A Look Back – Type Here 2025 – Aotearoa Typography Poster Competition

Type Here 2 Finalists where exhibited at AUT’s Te Wai Ngutu Kākā Gallery. Presented by creative agency Osborne Shiwan, Type Here is an Aotearoa poster competition and exhibition, focussed on […]

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Five Minutes with Jerry Beale

Members of Design Assembly make up a network of Friends working together to build a thriving design scene in Aotearoa New Zealand. Our ‘Five Minutes’ series profiles the breadth and […]

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5 Minutes with Donna Robertson

Learn more about the breadth and depth of design practice in the Design Assembly network of Friends.

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5 Minutes with Emma Taylor

Learn more about the breadth and depth of design practice in the Design Assembly network of Friends

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Creative Journeys: Design Academy with Nicole Macdonald of January Made

Ahead of Creative Journeys: Design Academy Ōtautahi, we chat with Nicole Macdonald on her journey as a self-employed creative and how she’s diversified her business.

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Juno Gin 2025 Blank Canvas Artist Call

Continuing the remarkable success of previous Juno’s Blank Canvas competitions, Juno is excited to invite artist submissions for our 2025 Limited Edition Seasonal Gin Releases.

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Fresh From The Field — R U Coco? – By Onfire Design

Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Aotearoa Design Assembly community. Designing the identity around the idea of a rainbow – […]

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Fresh From The Field — Optimate.me Rebrand – By nim Creative

Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Aotearoa Design Assembly community. nim Creative walk us through their recent full rebrand for […]

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Fresh From The Field — Arka Modular – By Curious

Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Design Assembly community. Balancing bold with a softer human edge, Curious take us through […]

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🔊 DA Conversations Podcast with Heath Lowe

‘Kia ora and welcome to Design Assembly Conversations. In this series we talk to Aotearoa NZ designers, hear their stories and celebrate their work.’ Heath Lowe is Executive Design Director […]

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Fresh from the Field – Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa – EightyOne

Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Design Assembly community. Starting from the ground up, EightyOne helped to develop the […]

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Fresh From The Field — Hei Āhuru Mōwai – By Ira

Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Design Assembly community. This week the team at Ira walk us through their […]

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Fresh From The Field — Berg – By Marx Design

Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Design Assembly community. Marx Design take us deep into their strategic thinking and […]

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How to be a content-conscious designer

Comfort in web design is a wonderful thing. As a visitor, comfort makes it easy and enjoyable to experience the website. The biggest threat to comfort in website design is […]

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Fresh From The Field — Curatif – By Marx Design

Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Design Assembly community. Marx Design walk us through their redesign for Curatif’s cocktails Essentials […]

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Under the hood with … Ella Hampshire-Perks, Graphic Designer and Director of PERKS

Ahead of our next online Under The Hood event on 6 July, we learnt more about one of our speakers, Ella Hampshire-Perks of PERKS Ella is a Graphic Designer and […]

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Fresh From The Field — Caetano Family Chiropractic – By nim Creative

nim Creative shared with us how they developed the branding identity for Caetano Family Chiropractic. Working with a limited budget, nim Creative were able to develop a gentle look and […]

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Behind the curtain with Claire & Beka of The Renew Room, Rocketspark Design Partner

In this interview series we sit down with Rocketspark Design Partners to learn more about their work in website design, how they got started, and how the Rocketspark platform and […]

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Fresh From The Field – Altura Coffee By White Rabbit

Altura Coffee reached out to the coffee fiends at White Rabbit to create a special edition Coffee Cup design to celebrate their 30th anniversary in NZ. Fueled by many coffees […]

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On the side with . . . Steve Grant

This series profiles our DA Friends and the side projects they’re working on to develop new skills, test ideas, help people and communities or just do, for the love of […]

4 years ago by

Fresh From The Field — Rockburgh Rebrand – By nim Creative

Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Design Assembly community. Our friends over at nim Creative shared with us their design […]

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Fresh from the Field – Cascade Electrical By White Rabbit

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 […]

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Fresh From The Field — Viare – By Iceberg

Iceberg was asked by estar OMS to design the brand identity for their new ecommerce software product, Viare. Built around the idea of order flow and in response to the […]

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Behind the Curtain with Liora Pine, Rocketspark Design Partner

In this interview series we sit down with Rocketspark Design Partners to learn more about their work in website design, how they got started, and how the Rocketspark platform and […]

4 years ago by

Fresh From The Field — Abletech brand and website refresh – By Wonderlab Ltd

Wonderlab shared with us a bit of their design thinking and how they helped Abletech, an almost two decade old IT company, leverage their brand’s goodwill in order to develop […]

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