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8 days ago

'All The Days You Owe Me' won double silver at the 2025 best awards for student graphic and student social good! Congratulations @harri.dsn! 🎉 This publication is an intimate yet universal exploration of internalised misogyny, rendered through the language of graphic design and tactile storytelling. This artist’s book transforms deeply personal reckonings into a shared visual vocabulary, offering women a mirror to examine how patriarchal narratives quietly shape their self-perception. by @autcommdes

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9 days ago

This incredible masters project by @miadesignss won big at the 2025 Best Awards; a gold pin for student social good and a silver for student graphic! 👏🏼

The judge’s comments were: “This entry shone with beautiful craft and a sense of care that was tangible in every detail. The content and imagery weren’t just well executed - they carried a depth of empathy that helped build understanding for different lived experiences. It was thoughtful, sensitive, and moving, reminding us of the power design has to connect people to one another’s worlds.” by @autcommdes

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Kia ora rawa atu Paula, Andrea, and Wanda @aucklandmuseum for welcoming our inPrint: Publishing Practices classes to the ‘Mana: Protest in Print’ exhibition yesterday and today…
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The students really enjoyed the curators’ talk and spending time with the exhibition… also seeing the printed materials up close. Ngā mihi maioha taken in Auckland War Memorial Museum by @autcommdes

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a month ago

Type Here 3 | An Aotearoa Poster Exhibition
21 August - 10 September, 2026
Opening event: Thursday 20 August, 5-7pm
Gallery Two

𝘛𝘺𝘱𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦 is an Aotearoa poster competition that showcases our distinct approaches to contemporary typography. Foregrounding risk-taking and experimentation, the recurring exhibition attracts a range of emerging to established designers from across Australasia. Aotearoa is a place rich in storytelling — from epic mythologies to emotional journeys — each providing distinct vantage points for considering the complex histories that form our national identity. 𝘛𝘺𝘱𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦 celebrates these stories, expressed through language, culture, and typography.

The theme for this year's campaign has been developed in collaboration between the winner of the first 𝘛𝘺𝘱𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦 competition, Kaan Hiini, and creative agency Osborne Shiwan. Framed by the whakataukī ‘ko te mahi a te tamariki, he wāwāhi tahā’ (the activities of children break calabashes), the theme Wāwāhia Te Tahā (Break The Calabash) speaks to the inquisitive nature of tamariki as they explore the world and its objects, necessarily breaking precious items within it along the way.

Proudly showcasing 36 entries from across Aotearoa, this year's finalists were selected by previous winners Chris Flack, Sonia Mijatov, Sheahan Huri, and Tana Mitchell, along with International Judge Valentina Casali, convened by Kaan Hiini and Shabnam Shiwan. @typehere.aotearoa @kaanivorous @osborneshiwan taken in Te Wai Ngutu Kākā Gallery by @autcommdes

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2 months ago

If you’re visiting the Zine Festival @aucklandzinefest @aucklandartgallery this weekend, make sure you say hello to Pilcro Press in the North Atrium with @nimdesignz @joelpotter.photo @l__eft @mattwgh.design by @autcommdes

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2 months ago

Celebrating the AUT Master of Design | Graduating Exhibition opening tonight!!! Come along and see the great work of our A&D Masters whānau!

Open Days are this Thu-Fri, 10-5 & Sat 12-4!

Te Wai Ngutu Kākā Galleries 1, 2, 3.
ST Paul St, Central City.

#congratulationsmdes #ourturnnextweek
@autartanddesign @autfashion @autcommdes @autspatialdesign taken in Te Wai Ngutu Kākā Gallery by @autcommdes

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4 months ago

Another 2025 Gold Award! Congratulations to @maia.szecket 🌟 Cuando Tenía Tus Años / When I Had Your Years is a publication that chronicles the journey Maia’s grandfather (Abu) took as a child in his escape from Eastern Europe to Argentina during the Holocaust.

This large-format publication contains a collection of Abu’s short stories - which he wrote later in life - in Spanish (his fourth learnt language) and English (his sixth). The thirteen stories are accompanied by photographs from an extensive family photo database and are complemented by technical details and design elements that provide further context into this family history investigation.

This project was an investigation of how publication design could transform Maia’s family history into a lived experience drawing on humanity and warmth, while also considering the broader experience of the Jewish People through a new lens: resilience in the face of grief. by @autcommdes

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4 months ago

The first of three mid-year presentations from the School of Art and Design postgraduate programme, the 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 | 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘹𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 canvases a diverse range of disciplines — including spatial, fashion, animation, visual effects, game, communication and interaction design — to showcase a dynamic mix of practices, perspectives, and approaches.

Please join us for the opening celebration on Wednesday 3 June, 5-7pm.

Featuring work by:

ABBY EASTWOOD, ALFRED GUO, ANNIE XU, BRYRE DOWLING, CASEY WINCHCOMBE, DREW DAVIES, GEMMA GOLDFINCH, JADE PARKIN, JASMINE LEE, JESSICA ZHANG, JIYUAN XING, JULIAN CARBONELL, MENG HU, PAUL GARVEY, SCOTT PILKINGTON, XUZHI ZHANG, YANQIANG DUAN taken in Te Wai Ngutu Kākā Gallery by @autcommdes

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4 months ago

Gold Best Award for Kayla Williams @l__eft in 2025 Student & Academic Graphics!!! 🌟 Labour Rights, Strikes, and the Enduring Fight is a printed publication that explores the history of labour movements in Aotearoa New Zealand. It offers a non-exhaustive retelling of key moments in the country’s industrial and union history, a collective memory of work, resistance, and solidarity. @bestdesignawards @autartanddesign by @autcommdes

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5 months ago

AD25 | FO(U)R Design

This 2025 exhibition marks a special milestone for our graduating Communication and Interaction Design students at AUT. This collection embodies a range of disciplines and the innovation of a new generation of designers.

We invite you to celebrate this significant accomplishment, the journey of creation, individuality, and designing for purpose. This is for us, this is for you and this is for the future of design.

Opening Night: Thursday, 13th November, 5-9pm
Open: Fri 14th + Sat 15th 10am–4pm

27 St Paul Street
WE building (Level 5)
Art + Design, AUT by @autcommdes

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a year ago

Industry Week 2025 | Year 3 Communication & Interaction Design

Twenty-four leading New Zealand designers joined us to engage with student capstone projects — a vital exchange bridging academic inquiry and professional practice, sharpening the work of emerging designers as they prepare to enter the field.

These enduring partnerships with Aotearoa’s design community foster excellence and impact. Our graduates and alumni continue to shape the design landscape — locally and globally — through creative, ethical, and research-informed practice.

CD & ID Industry Week affirms what we stand for: designers who are industry-ready, critically engaged, and prepared to navigate a world in flux.

Ngā mihi nui to our amazing guests for your time, expertise, and encouragement:
@altgroup – Tim Gomez & Rei Konza
@milknz – Ben Reid & Anthony Hos
@special_group – Clem Devine & Heath Lowe
@previously.unavailable – Phoebe Devine & Phoebe Smith
@watermark_creative – Dave & Bettina Way
@journey_digital – Ryan Campbell & Michelle Kim
@monolith.nz – Alistair McCready
@guardians_ahiauaha – Anzac Tasker
@wearefuman – Karolina Konarkowska
@osborneshiwan – Shabnam Shiwan
@daylight_nz – Billy Baxter
@marxdesign.co.nz – Tristan O'Shannessy
@seven_akl – Gideon Keith
@thecornerstorecollective – Sarah Parkinson-Howe
@editiongroup_ – Jodie Kennedy
@curative_nz – Kaan Hiini
And Jodine Bell

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#AUTCommunicationDesign #AUTInteractionDesign #IndustryWeek #DesignEducation #AUTDesign #StudentDesigners #CreativeIndustries #DesignCommunity #IndustryReady #DesignFuture by @autcommdes

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