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ProfessorLeon Gurevitch

Head of School

School of Design Innovation

Orcid identifier0000-0002-8124-5856 (opens in a new tab)⁠
  • Head of School
    School of Design Innovation
  • +6444636207 (Work)
  • VS 235A, Te Aro Campus, 139 Vivian Street, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand

TEACHING INTERESTS

Supervision Interests:
Design Sociology
Science and Technology Studies
Software Studies
Cultural Analytics
Data-mining and Data-visualization
VR, AR and Stereoscopic Media
Games and VFX Industries
Labour Practices and Tech Industries
Post-Work Futures
Automation and Design
Innovation and Skills Migration
Film, Media and Design
Sustainable Design
Energy Futures

AKO | TEACHING ACTIVITY

  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Atelier Like Amber: A Human-Machine Collaboratory for Narrative Art
    30 Oct 2026 - 29 Oct 2030
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    A Comparison of Interactive Models: Cultivate Sociality with Game Characters and Personified Chatbots
    26 Aug 2026 - 25 Aug 2030
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Information Design / Hoahoa ā-Pārongo (opens in a new tab)⁠
    26 Feb 2024 - 23 Jun 2024
    IXXN251
  • COMPLETED MASTERS SUPERVISION
    Mapping Human/Earth Systems
    1 Feb 2024 - 26 Sep 2025
    Sheaf-Morrison, Ethan
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Game Engines for Design / Pūkaha Kēmu mō te Hoahoa
    10 Jul 2023 - 5 Nov 2023
    MDDN344
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Photographics II / Ngā Whakaahuatanga II
    10 Jul 2023 - 5 Nov 2023
    MDDN244
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Game Engines for Design / Pūkaha Kēmu mō te Hoahoa
    11 Jul 2022 - 13 Nov 2022
    MDDN344
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Photographics II / Ngā Whakaahuatanga II
    11 Jul 2022 - 13 Nov 2022
    MDDN244
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Data Driven Design / Hoahoa Ānga ā-Raraunga (opens in a new tab)⁠
    22 Feb 2021 - 20 Jun 2021
    MDDN333
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Expanded Photographics / Whakawhānui Whakaahua
    22 Feb 2021 - 20 Jun 2021
    MDDN244
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Game Engines for Design / Pūkaha Kēmu mō te Hoahoa
    22 Feb 2021 - 20 Jun 2021
    MDDN344
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Photographics / Ngā Whakaahuatanga
    9 Nov 2020 - 20 Dec 2020
    DSDN144
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Expanded Photographics / Whakawhānui Whakaahua
    2 Mar 2020 - 28 Jun 2020
    MDDN244
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Photographics
    6 Jan 2020 - 23 Feb 2020
    DSDN144
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Computer Generated Culture
    8 Jul 2019 - 10 Nov 2019
    CCDN444
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Computer Generated Culture
    8 Jul 2019 - 10 Nov 2019
    CCDN344
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Expanded Photographics
    8 Jul 2019 - 10 Nov 2019
    CCDN244
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Photographics (opens in a new tab)⁠
    7 Jan 2019 - 24 Feb 2019
    DSDN144
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Socially Designed: A Prescription for Brain Health
    1 Oct 2018 - 29 Jun 2023
    Fridman, Dana
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Atelier Like Amber: A Human-Machine Collaboratory for Narrative Art
    16 Jul 2018
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Computer Generated Culture (opens in a new tab)⁠
    16 Jul 2018 - 18 Nov 2018
    CCDN444
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Computer Generated Culture (opens in a new tab)⁠
    16 Jul 2018 - 18 Nov 2018
    CCDN344
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Expanded Photographics (opens in a new tab)⁠
    16 Jul 2018 - 18 Nov 2018
    CCDN244
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Game design and the senses: Designing games for disabled people through the lens of sensory feedback.
    1 Jun 2018
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Challenging Replication: Digitisation, Computational Design, and Fabrication as Creative Practice
    1 Mar 2018