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‘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 […]

1 week ago by Jess Lowcher

‘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 […]

2 months ago by Jess Lowcher

The ‘Discover your Designer DNA’ workshop series with Leadership Performance Coach, Jason Biggs, is happening in March 2023 this year across Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch. In this workshop individuals will […]

4 months ago by Jess Lowcher

‘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 […]

4 months ago by Jess Lowcher

Each summer 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, […]

4 months ago by Jess Lowcher

As we come to a close on 2022 we took a trip down memory lane. Here’s a 2022 snapshot highlighting some of the design work, interviews, and connection with our […]

6 months ago by Jess Lowcher

‘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 […]

6 months ago by Jess Lowcher

‘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 […]

8 months ago by Jess Lowcher

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 talked with […]

9 months ago by Jess Lowcher

In August this year we went under the hood with two creative agencies: Libby & Ben and Milk, who each walked us through a recent design project from brief to […]

9 months ago by Jess Lowcher

‘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 around Aotearoa Today we […]

10 months ago by Jess Lowcher

We love the opportunity to get to know our DA friends better. Today we spoke to our friends Warren and Mahoney to learn more about how their brand design team […]

1 year ago by Jess Lowcher

White Rabbit was approached by Cascade Electrical to develop a new logo and business card. The resulting design is a clever play on the happy face which helps bridge an […]

1 year ago by Janelle Baptist

Last week we tuned in online for our Autumn conversations panel which dove into how we navigate studio culture and wellbeing in a hybrid world. If you missed out on […]

1 year ago by Jess Lowcher

Our friends at Fly have had a name change, so we caught up with the team and asked a few questions about why they decided to update their brand and […]

1 year ago by Janelle Baptist

Written by Annie McCulloch and brought to you by Portfolio Recruitment Now and Then is a series where we catch up with people who have been recently placed, via Portfolio Recruitment, to get […]

1 year ago by Janelle Baptist

Off to a red hot start to the year, Onfire has been awarded packaging design Gold at the World Brand Design Society Awards for its work on Talbot Forest Cheese […]

1 year ago by Janelle Baptist

Kate McGuinness recently sat down for a chat with Partner and Managing Director Cameron Sanders of Cato Brand Partners. From the Wellington studio, Cameron has played an integral role in […]

1 year ago by Janelle Baptist

Kernal is a simple, gamification-free platform that was created to support educated investment for kiwis – by providing world-class investment funds in order to grow financial wealth over the long-term. […]

1 year ago by Janelle Baptist

The Lyttelton Museum’s new name and brand come to life in a multitude of combinations, made up mostly of black and white shapes that hark back to nautical flags. Brought […]

1 year ago by Janelle Baptist

Optimal Workshop’s 2021 Strategy document needed to be easily digestible, clean, and professional, yet withstand their core values of being approachable, curious, and bold. Using illustrations to visualise complex ideas […]

2 years ago by Janelle Baptist

We get great insight into McCarthy’s process for designing a brand in their project for Venues Ōtautahi – a mix of striking photography, bold colours and expressive illustration styles gives […]

2 years ago by Janelle Baptist

Strategy were given the opportunity by Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha University of Canterbury to create a brand strategy and creative platform that would inspire the leaders of tomorrow, repositioning […]

2 years ago by Janelle Baptist

Shine were tasked by Tip Top to relaunch their brand under the banner of all things optimism. The project encompassed a brand comms launch, building out the design and comms system […]

2 years ago by Janelle Baptist

This Fresh from the Field features One Design’s beautifully crafted and refined branding for Lake Hawea Station. There’s a classic elegance on all touch points with outstanding photography, and the […]

2 years ago by Janelle Baptist