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Why not consider Food Design? Apply design thinking principles in the production and delivery of food and beverage experiences. Food Design could lead to a career as a chef, artisan food producer, food writer, teacher, entrepreneur, promoter and much more!
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EARTH: caught in stone travelling art+science exhibition
2 APRIL - 6 JUNE, FORRESTER GALLERY, OAMARU, 9 Thames Street, Ōamaru Following in the footsteps of successful Art and Science Projects over the previous s... -
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Graduate’s millinery skills help others mark academic milestones
Otago Polytechnic graduate Katie Mangai has gone to extra lengths to ensure others are able to celebrate their academic success in style this week.Katie, who wi... -
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Call for Papers: Junctures: The Journal for Thematic Dialogue 2022
Call for Papers. Junctures: The Journal for Thematic Dialogue, # 22: "multi-"As the world around us becomes increasingly complex and as the tensions between tec... -
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The Politics of Design - available online and for sale
Our publications launch late last year included a book edited by Professors Federico Freschi and Jane Venis (Te Maru Pūmanawa College of Creative Practice &... -
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Artist wins International Award for Clay Animation Film
CONGRATULATIONS to Artist and lecturer at the Dunedin School of Art, Kiri Mitchell who has won bronze at the International Women Over 50 Film Festival, winnin... -
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SITE 2021: end of year student exhibition (flickr gallery)
SITE 2021: end of year student exhibition (flickr gallery) EXHIBITION DATES Friday 19 November - 5.30pm – 7.30pm Friday*Saturday 20 November - 10am – 4pm... -
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Eight OP projects in Best Design Awards finals
Eight Otago Polytechnic School of Design projects, involving students, graduates and staff members, have been named finalists in the Designers Institute of New... -
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Otago Polytechnic graduates on iD judging panel
Organisers of the iD International Emerging Designer Awards, in partnership with Otago Polytechnic, have announced a highly respected panel of 16 judges, from f... -
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Exhibition also research project for fashion guru
“A fashionista’s dream.”That’s how iD Emerging Design Awards founder and Otago Polytechnic academic leader of Fashion Design Dr Margo Barton describe... -
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Architectural Studies graduate wins heritage award
An Otago Polytechnic Bachelor of Architectural Studies graduate has won the student category at the 2020 Dunedin Heritage Awards.Ilan Avraham, who graduated wit...