2022 Grad Show Preview – “Pitch”Ara Graduate Show

A snapshot of some of the featured students at this year’s Ara graduate show, ‘Pitch‘ Tamara Camlek As a young Slovenian immigrant, growing up in 21st century Aotearoa, I experienced […]

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2022 Grad Show Preview – “Kaleidoscope” – Yoobee Creative Digital Design Students Exhibition

A snapshot of some of the featured students at this year’s graduate show a Yoobee’s Creative Digital Design Student Exhibition, Kaleidoscope, running on 8 Dec from 6:00-8:00 pm. Kat Urquhart Unmasking ADHD […]

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🔊 DA Conversations Podcast with Heath Lowe

‘Kia ora and welcome to Design Assembly Conversations. In this series we talk to Aotearoa NZ designers, hear their stories and celebrate their work.’ Heath Lowe is Executive Design Director […]

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RECAP: Type as Monument Event with Alistair McCready

Last Thursday, the Society of Experiential Design (SEGD), Isthmus Group and Design Assembly teamed up to host typographer and designer Alistair McCready. He shared his reflections from his book Type […]

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Fresh From The Field — Rockit Apple – By Special

Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Design Assembly community. Special Group share their design response behind their disruptive print executions […]

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Meet our friends … Daymark

‘Meet our Friends’ series is where we take a moment to celebrate and share a little about the diverse studios who make up our DA Friends. Today we spoke to […]

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WATCH: Never Not Mentally Healthy Webinar

Andy Wright joined us to discuss the results of the 2022 Mentally Healthy Survey and see what we can do better to push our industry forward. This article is sponsored […]

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Fresh From The Field — Langbein Media website – By Flight Digital

  Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Design Assembly community. Crafted to feel like a favourite cookbook from your home […]

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Event: Born to Create – Celebrating Creative Women

Born to Create – Celebrating Creative Women is a series of inspirational talks with the purpose to give a voice to women who aspire to create a societal change and […]

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Design Careers: From Brand/Marketing to Product Design at Auror, here’s how one designer made the switch.

The idea of making a career transition can feel a bit daunting at times. That’s why we sat down with one of our DA Friends – William Lee from Auror […]

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Fresh From The Field – Pinata Website Scene Renders – by Fox & Co Design

Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Design Assembly community. Through the use of quirky, relatable objects along with a modern […]

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How creativity and design are transforming online learning

This article was written by Celeste Skachill, StudioC Co-founder and passionate co-designer.   Sitting in our little studio in the bush, a world away from the hustle and bustle of the […]

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Fresh From The Field — Auckland Art Gallery membership promo video – By Pixelpush

Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Design Assembly community. From quirky geometric characters to impressionistic views of the Gallery’s space, […]

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From the Edges with . . . Renee Henry, Honours in Motion Graphics at Wintec

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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Meet our Friends . . . ZURU Edge

Meet our Friends series is where we take a moment to celebrate and share a little about the diverse studios who make up our DA Friends. From playing fetch with […]

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2022 Grad Show Preview – Media Design School’s Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow

A snapshot of some of the featured students at this year’s graduate show at Media Design School, Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow running on 18 Nov from 3:00-8:00 pm. Calais […]

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 2022 Grad Show Preview – Otago Polytechnic’s Beneath the Surface

A snapshot of some of the featured students at this year’s Dunedin graduate show, ‘Beneath the Surface’ at Otago Polytechnic running 19-21 Nov. Hailey Cadzow  Website Project: Catch-Combat (game)  Description: […]

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Fresh From The Field — My Morning Mantra – By Creative Jam

Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Design Assembly community. With the use of ‘bright colours and bold design that buck […]

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2022 Grad Show Preview – Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington

A snapshot of some of the featured students at this year’s Wellington Grad Show at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington running from 4-21 Nov. Interaction Design | Hoahoa ā-Pāhekoheko […]

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In motion with . . . Alexander Okhlopkov

The ‘In motion with’ series shines 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 […]

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Fresh From the Field — Alta — By Special

Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Design Assembly community. Special Group walk us through their new brand identity work for […]

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Meet our friends … KPMG

‘Meet our Friends‘ series is where we take a moment to celebrate and share a little about the diverse studios who make up our DA Friends. From the daily 9am […]

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Fresh From The Field – Becuming – By Studio Almond

Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Design Assembly community. Studio Almond walk us through their recent design work Becuming, an […]

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5 minutes with… Mimi Seagar, Brand Designer.

Our 5 mins with series interviews designers around Aotearoa on how they got to where they are now and takes a look at their day-to-day lives in the studio. This […]

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Fresh From The Field – Patriot Brains opening title – Pixelpush

Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Design Assembly community. Utilising wacky, miniature puppets and some of the most highly debated […]

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