News in the Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies - Te Ara Auaha

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.

Limiting seismic damage in new builds

Research by Dr Shahab Ramhormozian and colleagues will help protect steel-framed buildings from seismic damage.

New graduate stories for ad campaign

AUT is today launching phase two of our Find Your Greatness advertising campaign. Meet the four new graduates featured in the campaign.

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.

SfTI funds bio-inspired underwater robot

Dr Lorenzo Garcia has secured $200,000 of funding in the latest round of the Science for Technological Innovation National Science Challenge.

The changing shape of news income

AUT Senior lecturer Merja Myllylahti investigates the first decade of digital revenue payments in a new paper for Digital Journalism.

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.