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Idealog—in the ideas business

  • AUT Venture Fund rewards enterprising students

    2011-10-03 08:32:48 // // The Idealog Blog
    A young New Zealand entrepreneur has taken out the top prize in the 2011 AUT Venture Fund with his concept for a tablet app that enables children to create their own picture books.
  • ‘Journal: Creative Technologies’—a call for submissions

    2011-05-20 09:40:26 // // The Idealog Blog
    With the debut issue of Colab’s Journal: Creative Technologies done and dusted, the hunt is on for content for the second issue of the online, open-access publication. Emerging and post-graduate researchers from around New Zealand are invited to contribute.
  • Envisage 6—postponed

    2011-05-03 16:43:36 // // The Idealog Blog
    This Thursday’s Envisage 6: Designing for virtual worlds, part of CoLab’s Envisage Presentation Series, has been postponed due to keynote speaker Ngila Dickson having to pull out because of international work commitments. Both CoLab and Film Auckland apologise for the late change and we’ll be sure to let you know the rescheduled date as soon as it’s released.
  • Global accolades for our up and coming designers

    2011-04-26 11:45:54 // // The Idealog Blog
    New Zealand's design students have been putting in quite the winning performance as of late, hauling in some top international awards.
  • Creative technologies get their very own journal

    2011-04-05 16:05:24 // // The Idealog Blog
    AUT’s Colab has been the hub for many an interesting creative revelation and now the interdisciplinary creative technology centre is translating its ideas to the written word with the launch of 'Journal: Creative Technologies'.
  • When “Geek” is cool

    2010-11-15 13:17:05 // // The Idealog Blog | 1 comment
    Ever wanted to know how to light up your clothing? Make an inflatable dress? Transform card into an interactive creature? Develop a game or commercial application? Shoot, publish and stream videos using your smart phone? Or learn about Motion Capture or Virtual Reality and what you can do with it?
  • AUT’s Art and Design Festival 2010

    2010-11-01 09:46:53 // // The Idealog Blog
    Here’s a chance to catch some of the best up and coming Kiwi talent in design. AUT University’s School of Art + Design are launching the new AD10 (Art + Design) Festival, giving you the chance to see, feel, touch and watch a variety of student work.
  • All you need is love, $100 and basic prototyping materials

    2010-09-10 13:51:43 // // The Idealog Blog
    AUT’s inaugural three-day design challenge recently wrapped up and saw teams armed with not much more than $100 and basic prototyping materials (and some steely determination). Their challenge was to create the missing element for a baby incubator, recently designed by Ray Avery's independent development agency Medicine Mondiale, for use in developing countries. Watch as the challenge unfolds.