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16 Oct 2025
Creative Products lead Best Design Awards success
Our Product Design team are celebrating fantastic results from the 2025 Best Design Awards, after their students won an impressive 4 golds and 2 silver awards. Ttwo ākonga from Communication Design also won bronze awards in the Student & Academic Gra ...
08 Jan 2025
Alex Broad
A chance discovery in the Otago Polytechnic prospectus led Alex Broad to a successful and award-winning career.
08 Jan 2025
Alice Wassell
Alice Wassell’s major project for her Bachelor of Design (Product) won her national acclaim – and secured her a permanent job after graduation.
13 Dec 2024
Wellington streets to get Otago inspiration?
Wellington's windy weather was the inspiration for a new kind of cycleway separator, which scored an Otago Polytechnic student a $5,000 cash prize.
05 Dec 2024
Wellington eyes Otago student’s ‘Wobly’ bollard
Safely separating cyclists and motorists along busy city streets is a growing challenge, but Otago Polytechnic Product Design third year graduate Zachariah Harrison has come up with a flexible solution.
09 Oct 2023
A breath of fresh air
A local research team has developed a solution to help treat COVID-19 patients.