Art Studio

This course examines design as strategy, demonstrating how contemporary design practices have evolved, responded to, and influenced change. By developing a design project that responds to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, students will learn how design thinking complements current practice and expands career prospects.

This course examines concepts, materials and methods of making that are indigenous to Aotearoa. It explores ways of developing and creating contemporary art in fiber and textile.

Based in the metal and wood workshops, this course will guide students in the exploration of materials and construction processes. 

This course examines historical and contemporary drivers of design as a maker of socio-cultural meaning. Students will learn fundamental design principles used for communication and sense-making, applied across a variety of mediums and technologies. Students will be introduced to tikanga Māori and to the main ethical, socio-cultural, economic and environmental propellants of design.