In-house Design Luminaries — Katharina Di Lena at The Wairoa District Council
This series profiles the best and brightest designers in Aotearoa’s in-house design studios, this week we spoke with Katharina Di Lena at The Wairoa District Council. Katharina’s work (and her […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
5 minutes with… Nick Kapica
We chatted with Nick Kapica, Principal at Isthmus Group ltd, about working at the interface between visual and urban design. What is your background and how did you get into […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Recto Verso: Ella Sutherland 10 Aug–6 Oct 2019
Ella Sutherland is a Sydney-based, New Zealand artist and graphic designer, with an upcoming exhibition Recto Verso at Objectspace which examines how text and image are used to transmit information […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
5 minutes with… Keely O’shannessy
The PANZ Book Design Awards were established by the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) to promote excellence in, and provide recognition for, the best book design in New Zealand. […]
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
Hometown by Design, with Campbell Attwood of Afternoon
This series profiles the design talent in our regions and invites them to show us around their towns. This week we meet Cambell Attwood to learn more about his creative […]
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
Thievery — Culture, Turbulence and Chasing Light
I am perched above St Kevin’s Arcade in Revolver (a K’rd icon), with Garth Badger and Caitlin Mackenzie-Powell from another iconic K’rd institution Thievery Studio. Over an early morning, caffeine […]
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
Shabnam Shiwan will represent Aotearoa on The One Club’s Global Young Guns 17 jury
The One Club for Creativity, recognises creative excellence in advertising and design. They recently announced a gender-balanced Jury for the 17th Young Guns Program, the industry’s only global, cross-disciplinary, portfolio-based […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
5 minutes with… Rupert de Paula
Design Assembly recently got the opportunity to chat with Rupert de Paula, Creative Partner at Strategy Creative to learn more about his ‘falling-in’ to the creative industires, creating positive change […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Melbourne Calling — Ryan Romanes
Design Assembly supports Aotearoa’s Designers at home and abroad. We love to celebrate our home grown talent doing well overseas and this series gives us the opportunity not only […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Meet our Friends… Fraser Chatham
Design Assembly has become the home of New Zealand visual design –providing a collaborative digital and physical platform for kiwi visual designers to learn, keep up-to-date and be inspired. We […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Postgraduate Design Research – Tori Mok, AUT
Welcome to Postgraduate Design Research – an opportunity to profile a selection of current design postgraduate students and their projects across our tertiary institutions. This week, to coincide with the […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Postgraduate Design Research – Ellie Crowe, AUT
Welcome to Postgraduate Design Research – an opportunity to profile a selection of current design postgraduate students and their projects across our tertiary institutions. This week, to coincide with the […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Aotearoa Photography: Kirsty Griffin
Design Assembly recently got the opportunity to chat with photographer Kirsty Griffin to learn more about her life behind the lens, living in and capturing moments, working on iconic New […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
In-house Design Luminaries — Oscar Thomas with The New Zealand Police Force
This series profiles the best and brightest designers in Aotearoa’s in-house design studios, this week we spoke with Oscar Thomas at The New Zealand Police. Oscar is (compulsively) hardworking, generous […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Meet our Friends… RUN
Design Assembly has become the home of New Zealand visual design –providing a collaborative digital and physical platform for kiwi visual designers to learn, keep up-to-date and be inspired. We […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
By Day By Night – An interview with Laura Yilmaz, Victoria University
By Day By Night is an interview series that profiles graphic design tutors from design schools throughout New Zealand. We learn about their role as a teacher and their own […]
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
5 minutes with… Betty McCready
Design Assembly recently got the opportunity to chat with designer and illustrator Betty McCready to learn more about her career path, recent move home to New Zealand after living in […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman