Media Design
Develop a critical understanding of the role of design in complex media environments and designed channels for communication.
Media Design aims to develop a critical understanding of the role of design in complex media environments and designed channels for communication. In this field, theory, practice, and technology are profoundly intertwined.
Media Design research at the School of Design Innovation departs from classical design and design thinking towards computational design for networked media. We foreground relationships between the social and technical, between the material and immaterial, and between data and context.
Our current focus areas include interactive design for AR/VR and gaming, mobile media and the Internet, 3D modelling and animation, physical computing and wearable technology, and machine learning and AI.
Research topics
Research topic | Staff who can supervise research in this area | |
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AI and machine learning | Areito Echevarria, Tom White | |
Audiovisual design | Anne Niemetz | |
Data | Leon Gurevitch | |
Game design | Dana Fridman, Edgar Rodriguez, Leon Gurevitch, Tuakana Metuarau | |
Indigenous game design | Tuakana Metuarau | |
Multi-media installation | Anne Niemetz | |
Photographics | Leon Gurevitch, Mizuho Nishioka | |
Physical computing | Anne Niemetz | |
Social robots | Catherine Caudwell |
Academic staff
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Dana Fridman |
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Anne Niemetz |
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Mizuho Nishioka |
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Edgar Rodriguez |
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Tom White |
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Study options
The following postgraduate programmes allow you to pursue research in the area of film, animation, and visual effects:
Master of Design (MDes)
The MDes allows you to further develop your critical thinking and discussion skills, increase your understanding of design, and learn to express your own ideas and conclusions within a theoretical framework.
Find out more about the Master of Design (MDes).
Master of Design Innovation (MDI)
The MDI delves deep into the process of innovation, from conception to design to construction. Through independent research, you'll gain the specialist skills and knowledge you need to be a successful professional in the design industry.
Find out more about the Master of Design Innovation (MDI).
PhD
On our PhD programme, you'll produce an original body of research that expands the design discipline. Your work will be largely independently driven, with two supervisors available to advise you. Typically the PhD is studied on-site, but in suitable cases it may be studied by distance.
Find out more about the PhD.