5 mins with…Paul Russell — Speaker at Spring Conversations, CHC 2019
Ahead of Design Assembly’s Spring Conversations Christchurch Event, we spend 5 Mins With… Paul Russell from Kallan & Co Pacific. Tickets still available here Thursday 19th September 6 – 8pm […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
5 minutes with… Imogen Zino
In July DA spoke with the multidisciplinary team behind Good Health Design, about their research initiatives and how visual design can support our communities wellbeing. Today (ahead of their upcoming […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
The cost of acquiring new clients
Ahead of our 31 August Auckland DA Workshop: ‘Keeping the pipeline filled: sales for creatives‘, our workshop facilitator – Sarah Ritchie – shares valuable intelligence on appreciating the real cost of […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Speaking of fictions, 5 minutes with… Erik Brandt
Ahead of Semi Permanent, 15-17 August 2019, Mike Barrett spoke with celebrated Typographer Erik Brandt about graphic design umami, danger, family legacy, his upcoming book and first trip to Aotearoa. […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
5 minutes with… Richard Shed
Ahead of his upcoming UX gym workshops on Design Thinking and Service Design, we spoke with facilitator Richard Shed. Richard is a design lead with over 18 years of experience […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Ramp Festival internship gives Wintec student real world experience and creative connections
Third-year Wintec design student Courtney Cavanagh was selected to be an intern at Area Design to work on Wintec’s Ramp Festival campaign and rebrand under the guidance of the design […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
5 minutes with… Good Health Design
Design Assembly recently got the opportunity to chat with AUT’s embedded multidisciplinary Good Health Design Team, about their research initiatives and how visual design can support our communities wellbeing. What […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Seeing the invisible: a conversation with Refik Anadol
It’s 10 a.m. in Auckland, 5 p.m. in Los Angeles. Refik Anadol has just stepped out of a meeting, blinking into the California sun, and out onto a terrace for […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
5 minutes with… Raul Sarrot
Ahead of DA’s Beyond Design Thinking: Game-changing co-creation techniques to work with your clients workshop in Auckland this month we spoke with facilitator, Raul Sarrot a multi-disciplinary designer, strategist, design […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Fingers crossed – The Stupendously Good Semi Permanent Prize Pack Giveaway
Win for you, win for a friend! Fill in your details and go into the draw for 2 two-day passes plus some super sweet SP treats. Inside each Stupendously Good […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Between the lines: a conversation with Shantell Martin
Some artists prefer anonymity; letting their work, and only their work, do the talking. Shantell Martin is not that kind of artist. Visit Martin’s YouTube channel and you’ll find plenty […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Future of the Future 2019
Business is being reinvented at a pace not seen before – so what should New Zealand businesses be thinking about in order to be relevant in 20 years. Or more? […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Semi Permanent, 15-17 August 2019, Aotea Centre, Auckland
It’s hard to believe, but 2019 marks 17 years of Semi Permanent. That’s right, Semi Permanent, the OG of New Zealand creativity, New Zealand’s most prestigious, popular and influential creative […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Stimulating curiosity for 21 years
Ramp Festival is the new name for the former Spark International Festival of Music, Media, Arts and Design. Ramp Festival Director, Megan Lyon says this innovative, annual event curated by […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Auckland Festival of Photography, 31st May to 16th June
Aotearoa’s largest photography festival is set to kick off its 16th year. The 2019 Auckland Festival of Photography launches this week in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. This city-wide contemporary art and […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Celebrating Award Winning, Trailblazing Independent Kiwi Creatives This June
CHROMACON, New Zealand’s largest biennial festival of homegrown illustrators, comic artists, toy designers, game developers and animators returns for the fourth time to Auckland’s Aotea Centre across 1 and 2 […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
5 minutes with… Michaela Webb
The Ramp Festival of Music, Media, Arts and Design (formerly Spark) is in their 21st year. Ahead of the 2019 event we spoke with Creative Director (and Ramp speaker!) Michaela […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Resene Architecture & Design Film Festival.
Rialto Cinemas, Resene and Clearly & Co have collaborated on a tremendous line up for the eighth annual Resene Architecture & Design Film Festival. Context is critical in design, and […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Fresh from the Field — Mental Health Awareness Week by Fly
Ahead of DA’s Auckland workshop Designing a Culturally Authentic Aotearoa this Fresh from the Field features a campaign for Mental Health Awareness Week by Fly. Combining tikanga Maori, te reo […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Auckland: DA Conversations Autumn 2019 — Meet the Panel
This Autumn’s DA Conversations are back to celebrate 10 years of Design Assembly, the home of New Zealand design. To understand where we are going, we must know where we […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Wellington: DA Conversations Autumn 2019 — Meet the Panel
This Autumn’s DA Conversations are back to celebrate 10 years of Design Assembly, the home of New Zealand design. To understand where we are going, we must know where we […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Poster Call — all wāhine toi Aotearoa!
Directory of Women Designers + Designers Speak (Up) RAMP Gallery, Kirikiriroa / 29 April – 24 May 2019 To record the current landscape of all designers who identify as women […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
5 Minutes with… Gabrielle Lyon
Ahead of the “Make No Small Plans” Wellington event on March 5th, we spoke with lead author and project director Gabrielle Lyon to find out a bit more about her […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Media Design School’s diversity on show as part of Auckland Live
Diversity of student content from programmes at Media Design School (MDS) has been compiled into a 28-minute playlist that will air on the large scale (45m2), portable outdoor digital screen […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
5 Mins With… Bret Gower
Ahead of Design Assembly’s upcoming Auckland workshop on Intellectual Property & Commercial Practice for Designers on March 12th, we spoke with workshop facilitator and legal expert Bret Gower to learn more […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman