AUT release a collection of commissioned Matariki artworks as a koha to all

This article was reposted with permission from our DA School Partner, AUT. To celebrate the rise of Matariki, Te Tari Takawaenga Māori at AUT has commissioned a collection of artworks […]

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Fresh From The Field — Your Way | Kia Roha Visual Identity – By Studio Waru

Design Assembly loves to profile the breadth and depth of design practice in Aotearoa. For July we’re celebrating Māori design, designers, and illustrators.  Using Your Way | Kia Roha’s four […]

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Opportunities for High School Students over school holidays

Our partner schools, Media Design School and Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, have these two events running for high school students over the school holiday break. 7 […]

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Recap: 2023 Pub Quiz in Tāmaki Makaurau

For those of you new to DA or who haven’t had a chance to attend one of our pub quizzes yet – imagine a night of wacky frivolity. Where folks […]

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Pulse Check Survey – July 2023

Kia Ora Aotearoa NZ, We’ve created a short survey to check in with our design community – How are we doing right now? Where are we setting our sights to […]

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5 mins with Hika Taewa, Senior Designer at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa

Design Assembly loves to profile the breadth and depth of design practice in Aotearoa. For July we’re celebrating Māori design, designers, and illustrators.  Ko Tongariro te maunga Ko Taupō-nui-a-Tia te […]

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Walking the talk with Eric Thompson – Head of School, Design Innovation at Whitecliffe

Whether it’s designing your own line of products or delivering tailored creative services, how many of us have thought of starting our own businesses? According to Whitecliffe’s Head of School, […]

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Fresh From The Field — Sir Howard Morrison Centre – By Maynard

Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Aotearoa Design Assembly community. Our DA friends Maynard take us behind their wayfinding response […]

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New Master’s Degree Unique Springboard for Aspiring Entrepreneurs

“Co-created with Industry and completely unlike anything currently on offer in New Zealand and Australia”, our newest DA School Partners, Whitecliffe, have recently released their newest Master’s programme in Creative […]

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Fresh From The Field — Farmland Foods – By Onfire Design

Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Aotearoa Design Assembly community. Taking cues from the original butcher’s apron, Onfire’s new packaging […]

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2023 Hot New Things: Kristina Iastrebova, Unitec

Each year DA profiles a selection of the top design graduates coming out of our tertiary institutions. We welcome these talented emerging professionals to our industry, learn about their passions, […]

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DA Conversations Podcast with Gideon Keith

Kia ora and welcome to Design Assembly Conversations. In this series we talk to Aotearoa NZ designers, hear their stories and celebrate their work. In this episode we chat with […]

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Fresh From The Field — The Climate Action Conference – By Cultigraphy

Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Aotearoa New Zealand Design Assembly community. Kicking off with a simple sentiment: anything but […]

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Meet our Friends . . . Attraction Studio

‘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. Grounded in collaboration and […]

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Fresh From The Field — Beyond Studios Website – By Psychoactive Studios

Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Aotearoa Design Assembly community. With the development of bespoke webGl shaders and 3D interactivity, […]

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How to protect your brand with Word: An introduction to building Word templates.

Our Friends at Timplates have shared a few helpful tips for any designers or studios looking to help their clients integrate their branding across Word and PowerPoint. The article is […]

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Fresh From The Field — Mint – Brand Identity Design – By Studio Nine

Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Aotearoa Design Assembly community. With a customised bold and contemporary typeface and subtle shapes […]

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Aotearoa NZ Photographers . . . Geoffery Matautia, southsides

In our ‘Aotearoa Photographers’ series we sit down with NZ based photographers to learn more about their photographic practice and how their photography career got started. This week we chat […]

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Fresh From The Field — Dads Pies – By Onfire Design

Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Aotearoa Design Assembly community. By carefully refining letterforms and stripping away graphics that pigeon-holed […]

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Meet our Friends . . . Onfire Design

‘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. Working towards happiness in […]

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Fresh From The Field — Optimate.me Rebrand – By nim Creative

Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Aotearoa Design Assembly community. nim Creative walk us through their recent full rebrand for […]

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Women in Design . . . Zenaida Beatson

In this series, we celebrate New Zealand Women in Design as they share their work and processes and we learn more about their day-to-day routines, diverse career pathways, and how […]

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Fresh From The Field — Captains, Collectors, Friends & Adventurers – By Jasmax

Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Aotearoa New Zealand Design Assembly community. Taking inspiration from ‘the cabinet of curiosities’ from […]

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Whose artificial intelligence? Reflecting on the intersection of AI and Te Ao Māori

This article was written by Lauren Skogstad | Head of Experience | Ngāti Raukawa who presented on this topic at Design Assembly’s Design & AI Autumn conversations event in Pōneke […]

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TDC Aotearoa: The World’s Best Typography exhibited in Tāmaki Makaurau

Creative agency Osborne Shiwan is bringing TDC to Tāmaki Makaurau in 2023. The annual Type Directors Club awards recognises design excellence and typographic innovation, with the exhibition travelling to cities […]

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