Fresh from the Field — Kekulé’s Dream, Outlier Cartel and Sam Bunny
This week’s Fresh from the Field features the new illustrations and packaging design for Kekulé’s Dream by Sam Bunny and Outlier Cartel. We’re delighted to have Outlier Cartel be a part of our […]
7 years ago by Louise Kellerman
SPAKL, August 10–12th
Semi Permanent returns to Auckland’s Aotea Centre in August. “This year’s speaker line-up is a roll-call of names, featuring some of the best minds from today’s biggest global companies – […]
7 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Hamilton Zinefest this weekend!
Hamilton’s annual Zinefest is now in it’s 4th Year, sponsored by Creative Waikato. “We have nearly 50 people exhibiting this year and cannot wait to bring them to you. Come […]
7 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Register now for the 2017 100 Days Project
The 2017 project starts on May 22 The 100 Days Project is back for 2017! We’re really excited to bring you another chance to take part in this creative marathon. […]
7 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Hot New Things — Anna Markovina, Unitec
Our 2017 Hot New Things series continues today – an opportunity to profile a selection of some of the top design grads coming out of our tertiary institutions. This week we speak with Anna […]
7 years ago by Louise Kellerman
A Nation in Drawing: An Homage to Footrot Flats
Written by Lana Lopesi Aotearoa New Zealand – more commonly pronounced as ‘Nieuw Zilland’ – is a very diverse set of islands. The name New Zealand (then Nova Zeelandia) came […]
7 years ago by Louise Kellerman
5 Minutes with… Pete Montgomery, DA Conversations WEL 30 March
Ahead of our next Design Assembly Conversations Wellington event, we grabbed a quick 5 minutes with Pete Montgomery, Creative Director at Xero. Pete joins illustrator and hand-letterer Kelly Spencer in conversation […]
7 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Chromacon is coming!
Chromacon 2017, taking place at the Aotea Centre on April 8th and 9th, is shaping up to be a really exciting and talent-packed weekend, and Design Assembly’s got 2 x FREE […]
7 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Fresh from the Field — Feel A Little
This week’s Fresh from the Field showcases a recent Little Love (Mary Egan Publishing) project with some great illustrations from Evie Kemp. If you’ve got new or recent work that you’d like […]
7 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Celebrating 100 Days 2017
The Auckland 100 Days Exhibition was recently celebrated at Thievery Studios. Mrs Jones and Mahani Del Borrello were there to capture a few images from the weekend. Congratulations to all involved. Don’t forget […]
7 years ago by Louise Kellerman
5 Minutes with… Tim Wightman
Here at Design Assembly we’re delighted to have Atomic Coffee and Serious Popcorn come on board as sponsors of our Auckland DA Workshops series 2017. We also thought it timely to delve into […]
7 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Golden Summer
‘Golden Summer’ is a joint exhibition by Greg Straight and Ross Murray. It opens Friday March 3rd at Endemic World, 62 Ponsonby Road. An ice-cream run to the corner dairy; that road […]
7 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Auckland Day 100 Show, 25/26th Feb
Join us as we celebrate the blood, sweat and tears of the latest lot of hundred dayers. Featuring 100 individual projects made painstakingly over a one hundred day period, the […]
7 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Meet the designers: Adobe Creative Jam
Design Assembly proudly presents the Adobe Creative Jam this coming Thursday from 6pm at Thievery Studio. It’s an excellent opportunity to hear from local creative industry superstars makebardo, and Material as they share their […]
7 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Fresh from the Field — Tamatea Dusky Sound Restoration Project, Hight Design
This week’s Fresh from the Field features new work by Mel and the team at Hight Design If you’ve got new or recent work that you’d like to share in our weekly Fresh […]
7 years ago by Louise Kellerman
graf/AK
Currently on sale at The Beatnik Shop, graf/AK is the product of a three-year long project by New Zealand photographer Fraser Munro, a quest to document the constant evolution of […]
7 years ago by Louise Kellerman
5 Minutes with… Lucky 5
First up in our ‘5 Minutes with…’ series for 2017, we interview graphic artists Cass and Amy Cassidy, the creative duo behind the recently launched Lucky 5. Hi Cass and Amy, thanks […]
7 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Fresh from the Field — The Day the Costumes Stuck by Toby Morris
Our inaugural Fresh from the Field for 2017 features one of Beatnik’s recent releases created by Toby Morris. “The Day The Costumes Stuck is a delightfully quirky tale that will stimulate the […]
7 years ago by Louise Kellerman
100 Days Project: 5 Minutes with Kerryn Smith
Celebrating Day 100! Having now reached the end of this year’s 100 Days Project we grabbed a quick five minutes with Kerryn Smith, freelance Graphic Designer and Illustrator. Her project involved 100 […]
7 years ago by Louise Kellerman