Winning Designer Inspired By Maori Heritage
July 4, 2017
Napier-based designer Misty Ratima is to showcase a collection of her garments at New Zealand Fashion week after being named the supreme winner of the indigenous Māori design competition...
The Power of Water Explored In Student’s Art
June 26, 2017
Art-X ‘emerging artist’ Isobel Loughran’s inspiration is the human form in water and the distortions created with that. Selectors for the national exhibition and sale, organised and run by...
EIT Graduate Celebrated In Hi-Tech Awards
May 22, 2017
EIT screen production graduate Aliesha Staples is back in the spotlight with her recent NZ Hi-Tech award – one of the technology sector’s most sought-after accolades. Aliesha was named...
Double Dipping Delivers Rewards
January 10, 2017
Gaining two qualifications at EIT, Crystal Edwards is drawing on what she’s learnt to shape a career in visual media. From Hastings, the 29-year-old’s passions have always been drama –...
Arts Graduand Celebrates a Special Year
January 10, 2017
Tara Cooney has lots of reasons to be breaking open the bubbles. Married over summer, the 33-year-old is graduating this week. And as an honoured valedictorian, she will represent other...
Art in Found Objects
January 9, 2017
Studying for her Master of Professional Creative Practice at EIT, Susan Mabin is drawing on her experience of working as an artist in a remote settlement in Iceland’s far north. After...
ideaschool Adds to Study Options
January 9, 2017
ideaschool’s reshaped programme structure is aimed at providing more study options as well as further opportunities for students to build a portfolio of qualifications aligned to the creative...
Fashion Student Unleashes Her Creative Side
December 6, 2016
EIT fashion student Bex McNeur adores impeccable craftsmanship, rates quality over quantity and prefers timeless style to flash-in-the-pan fashion trends. “I love vintage silhouettes,” she...
Flowers Empower Jumpsuit Design
December 6, 2016
Gardens were what inspired EIT fashion student Sophie Brown to design a vibrantly colourful jumpsuit – an outfit she will be modelling at Hawke’s Bay Racing’s Fashion in the Field. The...
Gold Standard Design for Race Day
December 6, 2016
A striking black, bone and gold geometrically-patterned fabric spotted on a class trip to Auckland was the inspiration for EIT fashion student Amy Baker’s design for Fashion in the Field. Amy...