Te Puna Digital Experience Showcase | Tuesday 25 November from 3.30pm – By Te Puna Creative Hub | Auckland Council

Te Puna Creative Hub is hosting a free, interactive event for all ages, to celebrate the completion of the first Te Puna Creative Academy Digital Visual Arts and Design programme […]

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Press Release: Debrief Graduate Exhibition 2025 – By Otago Polytechnic School of Design

We are proud to share the impressive work of our emerging designers from Otago Polytechnic’s School of Design in Debrief, our graduate showcase. In 2025 students have produced outcomes for […]

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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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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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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!

4 months ago by

Creative Journeys with Nick & Hannah Ippolito of Squarekicker, pt II

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 Online on 23 July, Nick & Hannah Ippolito will be presenting ‘Transform Your Design Business: Achieving More with Squarespace’.

5 months ago by

Under the Hood with Shane Hansen

Ahead of our upcoming online Under the Hood: Māori Design on 25 June, we sat down with one of our featured speakers, Shane Hansen. Register for your ticket to attend […]

6 months ago by

Under the Hood with Chloē Reweti

Ahead of our upcoming online Under the Hood: Māori Design on 25 June, we sat down with one of our featured speakers, Chloē Reweti.

6 months ago by

Type Here: A call for Aotearoa’s best typography

Learn more and enter Type Here Aotearoa New Zealand’s newest typography poster competition.

6 months ago by

Creative Journeys with Rose & Hailey from The Creatives

Ahead of Creative Journeys: Design Academy in Pōneke, Hailey and Rose from The Creatives reflect on building a bold, purpose-driven agency and how no-code platforms are reshaping modern design.

7 months ago by

5 Minutes with Chris Flack

Ahead of Autumn Conversations: Design & Discovery in Ōtautahi on 14 May, we sat down with one of our featured speakers, Chris Flack.

8 months ago by

5 minutes with Carol Green

Ahead of Autumn Conversations: Design & Discovery in Tāmaki Makaurau on 1 May, we sat down with one of our featured speakers, Carol Green.

8 months ago by

5 minutes with Kahira Shepherd

Ahead of Autumn Conversations: Design & Discovery in Pōneke on 1 May, we sat down with one of our featured speakers, Kahira Shepherd. Register for your ticket to attend the […]

8 months ago by

5 minutes with Emma Kaniuk

Ahead of Autumn Conversations: Design & Discovery in Tāmaki Makaurau on 1 May, we sat down with one of our featured speakers, Emma Kaniuk. Register for your ticket to attend the […]

8 months ago by

5 minutes with Gray Buchanan

Ahead of Autumn Conversations: Design & Discovery in Pōneke on 1 May, we sat down with one of our featured speakers, Gray Buchanan, of Genre. Register for your ticket here. This […]

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Autumn Conversations: Design & Discovery 

Our annual Autumn Conversations events are just around the corner, taking place in Pōneke Wellington, Ōtautahi Christchurch, and Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland in May.

8 months ago by

Announcing Creative Journeys: Design Academy, powered by Squarespace

Creative Journyes: Design Academy is a series of free, in-person and online events taking place across Aotearoa New Zealand for 2025.

9 months ago by

2025 Australian Good Design Awards Open for Entry

Be Part of Defining Better Design: Enter the 2025 Australian Good Design Awards.

Great design deserves great recognition. Enter the 2025 Australian Good Design Awards and showcase your work to the world!

9 months ago by

Special Announcement: We Are Joining Forces with CX Collective!

We are delighted to reveal that we are joining forces with CX Collective for 2025! 

10 months ago by

Announcing Decades of Design session at Women in Design Day 2025

We are excited to announce the incredible lineup for the Decades of Design session at Women in Design Day 2025 taking place on 21 March in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.

1 year ago by

Coming in March 2025 – Women in Design Day: Moments of Change

We are excited to announce our second Women in Design Day: Moments of Change—an annual event dedicated to fostering community, celebration, and education among women in the design industry in […]

1 year ago by

Spring Conversations 2024: Charting new horizons for the Aotearoa design industry

Many of us find ourselves at a crossroads, feeling individually and collectively that design, Aotearoa and the world-at-large are all at a critical turning point. So, we are setting out […]

1 year ago by

Introducing Creative Journeys, powered by Squarespace

We are thrilled to announce “Creative Journeys”, powered by Squarespace, a free, in-person event taking place on 20 August in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. In this event and article series we […]

1 year ago by

Under the hood with Te Kani Price | Design & Te Ao Māori

For June & July we are focusing on Design & Te Ao Māori on the Design Assembly website – featuring interviews with Māori designers, project features spotlighting their work & design […]

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Inspiring Change: Design Assembly’s Final Autumn Conversations Session for 2024

Hosted in the TSB Room at Christchurch’s Tūranga Central Library, Design Assembly’s final Design & Planet event for 2024, focused on planet-centered design, was a night of inspiration, exploration and […]

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