Study Design
Designers find innovative solutions to material, social and ecological problems. We are creative, confident and contribute to change.
Immerse yourself in an innovative and supportive environment which allows you to engage in real-world projects, develop your individual voice as a designer and learn how to work in a design team. Take advantage of our strong international relationships, award-winning teaching expertise and first-rate facilities.
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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"Boosting" a fashion catalogue
Fashion FWD >> Disruption through Design is an upcoming exhibition and a celebration of fabulous frocks, beautiful couture and the work and voices of fashion di... -
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Call for Papers and Proposals: Scope (Art & Design) Fashion issue
We are pleased to announce our call for papers and proposals for the next special Fashion issue of Scope: Contemporary Research Topics (Art & Design) to be publ... -
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Textile Artist wins Surface Design Association Award of Excellence
The Surface Design Association is pleased to announce that Stella Lange of Dunedin, New Zealand has been granted the Award of Excellence for her works Talking w... -
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Two Dunedin School of Art artists win ECC NZ Student Craft/Design Awards 2020
Congratulations to Simon Swale and Eva Ding, two Dunedin School of Art artists who have won awards in the ECC NZ Student Craft/Design Awards 2020 for their work... -
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2021 Scope Art & Design call for papers
Scope (Art & Design) is seeking papers for its 2021 issue.Scope (Art & Design) aims to engage discussion on contemporary research in the visual arts. It is conc... -
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Call for Papers: Food issue of Junctures
Nau mai e ka hua e hora nei.Here are the fruits laid out before us. This is an opening line of a karakia, an incantation that acknowledges food, the places it c... -
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Mapping the Anthropocene Archive
Mapping the Anthropocene Archive Mapping the Anthropocene documentation of the exhibition is now online at our flickr gallery, with Photography by Jodie Gibson... -
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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... -
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Otago Polytechnic Lecturer finalist for Best Design Awards 2020
Matthew Galloway, an Otago Polytechnic Lecturer in Design (Communication), is a contender for two prizes at next month’s prestigious Designers Institute of Ne...