About the Journal

Tekinfo Transactions on Art, Design, Multimedia and Animation (MediaART) is a peer-reviewed, Diamond Open Access journal published by the Department of Information Technology, Politeknik Negeri Padang, Indonesia. As the third journal in the Tekinfo Transactions series, MediaART provides a dedicated publication venue for original research, systematic reviews, critical essays, and case studies that advance knowledge across the full spectrum of art, design, multimedia, and animation studies. The journal embraces both practice-based and theoretically grounded contributions, recognising that the field is defined by the productive tension between creative making and critical inquiry.

MediaART publishes research spanning animation and motion design, interactive design, user experience and user interface design, social media and digital culture, digital storytelling and visual communication, virtual, augmented and mixed reality, game development and game design, artificial intelligence in digital media, computer graphics and visual computing, photography, film, and multimedia production. The journal equally welcomes scholarly work in design history, art history, visual culture, design methodology and discourse, design management, art criticism, the anthropology of art, sociology of design, and conceptual, cultural, psychological, and educational research in the visual arts. Contributions addressing industrial design, interior design, craft, architecture, creative industry policy, and artifact design are also within scope.

MediaART serves researchers, educators, practitioners, and critics working at the intersection of technology, creativity, and culture. All articles are published immediately upon acceptance under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) with no article processing charges imposed on authors or readers.

Announcements

CALL FOR PAPERS — Tekinfo Transactions on Art, Design, Multimedia and Animation (MediaART), Vol. 1 No. 1 (June 2026)

2026-04-27

Tekinfo Transactions on Art, Design, Multimedia and Animation (MediaART) invites authors to submit original manuscripts for its inaugural issue. Published by the Department of Information Technology, Politeknik Negeri Padang, Indonesia, MediaART is a Diamond Open Access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancing scholarly knowledge at the intersection of art, design, technology, and culture.

The journal publishes original research articles, practice-based research, systematic literature reviews, critical essays, and case studies spanning animation and motion design, interactive design and user experience, digital storytelling and visual communication, social media and digital culture, virtual and augmented reality, game development and game design, artificial intelligence in creative practice, computer graphics and visual computing, design history and theory, art history and criticism, visual culture, applied and industrial design, photography, film, and multimedia production. All articles are published immediately upon acceptance under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license with no article processing charges or colour image fees for authors.

Submissions are open from 1 April 2026, with a manuscript deadline of 31 May 2026. Manuscripts must be prepared using the official MediaART template and submitted through the OJS portal at journal.techno-center.id/index.php/MEDIART. Research articles and case studies should be between 6 and 15 pages; critical essays between 4 and 15 pages. All references must follow APA 7th Edition. For practice-based submissions, high-quality visual documentation of the creative work and image permission documentation must be included. For enquiries, please contact the editorial office through the journal portal.

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