Technological advancements in digital media, and the rapid proliferation of social media’s ability to disseminate information quickly have enabled media practitioners and content creators to converge at the nexus of ‘traditional’ analogue and contemporary digital media. These developments have proliferated other spaces including the academicsphere. The convergence of traditional and digital practices in teaching and learning in design disciplines mark a significant shift in how design principles are taught and applied in design departments in contemporary education-scapes. Lensed on the principles of Convergence Culture, a concept coined and espoused by Henry (Convergence culture: Where old and new media collide, 2006) as our central tenet, this article proposes that Convergence Culture enriches the learning experience and prepares students to navigate the complexities of contemporary design environments effectively. We discuss how Digital Storytelling principles, a strand of Convergence Culture, can be adopted and applied in teaching and learning in the design disciplines. We contend that Digital Storytelling can facilitate a confluence between ‘traditional’ analogue techniques and contemporary digital advancements for the purposes of meeting students’ learning and instructors’ teaching needs. We argue that these practices have the potential to transform design pedagogy into more engaging and impactful experiences. In these discussions, we focus on two projects that form part of a second-year module in the department of Multimedia Design in a South African university. These projects titled ‘My Varsity Experience’ and ‘Social Impact Design for NGOs and startups’ are used to demonstrate how principles of Convergence Culture can be applied in teaching and learning in design disciplines.