Grad Show Preview – Otago Polytechnic | Debrief 2024

A snapshot of some of the featured students at this year’s graduate show at Otago Polytechnic, on 21 — 24 November.

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2024 Grad Show Preview – Whitecliffe College | Bachelor of Design & Digital Media | Third year exhibition

A snapshot of some of the featured students at this year’s graduate show at Whitecliffe College, on 22 — 23 November.

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Fresh From The Field: Hamilton Gardens — By Daymark

Explore a world made more wonderful by Daymark Design.

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Coming in March 2025 – Women in Design Day: Moments of Change

We are excited to announce our second inaugural Women in Design Day: Moments of Change—an annual event dedicated to fostering community, celebration, and education among women in the design industry […]

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Fresh From The Field: Heal Within — By White Rabbit

Auckland based graphic design studio White Rabbit creates a science-backed brand identity, website, packaging and collateral infused with the essence of the natural-wellness. The brief Heal Within’s products use non-hallucinogenic […]

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Fresh From The Field: Grandpa’s Bacon — By Onfire Design

Grandpa is an everyday affable Kiwi bloke – simple, honest and lighthearted. This week Onfire Design walk us through how they refreshed a previously no-name brand into one that now […]

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2024 Grad Show Preview – Media Design School’s Unahiroa

A snapshot of some of the featured students at this year’s graduate show at Media Design School, Unahiroa on 15 November.

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Under the Hood: Design& New Horizons with Huey Min Pon

The Design& New Horizons theme explores that which exists beyond our line of sight – past the immediate and the obvious. Ahead of our Under the Hood: Design& New Horizons […]

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Spring Conversations 2024: Charting new horizons for the Aotearoa design industry

Many of us find ourselves at a crossroads, feeling individually and collectively that design, Aotearoa and the world-at-large are all at a critical turning point. So, we are setting out […]

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Fresh From The Field: Colab — By Studio South

Colab’s intriguing new brand identity has got our synapses firing! The brief Colab is a new online cohort platform for product professionals to learn, share, and grow. Unlike large boot […]

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Juno Gin 2025 Blank Canvas Artist Call

Continuing the remarkable success of previous Juno’s Blank Canvas competitions, Juno is excited to invite artist submissions for our 2025 Limited Edition Seasonal Gin Releases.

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Opinion: Where do all the women go?

Many of us find ourselves at a crossroads, feeling individually and collectively that design, Aotearoa and the world-at-large are all at a critical turning point. So, we are setting out […]

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Announcing Design & New Horizons

This spring Design Assembly presents Design & New Horizons, a theme set to explore that which exists beyond our line of sight – past the immediate and the obvious.

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Fresh From The Field: Veesey — By Onfire Design

Spontaneous with a heavy dose of melty, cheesy goodness, Onfire Design share their recent branding work for Veesey. The Brief Veesey is combating the idea of being the ‘alternative’ to […]

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Between the Pages Edu Series: How to centre a cover

We popped by our Friends at Bookprint to see how they make and print books right here in Aotearoa NZ. In this week’s series, David shares with us an easy way to […]

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Fresh From The Field: Body Island / Motu Tinana — By Design Dairy

How do you express embodied cross-cultural, physical narratives, empowered through the imaginative sharing of art and life in a brand identity? Design Dairy dances us through the detail of their new work for Body Island/Motu Tinana.

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Fresh From The Field: Art Aquarium — By Method

Glide into the design detail of Art Aquarium — an awe-inspiring experience created by the bright minds at Method.

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Creative Journeys: How designers and creatives are crafting their own livelihoods

Watch the replay of Creative Journeys to catch up with the conversation or enjoy it all over again.

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Fresh From The Field: Plain Jane — By White Rabbit

We are fizzing over White Rabbit’s new brand identity and packaging range for Plain Jane.

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Digital Sustainability with Kyoko Locussol

Ahead of our final Lunch & Learn webinar happening on 29 August, we caught up with our speaker Kyoko Locussol, Senior Experience Designer at AKQA.

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Fresh From The Field: Simon Lewis Wards – By Studio South

Fresh from the Field: Studio South shatters glass artist’s expectations by strengthening brand assets and increasing online revenue.  The brief Simon Lewis Wards is an established New Zealand glass artist, […]

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Creative Journeys with Mark Easterbrook, Independent Copywriter & Creative Director

The Creative Journeys series, powered by Squarespace, delves into the experiences of five self-employed creatives – Evie Kemp, Becca O’shea, Mark Easterbrook and Hannah & Nick Ippolito – exploring their […]

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Fresh From The Field: Novated Lease Australia — By Onfire Design

Replacing unfriendly and generic with simplicity and a memorable ‘n’ monogram. Onfire Design take us behind their rebrand work for Novated Lease Australia The Brief Car leasing for Australian professionals […]

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Creative Journeys with Hannah & Nick Ippolito, Founders of SquareKicker

The Creative Journeys series, powered by Squarespace, delves into the experiences of five self-employed creatives – Evie Kemp, Becca O’shea, Mark Easterbrook and Hannah & Nick Ippolito – exploring their […]

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Fresh From The Field — Bad Baker – By Dow Goodfolk

The Bad Baker team knew something wasn’t working and it was up to Dow Goodfolk to figure out what that was.

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