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…
17 hours 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…
18 hours ago by Nicole Arnett Phillips
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…
2 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…
2 days 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…
6 days ago by Nicole Arnett Phillips
Auckland: DA Conversations — Autumn 2019
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 the last ten years, investigate where visual design currently is and to question what the future holds for New Zealand’s visual design industry and culture.
3 weeks ago by Louise Kellerman
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…
7 days ago by Nicole Arnett Phillips
Fresh From The Field – Kelly Washington by Ryan Romanes
This week’s Fresh From The Field features Brand identity and packaging design for New Zealand organic wine maker, Kelly Washington by Ryan Romanes If you have new or recent work that you would like to share in Fresh from the Field email Louise for details. The Brief: Tamra Kelly-Washington is one of New Zealand’s leading wine makers.…
1 week ago by Nicole Arnett Phillips
2019 Womentor
Womentor is a global mentorship program for women in graphic design, offering support and guidance in business and career development. The program brings together senior designers with creative directors and design company partners and founders from around the world. This year, 22 creative leaders from five continents have been selected to provide mentorship. Creative Directors…
1 week ago by Nicole Arnett Phillips
Now and Then — Richard Kuoch
Written by Annie McCulloch, Portfolio Recruitment Now and Then is a series where we catch up with designers who’ve been recently placed, via Portfolio Recruitment. We get their thoughts and feedback about their new roles and their work. Our latest Now and Then is with Richard Kuoch, of Spruik. Richard, thanks for being involved in our Now and Then…
1 week ago by Nicole Arnett Phillips
EVENTS & WORKSHOPS
Auckland: DA Conversations — Autumn 2019
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 the last ten years, investigate where visual design currently is and to question what the future holds for New Zealand’s visual design industry and culture.
— Auckland