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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 scholarship available in Design - deadline extended
Interesting in working on a project about challenges to the safety of women in public transport places? We have a PhD scholarship available for international applicants.
MADA’s Brook Andrew to Direct the 2020 Biennale of Sydney
MADA Lecturer Brook Andrew has been announced as Artistic Director of the 2020 Biennale of Sydney.
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.
PhD scholarships available in Architecture and Design
MADA currently has three PhD scholarships available – submit EOI’s by 15 July 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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Great to see Monash University Art Design & Architecture academics Charity Edwards, Tom Morgan and Matthew Bird participating in this project to help turn Warracknabeal's currently unused and neglected historic Courthouse building into an inspiring, practical and accessible community arts space. Vote below to help save and transform this amazing building.
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"We need more advocates across gender lines and emphatic leaders in museums and galleries to create inclusive, supportive and generative spaces" Charlotte Day, Director of Monash University Museum of Art, (MUMA) Melbourne, shares her experience of working in the museum sector, Read the full article below.
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How about a tram with a surfboard rack? Monash University’s Dr Selby Coxon spoke on ABC Newcastle recently about the work his team in the Mobility Design Lab is doing to improve user experience on public transport. Interview with Jenny Marchant starts around 44:30 – http://www.abc.net.au/radio/newcastle/programs/mornings/mornings/10063678
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Congratulations to Monash University Communication Design students Kea Tokley-Higgs and Louie Evans: they’ve both been awarded top prize in the third annual “The Next Level” design competition, sponsored by Wacom ANZ. Their prize includes exhibition of their work, profits from prints sold, and they’ll both receive a Wacom MobileStudio Pro 13 (valued at $3,499 each). Wacom has also generously donated two Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 pen displays (valued at $2,999 each) to Monash University in recognition of our student’s achievement. http://wacomnextlevel.com/ https://www.monash.edu/mada/news/articles/2018/mada-students-win-international-design-competition/
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#Repost . Vote & support this Great project by @monasharchitecture lecturers @studiobird @charityedwards & @drtommorgan with @get_repost ・・・ .. .. .. #Repost @workingheritage ・・・ VOTE NOW! Pick My Project voting is open and we’re in the running to secure funding to transform Warracknabeal Courthouse into a community arts space!! You don’t need to live in Warracknabeal to vote, and it’s a chance to support the regeneration of historic buildings in a rural town through creative practice. Building on work with @charityedwards, @drtommorgan and @studiobird of @monashada this funding will enable us to do essential works on this currently unused building to open it up to the community. // 1. Register at pickmyproject.vic.gov.au 2. Select Warracknabeal 3393 as your community 3. Vote for the Warracknabeal Courthouse Transformation and two other fabulous local projects 4. Submit! // Image: Artist’s impression, Court House interior. #warracknabeal #warracknabealcourthouse #heritage #heritagebuilding #adaptivereuse #wimmera #ruralvictoria #pickmyproject #monashada #monash
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#Repost @angelarch.jpg with @get_repost ・・・ with outlines or without? . a section of a desert meeting space created by adobe illustrator and photoshop. #monashada #monashinterior #monash #monasharchitecture #monashdesign #interiorarchitecture
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#Repost @niki_kalms with @get_repost ・・・ Join us this Wednesday 1pm at @monashada @monash_uni for a talk by Pia Ednie-Brown, @niki_kalms (Monash Uni XYX lab), and Fleur Watson – practitioners taking part in Workaround: Women, Design, Action, an online broadcast and a program of live events. @naomistead (Monash Uni Architecture ) co-curator of Workaround, will convene the conversation. . Wednesday 22 August, 1-2pm Free, all welcome . Monash Art Design & Architecture Building G, Room G1.04 900 Dandenong Rd Caulfield East VIC #monashada #monash #changeit
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#Repost @nathbullen_design with @get_repost ・・・ Sketching detail drawings for first year Construction & Environments class. #monashuniversity #monashada #monashdesign #monashinterior #interiordesign #spatialdesign
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#Repost @ilikemybodiesglazed with @get_repost ・・・ Richard @ ILMBG The Underground. Bisque #ilikemybodiesglazed #interiordesign #mywork #thednalife #flowerart #ikebana #japaneseart #modern #livingflowers #Kadō #wayofflowers #hanakotoba #languageofflowers #monashada #modernart #japaneseculture
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#Repost @taniayasmin.archi with @get_repost ・・・ Applying scientific research to spatial design 🧐
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#Repost @soltervanessa ・・・ This desk is pimped out with 6 hydraulic shafts that allows for the height to be adjusted. It features power sockets, 2 USB ports and 1 USB C port. It also has a cable tray underneath for easier cable management. It's got a pop up hook and space underneath for markers, pens and books. Modelled this for project 1 on Rhino, and now the final step is to render this. #rhino3d #3d #desk #furniture #furnituredesign #productdesign #industrialdesign #industrial #monashada #mada
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