Press Release: ‘Matter’ End of Year Graduate Exhibition 2025 – By Media Design School at Strayer

Media Design School at Strayer‘Matter’ – End of Year Graduate Exhibition 2025Opens Friday 14th November from 5.00pm to 9.00pmRSVP to Media Design School https://www.mediadesignschool.com/events/graduate-exhibition Venue: Media Design School at Strayer, […]

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Your End-of-Year Reset: 3 Steps to Finish 2025 with Clarity, Confidence & a Clear Plan – by Rosie Holt

Rosie is a business success coach and mentor who helps creative entrepreneurs turn overwhelm into clarity, confidence, and a business they truly love. Here you read her 3 steps to […]

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Fresh From The Field: Resonance – By All Is For All + Freebird

The Resonance project transformed five of Naveya & Sloane’s iconic engagement ring designs into immersive soundscapes co-designed with blind and low vision individuals. The brief Naveya & Sloane’s design philosophy […]

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Fresh From The Field: Resale Royalties Aotearoa (RRA) Toi Huarau – By Run Aotearoa

Run Aotearoa has developed a culturally rich and visually compelling branding for Resale Royalties Aotearoa (RRA) Toi Huarau to connect New Zealand artists, art market professionals, art buyers and art […]

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Creative Journeys with Zander and Thomas from Daymark

Creative Journeys powered by Squarespace is a series of free, in-person and online events taking place across Aotearoa New Zealand for 2025. Coming up on 15 October in Kirikiriroa Hamilton, […]

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Press Release: MDGA presents Motion Club – By MDGA

MDGA presents – Motion Club, a special presentation of selected short films and personal projects from across the spectrum of motion. With amazing work from Jonny Kofoed, Rich Nosworthy, Alex […]

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Fresh From The Field: Venerdi – By Onfire Design

Our work revolved around bringing wider meaning and storytelling to the firmly established Gluten Freedom brand that was working well in retail. The brief Established in 2002, Venerdi was the […]

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Five Minutes with Tanya Smith

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 Field: Carlton Dental Care – By Forme Creative

Sophistication meets calm and comfort in Forme Creative’s recent branding work for Carlton Dental Care. The brief Carlton Dental Care is a Christchurch-based dental clinic with a passion for patient […]

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What’s in the small print: stock image licensing

As designers, we all rely on imagery to bring our work to life, but ever wondered what those stock image licenses actually mean? Tanmay from Truestock breaks down the small […]

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Type Here 2: An Aotearoa Poster Exhibition exhibited at Te Wai Ngutu Kākā Gallery

Presented by Osborne Shiwan, Type Here is an Aotearoa poster competition and exhibition, focussedon contemporary and expressive typography. Aotearoa is a place rich in storytelling, from epicmythologies to emotional journeys, […]

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Fresh From The Field: A Recipe for a Feminist Food System – By Sarah Elsie Baker and Meagan Bach

For the Designing Radical Futures symposium, Sarah Elsie Baker and Meagan Back turned mealtime into a playful, thought-provoking space for connection. The Brief At Media Design School, we planned a […]

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Fresh From The Field: Kombucha Materiality – By Flying Studios

Kombucha Materiality’ invites designers and consumers to engage in co-design with microbial cultures.

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Five Minutes with Meagan Bach

Ahead of our next Tāmaki Makaurau event on the 16th September, we caught up with designer Megan Bach, who along with Sarah Baker has designed Design & Sensing The New, a hands-on picnic event!

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Fresh From The Field: Sodasmith — By Ben Galbraith Design

A fizzy new brand Sodasmith. designed by Ben Galbraith Design.

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Fresh From The Field: Longform —By True

The brief for True, an independent agency, was to create a brand identity that visually honoured a philosophy of thoughtful living and lasting impact.

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2025 Hot New Things: Cat Parkinson, Te Herenga Waka–Victoria University of Wellington

Cat Parkinson has graduated with a Bachelor of Design Innovation majoring in Fashion Design Technology and minoring in Industrial Design from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. Find out more […]

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Five Minutes with Maddy Lissington

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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2025 Hot New Things: Hannah Kai Fong, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington

Today we speak with Hannah Kai Fong who recently graduated with a Bachelor of Design Innovation from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. Find out more about undergraduate and postgraduate study […]

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5 Minutes with Nick Kapica

Learn about the breadth and depth of design practice in our network.

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ReFrame: Celebrating the first MFA programme cohort from VUW’s Visual Narrative Lab

Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington is Aotearoa New Zealand’s globally ranked capital city university. In 2024, to support growing interest in visual storytelling, Te Herenga Waka introduced the Visual […]

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Creative Journeys: Design Academy with PHQ

Creative Journeys powered by Squarespace is a series of free, in-person and online events taking place across Aotearoa New Zealand for 2025. Coming up on 20 August in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland our featured creative studio, PHQ, will be showcasing how high-end web experiences, often seen as complex and expensive, can be approached and achieved within a platform like Squarespace through innovative tools and techniques. Register here for your free ticket.

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2025 Hot New Things: Elisa Yiying Shen, University of Auckland

I was surrounded by voices telling me I needed to be successful, impactful, kind, and many other things that defined the ideal career path—such as becoming a scientist, doctor, lawyer, or even an astronaut. The pressure to meet these expectations made me try hard to fit into those roles, but deep down, no one really asked what I wanted to be.

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2025 Hot New Things: Makai Ingalls, University of Auckland

The University of Auckland’s multidisciplinary approach was exactly what I was looking for. It wasn’t just about learning the tools of the trade; it was about understanding the bigger picture—how design impacts people, businesses, and society. The lecturers were incredibly supportive, and the hands-on projects pushed me to experiment, take creative risks, and think critically about my work.

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Fresh From The Field: FLEX — By Special

Special Group flex their new work.

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