DA Workshop Tāmaki Makaurau | Elevating Design Leadership: From Manager to Coach
DA WORKSHOP TĀMAKI MAKAURAU Elevating Design Leadership: From Manager to Coach Do you manage people or lead a team in your role? Design Assembly presents a workshop to support you to navigate the challenges and opportunities you face leading people in your work. We all can remember the best and the worst boss we ever […]
Unitec | DCA Gradshow
The Unitec Graduate Showcase is being held 23-25 November with the opening night held on 23 Nov.
ReDesign | University of Auckland Graduate Showcase
The Design Programme at Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland challenges traditionally siloed design disciplines, exploring the power of design thinking across various industries. Design is one of the only disciplines that bridges many fields, and it is at this intersection that great things are possible. The ReDesign Graduate Show exhibition features work by University […]
PŌNEKE WELLINGTON DA Event: Summer Social
We invite you to join your fellow designers and creatives to share snippets from your busy year and celebrate the start of summer...at last! Come together for some kōrero and kai, whilst kicking back and preparing for the start of the silly season! This relaxed, two-hour event is for members of our Design Assembly community and […]
TĀMAKI MAKAURAU DA Event | Summer Social 2023
We invite you to join your fellow designers and creatives to share snippets from your busy year and celebrate the start of summer...at last! Check out the chic interior of brand new Bar Beluga just off Ponsonby Road, whilst you kick back and prepare for the start of the silly season! This is a relaxed, […]
ŌTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH DA Event | Summer Social
We invite you to join your fellow designers and creatives to share snippets from your busy year and celebrate the start of summer...at last! Come together for some kōrero and kai, whilst kicking back and preparing for the start of the silly season! This relaxed, two-hour event is for members of our Design Assembly community and […]
Whitecliffe Graduate Showcase | GD23
Whitecliffe Bachelor of Fine Arts (Graphic Design) Graduate Exhibition. Opening: Tuesday 5 December 2023, 5pm to 7.30pm Open day: Wednesday 6 December 2023, 10am to 3pm Open day: Thursday 7 December 2023, 10am to 3pm Address: Whitecliffe, Form Gallery, 67 Symonds St, Grafton *GD23 poster design by Briea Bentham and James Parker
Design for Health Symposium 2023
This year, AUT's D4H symposium will explore how designers work with communities to bring their solutions to life, with a specific focus on rangatahi as the leaders of the future. Mainstream providers have a role in working with those most underserved. They must also give space and time to allow rangatahi to lead and design […]
Online Event | The Freelancing Diaries | Preparing yourself for the end of the financial year
Freelancing Diaries: Preparing for the end of the financial year
We've teamed up with Hnry to bring you ‘The Freelancing Diaries’ | a series helping freelancing creatives find financial success and navigate self-employed life.
Friends of Figma, Wellington
Join the Friends of Figma summer edition to make connections, share ideas, and learn how other designers are creating world-class experiences. There will be plenty of opportunity to have a say in what you'd like to see at future FoF Wellington events. See you there! Event info Event Date: Thu 29th February 2024 Time: 4:30pm NZT […]
DA Webinar | Under the Hood | Women in Design
You are invited to join us online as two designers walk us through how a design project worked. Each designer will share the brief, how they approached it, talk us through that internal feedback loop – This is too hard! It’s not working! Why did I decide to be a designer?! – and out to the other side to client love and project success. All of these insights in a quick conversational talk and additional time for live Q&A.
reDesign seminar series: AI in Creative Industries Conference
The reDesign seminar series is a platform for experts and industry leaders from the fields of design, technology and social entrepreneurship to reveal insights into their work and ways of working. These experts discuss topics that seek to foster interdisciplinary discussions and collaborative problem-solving. Find out about talks coming up and save your spot
DA Workshop Ōtautahi | Building Brands on Big Ideas with Rupert de Paula
Design Assembly presents a workshop to help supercharge your design process with an ideas-led methodology. BUILDING BRANDS ON BIG IDEAS Big ideas are traditionally perceived as the realm of advertising. But have as much importance and power within branding — if not more. In fact, the best design work in the world is rooted in […]
DA Event | Women in Design DAY | Design and You
Design Assembly is excited to introduce the inaugural DA Women in Design Day (Design and You) 2024 — an annual event dedicated to fostering community, celebration, and education among women in the design industry in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The talks will explore the theme 'The personal is political: How has your background, life experiences and values shaped your design practice to live a life in design?
AUTUMN CONVERSATIONS | Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Welcome to Design Assembly's Autumn Conversations 2024!
This time we will be exploring the subject of Design & Planet.
After the talks, there will be a Q&A session where you can ask the speakers your burning questions and engage in a lively discussion with fellow attendees. Whether you’re a seasoned designer or just starting out, this event is a unique opportunity to learn from practitioners in the field and gain valuable insights into the impact designers can have in this area.
AUTUMN CONVERSATIONS | Pōneke Wellington
Welcome to Design Assembly's Autumn Conversations 2024!
This time we will be exploring Design & Planet.
After the talks, there will be a Q&A session where you can ask the speakers your burning questions and engage in a lively discussion with fellow attendees. Whether you’re a seasoned designer or just starting out, this event is a unique opportunity to learn from practitioners in the field and gain valuable insights into the impact designers can have in this area.
AUTUMN CONVERSATIONS | Ōtautahi Christchurch
Welcome to Design Assembly's Autumn Conversations 2024!
This time we will be exploring Design & Planet.
After the talks, there will be a Q&A session where you can ask the speakers your burning questions and engage in a lively discussion with fellow attendees. Whether you’re a seasoned designer or just starting out, this event is a unique opportunity to learn from practitioners in the field and gain valuable insights into the impact designers can have in this area.
DA Workshop | Life-Centred Design with Raul Sarrot | Ōtautahi
Building on the previous success of Raul Sarrot’s strategy and design-thinking workshops, this hands-on session offers a deeper dive into the world of purposeful innovation, focusing specifically on how to bring a life-centred, sustainable lens to creative problem-solving
Streamtime and DBC Happier, Healthier Business Canvas Workshop | Pōneke
Following years of creative agency business management and consulting and building on more recent research and accreditation in workplace wellbeing, Carol, Greg and Andy have joined forces to create a diagnostic tool to help manage happier, healthier creative businesses.
DA Lunch Club 2024 with Never Not Creative | Pōneke
Join your creative and design industry peers for the 2024 edition of the DA Lunch Club brought to you by Never Not Creative.
This year's edition of the DA Club centres around the question:
“How do we create psychological safety in our industry and our workplaces?”
Never Not Creative has been investigating the mental wellbeing of the creative, media and marketing industries since 2018. While improvements in understanding and stigma have been observed, there’s still plenty of work to do.
Streamtime and DBC Happier, Healthier Business Canvas Workshop | Tāmaki Makaurau
Following years of creative agency business management and consulting and building on more recent research and accreditation in workplace wellbeing, Carol, Greg and Andy have joined forces to create a diagnostic tool to help manage happier, healthier creative businesses.
DA Lunch Club 2024 with Never Not Creative | Tāmaki Makaurau
Join your creative and design industry peers for the 2024 edition of the DA Lunch Club brought to you by Never Not Creative.
This year's edition of the DA Club centres around the question:
“How do we create psychological safety in our industry and our workplaces?”
Never Not Creative has been investigating the mental wellbeing of the creative, media and marketing industries since 2018. While improvements in understanding and stigma have been observed, there’s still plenty of work to do.
2024 Good Design Awards
ENTER THE 2024 AUSTRALIAN GOOD DESIGN AWARDS. DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 17 MAY The Design Effect – Be Part of it. In a world where design has the power to change the way we live, work, play and grow – it is more critical than ever that design, is good design. That is, design with purpose, […]
DA Webinar | Under the Hood | AI
You are invited to join us online as two designers walk us through how a project worked. Each designer will share the brief, how they approached it, talk us through that internal feedback loop – This is too hard! It’s not working! Why did I decide to be a designer?! – and out to the other side to client love and project success. All of these insights in a quick conversational talk and additional time for live Q&A.
DA Workshop | The Business of Design with Laura Feavearyear | Tāmaki Makaurau
Stepping out on your own can be daunting for even the most experienced designer, running a business calls for many hats to be worn every day along with doing the work. This course is designed to give you ideas and inspiration to get a head start into freelancing, with lessons and tricks I’ve learned along the way.
Online Event | The Freelancing Diaries | Pros & Cons of being a Sole Trader vs Company
Freelancing Diaries: April topic to be confirmed. Watch this space!
We've teamed up with Hnry to bring you ‘The Freelancing Diaries’ | a series helping freelancing creatives find financial success and navigate self-employed life.
Deep South Design Summit
What is this design summit? The Deep South Design Summit aims to connect Queenstown and Wānaka based designers, artists, writers, creatives, photographers and illustrators. The goal of this event is to bring the creative and design community together to meet, learn and connect. This event is DIY, ad hoc, impromptu and non-profit. Now is the […]
DA Workshop | Winter Lunch & Learn Series 2024 | No 1 | Discover Your Designer DNA with Jason Biggs
DESIGN ASSEMBLY WINTER LUNCH & LEARN SERIES As the weather cools down and we cosy-up indoors, we invite you to join us for a trio of online workshops from the comfort of your office or couch. Three different presenters will lead you through a one and a half hour, lunchtime learning session with plenty of […]
DA Workshop | Winter Lunch & Learn Series | Three workshop ticket bundle
Design Assembly Winter Lunch & Learn Series 2024
As the weather cools down and we cosy-up indoors, we invite you to join us for a trio of online workshops from the comfort of your office or couch. Three different presenters will lead you through a one and a half hour, lunchtime learning session with plenty of opportunities for questions and input along the way. So grab your mug of soup and a blanket, and join us for the Design Assembly Winter Lunch & Learn Series 2024!
We have created a bundle that includes tickets to all three workshops and saves you 25% off the individual prices.
Dates
Lunch & Learn One | 19 June | Discover Your Designer DNA Webinar with Jason Biggs
Lunch & Learn Two | 24 July | Design for Gender Justice with Dr Sarah Baker
Lunch & Learn Three | 21 August | Digital Sustainability with Kyoko Locussol
DA Workshop | Redesigning Aotearoa with Johnson McKay, Raukura Huata & Sarai Morris Tāmaki Makaurau
Design Assembly presents the 2024 module of Johnson McKay's ever-popular Te Ao Māori workshops.
Johnson will be updating the content for this year's full-day workshop to keep it current and make it relevant to everyone; whether you are just starting out on your Te Ao Māori journey or have attended his workshops in the past.
TUKU IHO – Matariki Exhibition 2024
What is the legacy we leave to our descendants? TUKU IHO is a wero, a challenge, referencing the passing of knowledge from generation to generation. This exhibition weaves together physical and digital works from across our hapori (faculty) — students, alumni and staff together. This work asks you to connect with seen and unseen realms, […]
DA Webinar | Under the Hood | Māori Design
You are invited to join us online as two designers walk us through how a design project worked. Each designer will share the brief, how they approached it, talk us through that internal feedback loop – This is too hard! It’s not working! Why did I decide to be a designer?! – and out to the other side to client love and project success. All of these insights in a quick conversational talk and additional time for live Q&A.
DA Workshop | Winter Lunch & Learn Series 2024 | No 2 | Designing for Gender Justice with Dr Sarah Baker
DESIGN ASSEMBLY WINTER LUNCH & LEARN SERIES As the weather cools down and we cosy-up indoors, we invite you to join us for a trio of online workshops from the comfort of your office or couch. Three different presenters will lead you through a one and a half hour, lunchtime learning session with plenty of […]
Design without Limits – SquareKicker Masterclass | Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland | DA x Squarespace
Join the SquareKicker team for an immersive masterclass on harnessing custom design to elevate your website's impact.
Creative Journeys | Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland | DA x Squarespace
You're invited to Creative Journeys: How Aotearoa NZ Designers & Creatives are crafting their own livelihoods powered by Squarespace and Design Assembly.
A live and FREE in-person event for the Aotearoa NZ creative community.
Our panel discussion will showcase five, self-employed Aotearoa NZ creatives and we'll be exploring each of their different creative pathways, how they’ve navigated crafting a livelihood aligned with their values, digital tools for maintaining productivity, and the challenges that have shaped where they are today.
Workshop: Digital Sustainability with Kyoko Locussol
In this not-to-be missed workshop you will learn the essential skills of mapping and minimising your digital footprint.
SPRING CONVERSATIONS: Design & New Horizons | Pōneke Wellington
Explore that which exists beyond our line of sight – past the immediate and the obvious. Together, we will examine, discuss and expand our individual and collective ideas about design – What is it? What could it be? Where does its value lie now, and next? Spring into action now to book your spot.
SPRING CONVERSATIONS: Design & New Horizons | Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Explore that which exists beyond our line of sight – past the immediate and the obvious. Together, we will examine, discuss and expand our individual and collective ideas about design – What is it? What could it be? Where does its value lie now, and next? Spring into action now to book your spot.
SPRING CONVERSATIONS: Design & New Horizons | Ōtautahi Christchurch
Explore that which exists beyond our line of sight – past the immediate and the obvious. Together, we will examine, discuss and expand our individual and collective ideas about design – What is it? What could it be? Where does its value lie now, and next? Spring into action now to book your spot.
PUBLIC TALK: Message in a Bottle
You're invited to a listen to a conversation about the far-flung connections between stories of all shapes at Victoria University of Wellington.