News
Get a sneak peek into the achievements, adventures and sheer awesomeness of Media Design School students, award-winning alumni and acclaimed faculty. We post several times a week.
Anthony’s wish granted
We were pleased to welcome Anthony Wilson to Media Design School and give him a taste of life as a game developer.
NY hearts Shelved
Our short film Shelved has continued its winning streak with another major win – Best Animated Short Film at the New York International Short Film Festival.
- Filed under: General, 3D Animation
Opportunities in animation
He is one of New Zealand’s most successful animators, and now Ali Cowley shares some inspiration for the next generation of animators in a short video for Media Design School.
- Filed under: General, 3D Animation, Game Dev
Creatures come to life in Rotorua
Our Game Art programme leader Mike Porter recently presented a series of workshops and lectures at the iconic Rotorua Muesum, in conjunction with Arcade exhibition.
AdSchool a winner at social media awards in San Francisco
The AdSchool’s Priya Ratan and Kiran Strickland have won the World Student Brief category at The Bees Awards, San Francisco for their ‘Snapchat with Chile’ social campaign.
- Filed under: Creative Advertising
‘Designer-infuriating piece’ by AdSchool grad a winner
A little bird just told us that 'AD' the winner of StopPress's Semi-Permanent competition is Arizona Doolan who graduated from last year's AdSchool with the DDB Scholarship placement.
- Filed under: General, Creative Advertising
Robots vs Zombies 2 - new competition launched
We are excited to announce Robots vs Zombies 2 – the second competition in our MDS Pick & Shovel gaming network.
- Filed under: General, 3D Animation, Game Dev
Portfolio guidelines
Let us show you how to put together a portfolio from scratch for admission into Media Design School's degree programmes. It is not as difficult as you think!
- Filed under: General
Kiwi-made robots take over LA
We have conquered Los Angeles and returned with not one BUT seven LA Movie Awards for Shelved and The Deadliest Game!
- Filed under: General, 3D Animation
AdSchool does it again… and again…
“There were wails of despair and gnashing of teeth when we threw a tricky student brief for the Bees Social Media competition at our AdSchool students,” says Media Design School programme leader Kate Humphries. “But the news just in from San Francisco has made it all worth it – they’ve scored all four finalist places in the World Wide Student Brief.”
- Filed under: General, Creative Advertising