Culture+Context is a new specialisation within the
Bachelor of Design Innovation (BDI).
Culture+Context is a unique programme within New Zealand in which you
will creatively explore evolving theories, new concepts and historical
ideas, which all contribute to design within contemporary culture.
This innovative and emerging field of study acknowledges the increasing
significance of design in our everyday lives, crossing cultural,
social and political milieus.
You will learn how design influences and is influenced by an
ever-increasing diversity of factors: new technologies, shifting
geo-politics, ecomomics, ecology and social and cultural issues,
to name a few.
The BDI Culture+Context specialisation is a three-year programme that
leads into the proposed two-year Master of Design Innovation (MDI) for
students wishing to become professionally involved in design. In your
first year you'll share the same core courses with all Industrial Design
and Media Design students. This develops knowledge of both the real and
the virtual, from creative experimentation into new materials to the
potential of immersive experiences. This common foundational grounding
in theory and practice will build innovative design thinking, support a
shared vocabulary, open debates and dynamic exchanges amongst each of
the design disciplines in the advanced years of study.
Students wishing to study Culture+Context must select a 'minor' at the
outset of their course of study chosen from a range of design-related
disciplines offered by other faculties at Victoria University.
Bachelor of Design Innovation (BDI).
Culture+Context is a unique programme within New Zealand in which you
will creatively explore evolving theories, new concepts and historical
ideas, which all contribute to design within contemporary culture.
This innovative and emerging field of study acknowledges the increasing
significance of design in our everyday lives, crossing cultural,
social and political milieus.
You will learn how design influences and is influenced by an
ever-increasing diversity of factors: new technologies, shifting
geo-politics, ecomomics, ecology and social and cultural issues,
to name a few.
The BDI Culture+Context specialisation is a three-year programme that
leads into the proposed two-year Master of Design Innovation (MDI) for
students wishing to become professionally involved in design. In your
first year you'll share the same core courses with all Industrial Design
and Media Design students. This develops knowledge of both the real and
the virtual, from creative experimentation into new materials to the
potential of immersive experiences. This common foundational grounding
in theory and practice will build innovative design thinking, support a
shared vocabulary, open debates and dynamic exchanges amongst each of
the design disciplines in the advanced years of study.
Students wishing to study Culture+Context must select a 'minor' at the
outset of their course of study chosen from a range of design-related
disciplines offered by other faculties at Victoria University.
For more information contact:
Maxe Fisher, Programme Director
Email: maxe.fisher@vuw.ac.nz
Maxe Fisher, Programme Director
Email: maxe.fisher@vuw.ac.nz
Phone: +64 4 463 6229