Haere rā (albeit for a year) to Areta Wilkinson who is taking sabbatical for 2008.
Richard Fahey has taken on the Programme Directorship of the School’s Masters in Design (by project) and therefore largely hung up his saddle and spurs in terms of direct input into the 3D programme. However, see below.
We are very please to have Jacqui Chan and Zak Kinnaird joining as specialist drawing tutors for Semester 1, 2008. While most of you are familiar with Jacqui and her practice, Zak is new to Unitec NZ, teaching in 2007 at the Architecture and Design Schools of Victoria University in Wellington, and a graduate of the capital’s prestigious Industrial Design degree programme.
Dr Isacc Flitta, lately of the UK, has joined the Bachelor of Product Design team and will be acting as the Programme Director until Martin Boult returns in Semester 2, from a teaching exchange in Ireland.
It is planned that Warwick Freeman, 2002 NZ Art Laureate, will be joining the Jewellery and Object major as a part-time tutor.
The newly revised and rewritten Certificate in Design & Visual Art will be sharing the Bldg 76 environment with the directorship of the programme being jointly shared by Toni McKinnon and Paul Woodruffe. With an increase in numbers, expect a higher profile for certificate this year, with expansion into territories used previously by first year students.
A small number of Painting year 3 & 4 students who are developing their practice in either a scupltural or installation mode have been invited to move their studios into what is now known as the Scuplture Studio. If there are any Year 3 or 4 Object ir Jewellery students who would wish to contemplate the same move, please contact Kim or Pauline.
You will notice that there has been some re-arrangement or equipment amongst the workshops and a change of nomenclature. For the record:
Assembly Barn becomes the Light Wood Machine Workshop (along with the Roland CNC lathe),
Wood Barn becomes the Heavy Wood Machine Workshop,
Light barn becomes the Sculpture Studio,
Metal Barn becomes the Metal and Plastics Workshop,
Ceramics & Glass Workshop remains the same.
The School of Design Masters by Project Programme has taken up residency in the old Diploma wing (Bdlg 77), with a number of graduate students taking advantage of the residential studio space afforded. Programme Director Richard Fahey’s office is Room 077-1002.
After an extended period of absence, Cris de Groot’s Hothouse makes an re-apprearence on the Bldg 76 radar by reoccupying Bldg 78 after its post-pyrotechnic makeover. Welcome back! If any Year 4 students are curious about applying to take a place in the Hothouse for Semester 1 of 2008, please contact either Cris or Kim, asap.
The a1 Lasercutter is still to be housed up in the Architecture wing of Bldg 1 with Design School technician, Harry Redward, driving one day a week (day to be confirmed), otherwise contact Brett Orams, the School of Architecture technician. See Liz Halford, BDes Admin Assistant to set up your Papercut account.
