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

PUNCH: a new film by AUT Welby Ings

The New Zealand Film Commission recently approved production finance for AUT Professor Welby Ings’ feature film PUNCH.

Crisis, disintegration and hope

Professor Wayne Hope from AUT’s School of Communications Studies says only urgent intervention can save New Zealand’s media.

Documentary looks at Māori culture

Experiencing Māori culture while studying on exchange at AUT has inspired two filmmakers from the United States.

Reframe your mindset during COVID-19

AUT student Sharon Lee writes for the Times Higher Education website about the importance of reframing your mindset while studying during COVID-19.

Problem solving even under lock down

This semester, sixty first-year students will work on a solution for an unmet need highlighted by COVID-19 in an online, co-taught studio.

Pacific governments and media crackdown

As fears grow over the coronavirus, some governments stand accused of using tough lockdown rules to silence criticism, writes Professor David Robie.

Face shields for health workers

Associate Professor Tim Pasang and student Nick van Der Geest have been 3D printing medical face shields for frontline health workers.

Thank you artwork for essential workers

AUT Art and Design students have banded together to show their appreciation for essential workers through billboard art.

Fiona Amundsen: Walters Prize nominee

AUT Visual Arts Senior Lecturer Fiona Amundsen has been named as one of the finalists of this year’s Walters Prize.

Albert Refiti at The MET

Last year, Art and Design Associate Professor Albert Refiti received the Andrew W. Mellon Senior Fellowship at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.