to win $20,000 of cash and prizes in AUT's entrepreneurship competition.

AUT climbs up the global rankings

AUT continues to climb up the global university rankings joining the University of Otago in second place in NZ and the top 250 universities in the world.

Universities must embrace partnerships

Professor Guy Littlefair talks to HEDx podcast to reflect on tertiary education and the challenges and opportunities facing the sector.

Fulbright NZ award winners 2021

Congratulations to 2021 Fulbright New Zealand scholarship award winners, AUT staff member Jenni Tupu and AUT alumna Hariata Tai Rakena.