AUT Creative Technologies

03/04/2024

Better late than never! Take a look at our end-of-year showcase highlighting a range of projects across creative technologies.

03/04/2024

09/11/2023

Reminder that our end of year showcase is tonight!

We're looking forward to seeing you there!

It's that time of year again!

The Bachelor of Creative Technologies would like to invite you to our end-of-year showcase where our students from all three year levels exhibit their projects!

Come along and see how creative technologies fit into many different industries!

Date: Friday Nov 10th
Time: 17:00 - 21:00
Where: AUT City Campus - Sir Paul Reeves Building - WG Level 11

Cash bar and nibbles will be provided.

03/11/2023

It's that time of year again!

The Bachelor of Creative Technologies would like to invite you to our end-of-year showcase where our students from all three year levels exhibit their projects!

Come along and see how creative technologies fit into many different industries!

Date: Friday Nov 10th
Time: 17:00 - 21:00
Where: AUT City Campus - Sir Paul Reeves Building - WG Level 11

Cash bar and nibbles will be provided.

04/02/2021

Super proud of our Creative Tech students!!

Distance and isolation prompt Heartfelt solution 💜💜💜

Jessica Vea and Gayle Lee, Bachelor of Creative Technologies students at , have designed a simple yet powerful answer to the distance and isolation brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The students’ project has been selected as a finalist in the Lexus New Zealand Design Award competition.

Their concept Heartfelt, showcases creativity, innovation, empathy, and design skills that were adapted to a Covid-19 world and developed as part of the local Lexus New Zealand design awards.

Gayle and Jessica developed their project prototype as part of their Bachelor of Creative Technologies course work. As finalists, they will receive USD $25,000 to complete their prototype for Heartfelt and participate virtually in a workshop with one-on-one mentoring from world class design professionals.

New Zealand’s first Level 4 lockdown in March 2020 was a catalyst for Heartfelt. After participating in the funeral of a family friend through Zoom, Gayle describes feeling hugely disconnected.

“It was the most distant feeling – not being able to physically connect with people gives a new dimension to grief and suffering.”

Developed with the idea of a virtual hug in mind, Heartfelt is a product with two individual parts, each designed to be kept by separate people. The small, heart-shaped device acts as a means of wordless communication between two individuals, with the ability to warm up when both are being held at the same time.

The device will also be able to pick up on the heartbeat of the person holding the corresponding piece, enabling them to feel connected, appreciated and seen, even when they cannot be together physically.

Director of External Engagement for the Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies, Dr Yvonne Chan, says the opportunity to partner with Lexus New Zealand to encourage entries into the international competition gave AUT students who participated in the paper gained a huge amount of practical knowledge and skills
through the process of creating their concepts, supported by excellent mentors from Resident, who enabled them to look at their projects critically.

“It is fantastic to see the students proposing imaginative solutions that anticipate the needs of people and society – something that seems more relevant than ever this year. We are very proud of Jessica and Gayle and see this as a wonderful experience for them both.”

19/11/2020

On November 11th 2020, industry, community, friends and family joined us for a showcase student of projects from AUT's Bachelor Creative Technologies programme.

Guests experienced a diverse range of works that experiment and create with the latest technologies to tackle challenges that are beyond the capability of conventional ideas.

Visit the student showcase website to see the projects online: https://futureenvironments.aut.ac.nz/work

The 2020 AUT Creative Technologies Awards took place before the showcase and celebrated the best of what the degree has to offer.

For more information about the Creative Technologies programmes visit: https://www.aut.ac.nz/study/study-options/creative-technologies

Photos by Stefan Marks.

06/11/2020

Highlights from AUT's 2019 Creative Technologies Showcase. The event offered a platform for students to showcase a diverse range of works that experiment and create with the latest technologies to tackle challenges that are beyond the capability of conventional ideas.

10/09/2020

In a move to showcase New Zealand’s innovative emerging design talent on the world stage, Lexus New Zealand has teamed up with us to encourage local entries into the annual International Lexus Design Award competition. The Lexus and AUT localised competition will be run as a studio paper and utilise the same theme as the international competition - ‘Design for a Better Tomorrow’ forming the basis for each students concept. The students participating in the localised competition are being mentored by Lexus Ambassadors, Simon James and Scott Bridgens from Resident. Lexus will also assist the students who enter, with the top three students being guaranteed a spot on the entry shortlist for the International competition.

Image: Simon James in an online mentoring session with one of our lucky students.

18/07/2020

Congratulations to the eight Bachelor of Creative Technologies (BCT) students who won ten awards for innovative prototypes that respond to unmet needs highlighted by COVID-19.
⚫️ Huggles - by Lachie Douglas (Year 1)
Winner of the X-Disciplinarity Award, sponsored by Amazon Alexa
⚫️ Heartfelt by Jessica Vea & Gayle Lee (Year 3)
Winner of the Creativity Award, sponsored by Amazon Alexa.
Winner of the Innovation Impact Award
⚫️ Mo-Gen by Joeseas Santos (Year 1)
Winner of the Elevator Award, sponsored by Amazon Alexa.
Winner of the Growth Award, Sponsored by Callaghan Innovation
⚫️ Colour 19 Challenge by Krishant Kumar (Year 1)
Winner of the Marautanga Matatini Award, sponsored by Sonnar.
Winner of the Thinking Differently Award Sponsored by Media Sense
⚫️ Snug by Maryssa Bates (Year 1)
Winner of the Developer Award, Sponsored by Callaghan Innovation
⚫️ Form by Gordon Zam (Year 1)
Winner of the Digital Transformation Award sponsored by Net Q
⚫️ Cherrymasks by James Cherryman (Year 1)
Winner of the Imaginable Futures Award sponsored by Sonnar
Students were challenged to embrace the lockdown and work on a solution for problem by emphasised by COVID-19 in an online, co-taught studio. A creative thinking game, virtual hug, card game, virtual isolation buddy and a mental fitness watch were among the award-winning projects which all addressed different aspects of loneliness, depression and anxiety increased due to the lockdown.
View the award-winning projects alongside all projects from BCT students here 👉

At creative technologies, we bring together the creative arts, design, digital media, computing, engineering, architecture and entrepreneurship in one project-based collaborative learning environment.

12/12/2019

Congratulations to all our students who graduated from our Creative Technologies programmes this year!

Photos by Dr. Stefan Marks.