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AUT at Best Awards 2021

AUT’s Art and Design students have won a total of 40 awards at 2021’s Best Awards, including 14 Gold, 12 Silver and 14 Bronze.

Easier cooking for diverse needs

Mt Richmond Special School students developed a design for a knife and chopping board for their SouthSci project, supported by Good Health Design at AUT.

Creating a healing environment

Katie Twisleton’s master's research looked at how graphic design could be used in a stroke ward to improve experiences of healthcare.

Thinking through colour

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

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.

Hayakal al Noor, Bodies of Light on now

Hayakal al Noor, Bodies of Light – an exhibition by Art and Design Doctoral Candidate Narjis Mirza is a light installation that is a true feast for the sen

Supporting our future leaders

AUT is a proud sponsor of four events currently taking place, which support the aspirations of our next generation of leaders.

Time's strange tissue

Professor Len Gillman, Associate Professor Andrew Denton, and Susan Jowsey are exhibiting their work at the Auckland Festival of Photography.

Ad school grads winning awards

AUT’s advertising creativity graduates are showcasing their talents, with two creative teams from the 2020 graduating class scooping awards.

Good Health Design & We Read Auckland

The Good Health Design Lab’s Museum of Meaningful Moments will be on display at Auckland Central Library as part of the We Read Auckland regional event.

Techweek 21: Tech for Good

Techweek 2021 is almost upon us, and this year again offers a huge variety of interesting and insightful events and talks on AUT City Campus.

Space for creativity

Insight, AUT’s alumni magazine, talks to textile design alumna April Gourdie who has become known as the ‘knit person’ of Allbirds’ product team.

Visual arts alumna revives Niuean art

Artist and AUT visual arts graduate Cora-Allan Wickliffe is reviving the ancient Niuean art of hiapo.

AUT alumnus wins major artist residency

AUT visual arts alumnus Kalisolaite 'Uhila has been awarded the Art Foundation’s prestigious $100,000 Harriet Friedlander Residency.

Passion for entrepreneurship and design

Alumnus Sam Gray shares with us how his passion for entrepreneurship and design led him to become the CEO and founder for two companies.

Art and Design Awards

The 2020 Art and Design Awards recognise students' scholarly excellence as well as their outstanding contribution to the school and wider community.

AD20 virtual showcase

Graduating Art and Design students’ work has been showcased in a virtual exhibition for the first time.

What could this become?

Staff member Monique Jansen from the School of Art & Design and renowned artist Xin Cheng have given new life to AUT’s waste.

Evocative new work at the Art Gallery

AQI2020 is a new commission by New Zealand performance and installation artist and AUT alumna, Alicia Frankovich.

Design and Creative Tech PG Awards

The 2020 Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies Postgraduate Awards recognise the top honours, master’s and doctoral students who graduated in 2020.

AUT alumn Haydn Jack changing the world

AUT alumnus Haydn Jack says he fell in love with design because it has the power to change the world.

A new way of research storytelling

Vivian is a graphic novel about the intersections between gender and palliative care.

Design Through a Pasifika Lens

Using his Samoan heritage, one recent AUT graduate has found his drive to make the intangible come to life.

Why does art and design matter?

Simply put, the role of artists and designers is to make the world a better place, writes Dr Andrew Withell, Head of Art and Design at AUT.

Techweek 2020 AUT playlist launched

Techweek 2020 comes to life as a virtual event post COVID-19 lockdown.

AUT grad named international finalist

AUT Fashion Design graduate Imuy Teav is one of the finalists for the 2020 iD International Emerging Designer Awards.

Designing Kai with Kids

South Campus Communication Design students Olivia Penfold and Brayden Luamanu are the designers behind a fundraiser recipe book for PILLARS.

48 AUT finalists at 2019 Best Awards

AUT School of Art and Design has 48 finalists at this year’s Best Awards.

Artwork for youth, by youth

Students from Albany Senior High School have come together to bring Tūmanako 2019 to AUT to commemorate Hiroshima Day and support our Muslim community.

AUT students design Export NZ trophies

Third year Industrial Design students Kynan Robinson and Shah Mohebbi are the designers behind this year’s Export NZ Awards trophies.

Reimagining the future of care

A collaborative design project by AUT art & design students and Waitemata DHB reimagines what hospitals could look like.

What’s in a name ‘Moana’?

AUT Art and Design Vā Moana research cluster hosted a talanoa discussion about ‘Moana’ as a term for modern day Oceania.

A new direction for art on campus

A newly established Art on Campus Advisory Group will shape and direct the University's art collection.

Reconnecting people with food

Blender Design and AUT Industrial Design students tackle product design for smart horticulture.

TDC64 Auckland: World’s best typography

The world's best typography is on display at AUT's St Paul St Gallery 3 from 2-17 April

The Techweek19 programme is live

AUT is the only NZ university and an official Strategic Partner. Hear from Dr Roseanne Ellis and Professor Guy Littlefair about why we’re involved.

Uncommon milestone for 'Sparrow'

Professor Welby Ing's latest short film 'Sparrow' has been honoured with its 50th international film festival selection.

Fiona chosen as Fulbright NZ Scholar

AUT Visual Arts Senior Lecturer Fiona Amundsen has been selected as a 2019 Fulbright New Zealand Scholar.

Lighting up rural Iceland

AUT Spatial Design alumna Celia Harrison has been awarded one of Iceland’s top cultural awards.

AUT designers make international finals

AUT fashion design graduates Sean Kettle, Eddy Richards and Lavinia Ilolahia have made the iD International Emerging Designer Awards finals.

Celebrating AUT through the years

Over 50 of our oldest alumni came together for the 2018 Seddon Memorial Technical College reunion hosted by the alumni office.

Bees, basil and broccoli

Staff and students on the North Campus have been making use of the green space, resulting in the creation of a bee hotel and raised food gardens.

AUT Blue Awards recognise top students

41 AUT students were honoured for their sporting, artistic and cultural successes on Friday at the AUT Blue Awards.

AUT Blue Awards honour arts and culture

The annual AUT Blue Awards for sporting excellence will now be extended to acknowledge arts and culture excellence among high achieving students.

A room for one please

Thanks to students taking the Design for Sustainability paper, North campus is now host to a solitary bee hotel.

Memory inspired knits exhibited in NYC

Third-year Textile Design student Kiola Ballard reached semi-finalist status for the prestigious Dorothy Waxman textile Design Prize.

AUT student's work dazzles at awards

Visual arts student Evelyn Tautakitaki won the top prize at the Eden Arts Art Schools Award, a competition that showcases outstanding student work.

Palliser Ridge Scholarship knitted-up

A scholarship sponsored by a prominent wool producer enables one of our textile design students to pursue her idea for stylish sound-proofing.

Alumna scoops top art prize

AUT visual arts alumna Angela Tiatia was awarded the prestigious Ravenswood Australian women's art prize recently for her video The Fall.