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We're a connected community of creative thinkers, makers and professional practitioners.
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
PhD scholarships available in Architecture and Design
MADA currently has three PhD scholarships available – submit EOI’s by 15 July 2018.
To design safer parks for women, city planners must listen to their stories
The rape and murder of aspiring comedian Eurydice Dixon in an inner-city Melbourne park – while deeply shocking – is part of an avalanche of gendered violence perpetrated against women in cities every day.
Professor Arthur de Bono inducted into the Design Institute of Australia Hall of Fame
We’re immensely proud to announce that Professor Arthur de Bono is to be inducted into the Design Institute of Australia (DIA) Hall of Fame for his work as an industrial designer and design educator.
Damiano Bertoli selected to be artist-in-residence at Italy’s Monash Prato Centre
We are delighted to announce that Damiano Bertoli has been selected to be the Monash University Prato Centre (MUPC) Visual Resident Artist for 2018.
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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Fantastic to hear Monash University / MADA Lecturer Brook Andrew will be curating the 2020 Biennale of Sydney. "I'll be focusing on living artists and artists that are working on the edge. I'm also interested in ideas about the edge — for instance, the environment; I'm very interested in that," he explained to ABC ARTS. Congratulations, Brook! http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-19/brook-andrew-appointed-artistic-director-22nd-biennale-of-sydney/9886064?section=arts-culture
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Works from 14 students at 7 universities – including MADA Fine Art students Alex Wilkins and Fiona Davey – have been selected for exhibition in plate_tone, a pop up exhibition coordinated by the Print Council of Australia at Collins Place Gallery (near the entrance to Sofitel). Check it out Mon-Fri until 28 June.
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“Planners, architects, the police and politicians need to put aside the traditional expert perspective to learn from – and design for – women’s experiences.” – Monash University / MADA Senior Lecture Nicole Kalms writes for The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/to-design-safer-parks-for-women-city-planners-must-listen-to-their-stories-98317
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RT @MonashUni: Join @MonashAlumni, staff, students and friends at @RunMelbourne on 29 July as we raise funds for our Asylum Seekers Scholar…
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Congratulations, @monash_uni / MADA Lecturer Brook Andrew! #Repost @biennalesydney ・・・ The #BiennaleofSydney is pleased to announce Brook Andrew @brook_andrew_artist as the Artistic Director of the 22nd Biennale of Sydney to be held in 2020. Read the full announcement at the link in our bio and story. Photograph: Zan Wimberley
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RT @DIA_National: Arthur de Bono, Deputy Dean and Associate Dean - Graduate Research in the Faculty of @monashada, was inducted into the 20…
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#Repost @monash_mobility_design ・・・ One of the interesting projects the Industrial Design Course has been involved with this year, is a Bike Rack for greater storage at train stations. Robbie Napper (course co-ordinator) has been leading the research and prototyping for the project with the State Government as the client. This rack with the simple solution of incorporating vertical stacking in between a regular lock up hoop greatly increases the number of bikes that can be stored. The image shows the prototype in action. #monashindustrial #monash #monashmobility #monashmobilitydesignlab #monashada #mada #industrialdesign #design #id #bike #cycling #bikerack #storage #mobilitydesign #bikes #frame #parking
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Fantastic to hear @MonashUni / MADA Lecturer Brook Andrew will be curating the 2020 @biennalesydney. "Every artisti… https://t.co/vwzbQpIpD1
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#Repost @peninahsilver_interior ・・・ Really enjoyed creating this piece! Coloured paper to create form #fridakahlo #art #mada #monashada
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#Repost @maddyc_interiorarchitecture ・・・ A Woven Interior - photography on site at M.U.M.A . . . . . . . #monashinterior #monashmada #monashada #monashmuseumofart #interiorarchitecture #architecture #texture #wool #weaving #photography #lighting #shadows #exterior #garden #patterns #woven #woveninterior
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#Repost @nathbullen_design ・・・ My updated and revised final design for my meeting place in the desert - a dual purpose dining and gardening space featuring transformative architecture, a more organic form, and dynamic garden beds inspired by my body movement study. (Scroll back in my feed to find the original design) #monashada #monashinterior #mada #monashuniversity #create #architecture #plans #design #interiorarchitecture #concept
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#Repost @alei.studio.works ・・・ Let the presentations begin #architecture #monashada #studioarchitecture
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RT @MonashUni: Australia has guidelines for designing safe parks, but the stories of many women show these are not enough. We must involve…
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Now open - featuring works from 14 students at 7 unis, including MADA Fine Art students Alex Wilkins and Fiona Davey. #Repost @printcouncilofaustralia ・・・ Prints and IMPRINT 〰️ these are a few of our favourite things 😊 don’t miss the opening of plate_tone and the latest PCA Pop Up exhibition at @collinsplace gallery. Tomorrow night June 13th, 5.30-7.30pm 〰️ the images featured here are from left Fiona Davey from @monashada , Millie Mitchell @artdesignunsw , Alexandra Wilkins @monashada , Jennifer Tarry-Smith @vcadrawingandprintmaking 💫 - - #students #emergingartist #australianartists #contemporaryart #printlove #printmaking #printcouncilofaustralia #prints #exhibition #melbourne #collinsplacegallery
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How are contemporary Asian artists and curators of Asian art working in new ways to make art matter to, and resonate with, society today? Join us for a public conversation inviting diverse perspectives on art and its public significance in rapidly changing cultural contexts in contemporary Asia. Friday 29 June 2018, 1–2.30pm, followed by light refreshments. Free, all welcome. Please RSVP by 21 June. Monash University, Caulfield campus Leading artists and curators from the region have been invited to share their individual experiences and perspectives: Mira Asriningtyas (Indonesia), Norberto Roldan (Philippines), Mark Teh (Malaysia), Suzann Victor (Australia/Singapore) and Tintin Wulia (Indonesia/Australia). MADA affiliates Associate Professor Tara McDowell, artist Frances Barrett and Dr Michelle Antoinette will engage the guest speakers in a public conversation, followed by Q and A from the audience. https://www.monash.edu/mada/events/public-conversation-making-asian-art-publics #monashuniversity #monashcaulfield #asianart #publicart
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#Repost @jnllb ・・・ Did we @reshan_jayamanne and I just make a human ant farm or? 🤔