Fresh From The Field: Totally Legit Game + Networking Events – By Cheyenne Blackburn From Prevue

From a simple idea to a full world of cards, characters, and connection, our DA Friend, Cheyenne brings networking to life with Totally Legit. The brief My objective: Make networking […]

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On the Side with Design Duo MAKEBARDO

This series profiles our DA Friends and the side projects they’re working on to develop new skills, test ideas, help people and communities or just do, for the love of […]

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Five Minutes with… Shay Starrenburg

Members of Design Assembly make up a network of Friends working together to build a thriving design scene in Aotearoa New Zealand. Our ‘Five Minutes’ series profiles the breadth and […]

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Five Minutes With… Hayden Burgess

Members of Design Assembly make up a network of Friends working together to build a thriving design scene in Aotearoa New Zealand. Our ‘Five Minutes’ series profiles the breadth and […]

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Fresh From The Fields: HOME – By Daylight

HOME marks a new chapter for Growing Up in New Zealand, bringing the long-running study into a digital-first era. Daylight shares how the platform was designed to help rangatahi and […]

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MDGA March Motion Meetup – By MDGA

MDGA is back with their regular motion meetups. This time we’re at an all new venue, the Good Luck Coconut in Wynyard Quarter. Come along to chat motion, meet new […]

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From the Edges — What Is It, If It Is Not This? – By Thomas Cumming

In our ‘From The Edges’ series we feature Aotearoa NZ Academic Design Projects. Our practice as designers can be seen to be explored, pushed and perhaps become something entirely new […]

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Workshop: Redesigning Aotearoa | Tāmaki Makaurau

Culturally Authentic Creative Practice and Process Grow your cultural understanding for how to shape great brands, design, creative and storytelling through culturally authentic co-design process and practice. Experience & Benefits […]

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Workshop: Rethinking Aotearoa | Tāmaki Makaurau

Cultural Intelligence for Strategic Thinkers & Change Makers Learn how to influence the creation of strategy, organizational culture, communications and storytelling through culturally intelligent processes that deliver authentic and impactful […]

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The Everything Bagel Exhibition – By The Visual Narrative Lab

The Everything Bagel Exhibition Date: Friday the 13th of March Time: 5:00pm to 10:00pm Location: Thistle hall (upstairs) 293 Cuba Street, Wellington, Aotearoa, NZ. An eclectic spread of flavourful narratives crafted […]

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Five Minutes with… Claire Prangley

Members of Design Assembly make up a network of Friends working together to build a thriving design scene in Aotearoa New Zealand. Our ‘Five Minutes’ series profiles the breadth and […]

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Design that Leads Lives Here: 2026 Australian Good Design Awards Open for Entry

Great design deserves great recognition. Enter the 2026 Australian Good Design Awards and showcase your work to the world. Entries for the 2026 Australian Good Design Awards are now open. […]

4 weeks ago by

Fresh From The Field: For Another Self – By MAKEBARDO

Tattooed skin as narrative space, that’s the idea behind For Another Self, and this week MAKEBARDO walks us through how they built an inclusive, expressive brand identity that treats tattoo […]

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2026 Hot New Things: Rebekah Wood, Wellington School of Design Ngā Pae Māhutonga, Massey University   

Design Assembly profiles a selection of the top graduates from the best Art and Design Schools in Aotearoa New Zealand. We welcome these talented emerging professionals to our industry, learn […]

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Fresh From The Field: Anitya – The Lyric Book – By Alexandra ‘Severely’ Dawson

When Tom Scott described Anitya as ‘his first daughter’, designer Alexandra ‘Severely’ Dawson responded with a lyric book that feels intimate, feminine and strong — layered with collage, childhood drawings […]

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In Motion With… Fraser Munro

In this series we’re shining a light on some of the people who breathe life and action into design, Aotearoa NZ’s motion designers.  This week we sat down with Fraser […]

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2026 Hot New Things: Kelys Witty, Auckland University of Technology

Design Assembly profiles a selection of the top graduates from the best Art and Design Schools in Aotearoa New Zealand. We welcome these talented emerging professionals to our industry, learn […]

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2026 Hot New Things: Jess McGeorge, Otago Polytechnic

Design Assembly profiles a selection of the top graduates from the best Art and Design Schools in Aotearoa New Zealand. We welcome these talented emerging professionals to our industry, learn […]

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2026 Hot New Things: Ruby Ross-Hayes, Wellington School of Design Ngā Pae Māhutonga, Massey University   

Design Assembly profiles a selection of the top graduates from the best Art and Design Schools in Aotearoa New Zealand. We welcome these talented emerging professionals to our industry, learn […]

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Fresh From The Field: Waha – By Strategy Creative

Grounded in hā, whakapapa and kaupapa Māori, Strategy Creative’s identity for Waha is a future-facing brand where ancestral knowledge meets modern tools, created as a place for creativity and community […]

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2026 Hot New Things: Laura-Jane Gooderson, Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland University of Technology

Design Assembly profiles a selection of the top graduates from the best Art and Design Schools in Aotearoa New Zealand. We welcome these talented emerging professionals to our industry, learn […]

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2026 Hot New Things: Lucia Ko, Victoria University of Wellington

Design Assembly profiles a selection of the top graduates from the best Art and Design Schools in Aotearoa New Zealand. We welcome these talented emerging professionals to our industry, learn […]

2 months ago by

Fresh From The Field: Find My Way – By Carol Green

A community-made map turned keepsake, Carol Green’s Find My Way brings together the walking, cycling and driving journeys of Ōtāhuhu locals into one joyful, hot-pink celebration of place, people, and […]

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2026 Hot New Things: Page Hammond Hodge, Media Design School

Design Assembly profiles a selection of the top graduates from the best Art and Design Schools in Aotearoa New Zealand. We welcome these talented emerging professionals to our industry, learn […]

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New Zealand Design Week 2026

2-10 March 2026 – Shed 10, Queen’s Wharf & across Tāmaki Makaurau New Zealand Design Week (previously Auckland Design Week) returns in 2026 with A New Energy – a bold […]

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