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Why study at MADA?
Creativity will become one of the top three skills workers will need in the future. At MADA you’ll be guided by industry practitioners to develop the skills valued by employers such as critical and reflective thinking, problem solving and mental agility.
Undergraduate
Turn ideas into reality. There’s nothing like the feeling of seeing your vision come to life. Explore new concepts and develop key technical skills. Our undergraduate courses provide the foundation for any creative career.
Postgraduate
Take the next step. Amplify your creative potential with a masters by coursework. You'll develop new skills, enrich your expertise and enhance your career options.
Fine Art
Fine Art provokes thought, inspires action, and responds to the important challenges of our time. We find meaning in a complex field of visual information and experiences, igniting discussion and creating unique perspectives on the complex problems of society.
Design
Design is the means to navigate complex business, environmental and social problems, and stay on the leading edge of change. Designers are concerned with the expanded practice of making human-centred solutions that are both tangible and intangible. Designers make the future possible.
Architecture
Architecture at Monash focuses on the bigger picture. We see architecture, urban design, and urban planning as an integrated whole. We understand buildings within their larger urban or regional environment, and consider cities in the context of a changing planet. Architects imagine the new environments of the future.
Research
At MADA, we provide a lively and supportive environment for individual and collaborative research projects to be realised.
Student work
Be amazed by a kaleidoscope of projects. Experience diverse views of the world through the eyes of our students and staff.
Latest news from MADA
Sydney's 'danger spots' for women mapped with new online tool
How safe do you feel in your city? The “Free to Be” map – piloted last year in Melbourne by Plan International Australia – is now available in Sydney and other cities around the world.
Tackling ageism through design
What role does architecture and design play in encouraging independence as Australia’s population gets older and less mobile?
Women in architecture
In an unprecedented moment in Victoria, every university school of architecture is headed by a female leader.
Image (Why study at MADA?): Tegan Bell, 2009-2016 (installation view), 2016
Image (Postgraduate): Samantha Barry, Sean Malikides, Din Hearth, and MADA students, THRIVE, 2016
Image (Research): Peter Wang, An Autonomous Driverless Public Transport
Image (Student work): Rosina Prestia, I Adjust to Orange (detail), 2016
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MADA Lecturer Brook Andrew recently spoke to Ocula about his work, including “What’s Left Behind”, his newly-created piece for the 21st Biennale of Sydney. “My practice has always been curious regarding non-dominant narratives. It is a trope to consider the 'other' side as incorrect or even dangerous and evil. The unknown often sparks ideas of fear and misleading assumptions, and maybe possible truths too. I used a strategy of presenting alternate histories or smashing together two opposing sides to tease out possible alternative interpretations.” https://ocula.com/magazine/conversations/brook-andrew/
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Tonight @ 6.30pm: “Design” is in the spotlight as we present the inside story of what it’s really like to study at Monash. Free, all welcome. Design: 19 April Fine Art: 23 April Architecture: 26 April Find out more here: https://www.monash.edu/inside-monash
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How safe do you feel in your city? The “Free to Be” map – piloted last year in Melbourne by Plan International Australia – is now available in Sydney and other cities around the world. MADA’s XYX Lab team, led by Dr Nicole Kalms, had a hand in the pilot, analysing the tendencies, tensions and trends of the data received. Fantastic to hear the project is expanding!
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Into live music? Monash Uni’s MLIVE has assembled a lineup of some of the greats of jazz for this weekend-long series of concerts on Clayton campus. Student tickets available for $22.
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Thursday: Get the inside story of what it’s really like to study at Monash. Design: 19 April Fine Art: 23 April Architecture: 26 April Find out more here: https://www.monash.edu/inside-monash
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#Repost @kech_k ・・・ Idk how to take nice pics (will defo take better pics next time and repost. I should actually be revising) Some school work for sounding type! Very different from what I'm used to. I avoid Adobe illustrator like the plague but now I'm pushing to use it more often and hopefully incorporate it into my illustrations In the meanwhile, here are some ugly pics of my packaging for Monkey Machine by CRX, an industrial rock band! #art #design #illustration #packaging #illustratorsaustralia #illustratorsoninstagram #monashuni #monashada #kechk
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MADA Lecturer Brook Andrew recently spoke to @oculadotcom about his work, including “What’s Left Behind”, his newly… https://t.co/zYqKjEzeZD
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Tonight @ 6.30pm: “Design” is in the spotlight as we present the inside story of what it’s really like to study at… https://t.co/4q2jBaAWLO
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RT @MonashUni: #Year12s: Discover what it’s really like to study at Monash. This Thursday our Inside Monash series kicks off with Design an…
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#Repost @harrykatsonis ・・・ So cute #industrialdesign #furnituredesign #lasercutting #monashada #mada
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#Repost @kate.art.wiedemann ・・・ Equalize the Dominance: A following work based on the dominant and no dominant genders in our society. As of now women are still seen as a the non dominant gender however we have always fought and are still fighting for 100% equality Working with women's rights protest banners from the late 70's to just last month and my non dominant left hand to add some new text . #mada #monashada #womensmarch #womensrightsarehumanrights #art #artschool
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#Repost @nomes_designs ・・・ Some finishing touches on my museum identity project 😍
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RT @Crowd_Spot: The #freetobe project with @PlanAustralia launched in #Sydney, Delhi, Lima, Kampala and Madrid today! Share your stories! #…
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RT @PlanAustralia: LAUNCH: In 2016 young women in Melbourne shared their experiences of their city, and decision makers listened. Now, #fre…
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#Repost @katrinazt ・・・ Pasta bridge Competition #monashada #monashmada #monasharchitecture #pastabridge
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#Repost @interior_at ・・・ Me casually presenting! #monashinterior #monashada
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#Repost @super_novare ・・・ Everybody clays in the end ... Kinda ... Slow work in progress but heaps of fun #mobilitydesign #claymodelling #monashada
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“Just so f***ing beautiful” – Venice Architecture Biennale / @labiennale satellite show to present work by MADA’s Nicole Kalms and Gene Bawden that aims to highlights women’s experience of sexual harassment in cities: https://architectureau.com/articles/sexual-harassment-experiences-highlighted-in-australian-exhibit-at-venice-biennale-satellite-show/ The work is based on feedback from a participant in a recent study into Melbourne’s urban spaces. The participant reported having the phrase whispered to her by a passerby while walking through the city. Nicole explains, “Architecture and design directly impact how people experience cities and public spaces. These experiences can be inspiring and uplifting, or isolating and terrifying. As this work shows, the impact of the built environment and our experiences stay with us long after we have left. “Architects, designers, town planners and the community more broadly have the ability – and responsibility – to ensure our cities and spaces consider the perspectives and safety of all users.”
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#Repost @candice_cy1202 ・・・ Night Library🌑#monashuni #monash #monashada #monashees
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#Repost @edwardstreetdesign ・・・ nighttime.... DAYTIME #monashada #midsemester #monasharchitecture #monashinterior #architecture #royalpark #reserve #section #showitbetter