{"id":745,"date":"2025-01-28T09:37:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T09:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/?page_id=745"},"modified":"2025-10-02T08:40:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T08:40:42","slug":"hydra","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/hydra\/","title":{"rendered":"Hydra Media Studio &#8211; Our student design led collective"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" class=\"wp-image-743\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/01\/2407410-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome to Hydra Media Studio, a collective of creative design and computing students from Edinburgh Napier University who love to make all kinds of media.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why Hydra? We have many heads, many ideas and we are constantly regenerating and improving our skills as technology evolves. Our name is also a tribute to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.napier.ac.uk\/about-us\/our-location\/our-campuses\/libraries-and-heritage-collections\/heritage-collections\/war-poets-collection\/the-hydra\">Hydra magazine,<\/a> created during World War 1 at our Craiglockhart Campus.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are a new collective and we are just getting started on some exciting projects. Check back here to see how we evolve and grow &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/category\/hydra-media-studio\/\">Hydra Media Updates <\/a>or get in touch to find out how to get involved &#8211;<em> <a href=\"mailto:hydramediastudio@napier.ac.uk\">hydramediastudio@napier.ac.uk<\/a><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Hydra Media Studio is a collective made up of students and staff from the Digital Media and Interaction Design, User Experience Design, Animation for Games, Web Design and Development, Games Development and Sound Design Programmes<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Hydra Media Studio, a collective of creative design and computing students from Edinburgh Napier University who love to make all kinds of media. Why Hydra? We have many heads, many ideas and we are constantly regenerating and improving our skills as technology evolves. Our name is also a tribute to the Hydra magazine, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":184,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-745","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-preview"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hydra Media Studio - Our student design led collective - Design Computing @ Edinburgh Napier University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/hydra\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hydra Media Studio - Our student design led collective - Design Computing @ Edinburgh Napier University\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Welcome to Hydra Media Studio, a collective of creative design and computing students from Edinburgh Napier University who love to make all kinds of media. Why Hydra? We have many heads, many ideas and we are constantly regenerating and improving our skills as technology evolves. Our name is also a tribute to the Hydra magazine, [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/hydra\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Design Computing @ Edinburgh Napier University\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-02T08:40:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/01\/2407410-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/dmid\\\/hydra\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/dmid\\\/hydra\\\/\",\"name\":\"Hydra Media Studio - Our student design led collective - Design Computing @ Edinburgh Napier University\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/dmid\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/dmid\\\/hydra\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/dmid\\\/hydra\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/dmid\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/61\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/2407410-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-28T09:37:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-02T08:40:42+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/dmid\\\/hydra\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/dmid\\\/hydra\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/dmid\\\/hydra\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/dmid\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/61\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/2407410-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/dmid\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/61\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/2407410-1.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/dmid\\\/hydra\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/dmid\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Hydra Media Studio &#8211; Our student design led collective\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/dmid\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/dmid\\\/\",\"name\":\"Design Computing @ Edinburgh Napier University\",\"description\":\"The Home of Digital Media and Interaction Design, User Experience Design, Animation for Games, Web Design and Development, Games Development and Sound Design\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/dmid\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Hydra Media Studio - Our student design led collective - Design Computing @ Edinburgh Napier University","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/hydra\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Hydra Media Studio - Our student design led collective - Design Computing @ Edinburgh Napier University","og_description":"Welcome to Hydra Media Studio, a collective of creative design and computing students from Edinburgh Napier University who love to make all kinds of media. Why Hydra? We have many heads, many ideas and we are constantly regenerating and improving our skills as technology evolves. Our name is also a tribute to the Hydra magazine, [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/hydra\/","og_site_name":"Design Computing @ Edinburgh Napier University","article_modified_time":"2025-10-02T08:40:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/01\/2407410-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/hydra\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/hydra\/","name":"Hydra Media Studio - Our student design led collective - Design Computing @ Edinburgh Napier University","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/hydra\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/hydra\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/01\/2407410-1.jpg","datePublished":"2025-01-28T09:37:22+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-02T08:40:42+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/hydra\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/hydra\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/hydra\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/01\/2407410-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/01\/2407410-1.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/hydra\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hydra Media Studio &#8211; Our student design led collective"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/","name":"Design Computing @ Edinburgh Napier University","description":"The Home of Digital Media and Interaction Design, User Experience Design, Animation for Games, Web Design and Development, Games Development and Sound Design","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/184"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=745"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":814,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/745\/revisions\/814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/dmid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}