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.

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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 […]

2 months 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 […]

3 months 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 […]

5 months 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 […]

8 months ago by

2024 Australian Good Design Awards Open for Entry

Keen to enter the 2024 Australian Good Design Awards this year? Then – Welcome to the year of the Design Effect. This year’s theme aims to showcase the profound ripple […]

8 months ago by

Design Assembly’s Events & Workshops coming up for 2024

Kia ora Friends! We’re back from the summer holidays feeling fresh and excited for what’s in store this year for our Design Assembly community. Here’s the events and workshops we […]

11 months ago by

Coming in March – Women in Design Event: Design & You

We are excited to introduce the inaugural Design Assembly Women in Design Day (Design and You) 2024—an annual event dedicated to fostering community, celebration, and education among women in the […]

1 year ago by

Ahead of Semi Permanent: 5 mins with Game Designer & Producer, Maru Nihoniho

In the lead up to 2023’s Semi Permanent coming up in Pōneke this November, we chat with game designer and producer, Maru Nihoniho, who will be one of the featured […]

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Ahead of Semi Permanent: 5 mins with illustrator, Ruby Jones

In the lead up to 2023’s Semi Permanent coming up in Pōneke this November, we chat with Aotearoa NZ illustrator, Ruby Jones, who will be one of the featured speakers […]

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Semi Permanent 2023 – Pōneke Wellington Speakers Announced!

Are you planning on heading to Semi Permanent this year? Our friends at Semi Permanent have given us a discount code to share with our DA Community. Use the code […]

1 year ago by

2023 Spring Conversations: Featured Speakers

With the Spring Conversations events coming up across all three cities in the next few weeks, we’re taking a moment to shine a light on each city’s featured speakers. This […]

1 year ago by

Welcome to the Freelancing Diaries

This year we’ve teamed up with Hnry to bring you ‘The Freelancing Diaries’, a series helping freelancing creatives navigate self-employed life and find their version of financial success. This quarterly […]

1 year ago by

Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation Open Day

Our partner school, Victoria University of Wellington Te Herenga Waka, is having their open day at Te Aro Campus on 25 Aug 2023. The whole Te Aro Campus, home to […]

1 year ago by

ŌTAUTAHI: Brunch by the Beach for freelance designers

Earlier this year our friends at Rocketspark & Creative Launchpad hosted a community event up in the Bay of Plenty which brought together local freelance designers – from seasoned veterans […]

1 year ago by

Ramp Festival returns with jam-packed day of kōrero and connection

Celebrating 25 years of creativity through kōrero, workshops, events and exhibitions, Wintec | Te Pukenga Ramp Festival returns from 8 – 10 August 2023. A jam-packed day of kōrero will […]

1 year ago by

Under the hood with … Raymond McKay, Chief Creative Officer at Run

Design Assembly loves to profile the breadth and depth of design practice in Aotearoa. For July we’re celebrating Māori design, designers, and illustrators.  In this article series we learn more […]

1 year ago by

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 […]

1 year ago by

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 […]

1 year ago by

Recap: Design & AI Autumn Conversations events

We’ve just wrapped our 2023 Autumn Conversations event across the three cities – Auckland, Wellington, & Christchurch. Along with providing an opportunity for Aotearoa NZ’s design community to connect in […]

2 years ago by

Future State: A Festival of Radical Innovation, 11 May 2023

The first edition of Future State, brought to you by Spark for Business and Semi Permanent: 11 May. “Business is being reinvented at a pace never seen before. What do New […]

2 years ago by

Streamlining design processes with AI – in conversation with RUSH.

Ahead of our Autumn Conversations: ‘Design & AI’ events and workshops coming up this Mar & April, we sat down with RUSH’s Rodrigo Acevedo, Product Design Lead, and Giselle Scott, […]

2 years ago by

Under the Hood with Fiona Kerr, Head of Creative Content at ZURU Edge

Ahead of our upcoming online event, Under the Hood – Women in Design, we sat down for a quick q&a with one of our featured speakers, Fiona Kerr from ZURU […]

2 years ago by

RECAP: Type as Monument Event with Alistair McCready

Last Thursday, the Society of Experiential Design (SEGD), Isthmus Group and Design Assembly teamed up to host typographer and designer Alistair McCready. He shared his reflections from his book Type […]

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