Art and design news

Three AUT tauira behind Matariki art

The free Matariki art resource pack for 2024, commissioned by Pou Māori at AUT, was created by three School of Art & Design tauira.

Type Directors Club award for AUT grad

A typeface exploring her Vietnamese heritage has won AUT graduate Abbey Luong an award at the New York-based organisation’s student competition.

AUT student wins $15k Springboard Award

AUT doctoral candidate Emily Parr (Ngāi Te Rangi, Moana, Pākehā) is the 2024 recipient of an Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Springboard Award.

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.