Field Guide — Future Directions By Kerryn Smith
As any freshly graduated design student can tell you the first challenge you will face out in the real world is finding work in your chosen profession. It can be daunting to take the plunge and start your professional career; something that will define your life for years to come. Starting off, the job hunt…
1 day ago by Nicole Arnett Phillips
Fresh From The Field — Trailblazer Honors 2017 by Fox & Co Design
This Fresh From the Field coincides with pride celebrations in Wellington this month. A motion design project which celebrates leaders at the forefront of LGBTQ equality, Trailblazer Honors 2017 by Fox & Co Design If you have new or recent work that you would like to share in Fresh from the Field email Louise for details. The…
4 days ago by Nicole Arnett Phillips
Idealog partnership — Designer dirt: Why we should invest in our creativity the same way farmers invest in our lands
In collaboration with Idealog (to mark their creativity month), Design Assembly writer and editor Nicole Arnett Phillips argues that creativity is a resource that needs to be nurtured and invested in. I am not a farmer, but I try to think like one often. New Zealand has a robust agricultural pedigree, and we are celebrated…
5 days ago by Nicole Arnett Phillips
Together As One
Our thoughts are with Aotearoa’s Muslim community, the people of Christchurch, and everyone directly affected by Friday’s horrific events. Design Assembly is all about community – celebrating and supporting all New Zealanders in our diversity and individual pathways. Everyone is welcome. We are in admiration of this thoughtful and poignant expression of support and unity…
6 days ago by Nicole Arnett Phillips
Fresh from the Field — Mental Health Awareness Week by Fly
Ahead of DA’s Auckland workshop Designing a Culturally Authentic Aotearoa this Fresh from the Field features a campaign for Mental Health Awareness Week by Fly. Combining tikanga Maori, te reo Maori and the latest research into mental health workshop facilitator Johnson McKay (Ngāti Kahungunu, Tainui Waikato, Ngāti Porou) owner and Creative Strategist at Fly, created…
6 days ago by Nicole Arnett Phillips
Wellington: Living the Freelance Life — Conversations for the Self-Employed
Tuesday, April 2nd 6pm—8pm Out of Office Level 3/11 Vivian St, Te Aro Wellington Price: $49 Design Assembly Friend / $69 Professional / $29 Students (+ GST) (Not a DA Friend? Details on how to sign up can be found here). Design Assembly is excited to bring you an evening of conversations dedicated to those…
3 weeks ago by Hollie Arnett
Christchurch: DA Conversations — Autumn 2019
Design Assembly is delighted to present our DA Conversations Autumn 2019 series taking place in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch in March. The home of New Zealand Visual Design for 10 Years To understand where we are going, we must know where we have come from. This year Design Assembly celebrates ten years of supporting our community. We’re taking…
2 weeks ago by Carolina Babot
Auckland: DA Conversations Autumn 2019 — Meet the Panel
This Autumn’s DA Conversations are back to celebrate 10 years of Design Assembly, the home of New Zealand design. To understand where we are going, we must know where we have come from. This year Design Assembly celebrates ten years of supporting our community. We’re taking this milestone as an opportunity to look back at…
7 days ago by Richard Roach
Wellington: DA Conversations Autumn 2019 — Meet the Panel
This Autumn’s DA Conversations are back to celebrate 10 years of Design Assembly, the home of New Zealand design. To understand where we are going, we must know where we have come from. This year Design Assembly celebrates ten years of supporting our community. We’re taking this milestone as an opportunity to look back at…
1 week ago by Hollie Arnett
Fresh from the Field — The Bowery by Curious Design
This Fresh From The Field features packaging and identity design for The Bowery by Curious Design If you have new or recent work that you would like to share in Fresh from the Field email Louise for details. The Brief: Our brief was simple. Create a brand for a range of mens premium grooming products. A simple…
2 weeks ago by Nicole Arnett Phillips
Poster Call — all wāhine toi Aotearoa!
Directory of Women Designers + Designers Speak (Up) RAMP Gallery, Kirikiriroa / 29 April – 24 May 2019 To record the current landscape of all designers who identify as women of any gender experience, of all diversities — social, sexual, cultural, ethnic — and give visibility to the unsung diversity of Aotearoa design, Designers Speak…
2 weeks ago by Nicole Arnett Phillips
EVENTS & WORKSHOPS
Wellington: Living the Freelance Life — Conversations for the Self-Employed
Tuesday, April 2nd 6pm—8pm Out of Office Level 3/11 Vivian St, Te Aro Wellington Price: $49 Design Assembly Friend / $69 Professional / $29 Students (+ GST) (Not a DA Friend? Details on how to sign up can be found here). Design Assembly is excited to bring you an evening of conversations dedicated to those…
— Wellington
Christchurch: DA Conversations — Autumn 2019
Design Assembly is delighted to present our DA Conversations Autumn 2019 series taking place in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch in March. The home of New Zealand Visual Design for 10 Years To understand where we are going, we must know where we have come from. This year Design Assembly celebrates ten years of supporting our community. We’re taking…
— Christchurch
Designing a Culturally Authentic Aotearoa – DA Workshop Auckland
Designing a culturally authentic Aotearoa Friday 12th April 2019 10am – 3pm Meeting Room 5 Studio One Toi Tū 1 Ponsonby Road Auckland City $399 +GST Professional / $299 +GST Design Assembly Friend / $99 +GST DA Student Friends (Not a DA Friend? Details on how to sign up can be found here). Tēnā koutou, nau mai, haere mai! Design has…
— Auckland