QTI Member Articles
Monthly articles submitted by member organisations
July 22,
2014 1981 1981 
Auckland War Memorial Museum has teamed up with
Media Design School and their ‘Pick & Shovel’ community to recreate ANZAC history in Minecraft®.
June 25,
2014 1903 1903
Media Design School recently celebrated the pioneering graduates of its Bachelor of Art and Design (3D Animation & VFX) programme.
May 27,
2014 1270 1270
The world’s first global children’s healthcare brand is at it again with another innovative move forward.
Medikidz LTD is teaming up with
Media Design School in New Zealand to develop a one-of-a-kind gaming experience.
This amazing partnership will bring Medikidz’s larger than life superhero team on an all-new adventure inside the human body to explore Type 1 Diabetes in a way they never have before; a video game!
April 1,
2014 1293 1293
Globally recognised as the epicentre of big budget film productions and home to leading AAA games studios, California will have a new talent pool to tap with the launch of Media Design School of Digital Arts at NSAD (New School of Architecture and Design) in San Diego, a collaboration with the award-winning Media Design School.
April 1,
2014 1363 1363
Media Design School staff and students are beaming with pride but not at all surprised that Game Art programme leader Mike Porter’s contribution to Media Design School has been globally recognised.
Porter, who leads Media Design School’s Game Art Department, won a GPS Leadership Award from Laureate International Universities, the world’s largest private university network, and travelled to Orlando, Florida in February to attend the GPS leadership conference.
December 2,
2013 1311 1311
Media Design School is encouraging more girls to consider careers in programming and game development with specialist events aimed at the high school market.
October 31,
2013 1285 1285
The AdSchool at Media Design School - New Zealand’s original Ad School - has long been internationally recognised for the world-class work its students produce and for launching many successful advertising industry careers. Now it is going global, with the introduction of its creative advertising qualification at The Domus Academy in Milan.
October 1,
2013 1241 1241
A free iPad game is giving the medical fraternity something to think about as it delivers fresh observations about children with Autism and Asperger Syndrome.
Nurfland is the first in a series of games being developed by Project Autismus, a not-for-profit group of game developers, parents, Media Design School students and psychologists in New Zealand, India and the United Kingdom.
September 2,
2013 1236 1236
New Zealand’s flourishing game industry has a new arrival and she’s quickly making a name for herself.
Game programmer Rebecca Cox only graduated from Auckland’s Media Design School in late 2012, but she has wasted no time in setting up a mobile game studio – Bexcellent Games - and developing iPhone games.
July 30,
2013 1140 1140
Darryn Melrose has been named the new CEO of Media Design School, New Zealand’s most awarded tertiary institute for creative industries. Melrose brings more than 15 years of experience in the digital and mobile economy to his role at Media Design School. Previous CEO Frances Valintine is transitioning from her existing role to assume a strategic visionary position as chair of the newly established Media Design School Strategic Advisory Board.