
Pulse Check Survey – February 2023
Kia Ora Aotearoa NZ, We’ve created a short survey to check in with our design community – How are we doing right now? Where are we setting our sights to […]
4 months ago by Jess Lowcher

Unlocking Your Designer DNA: The unique talents and strengths you bring to the table.
The ‘Discover your Designer DNA’ workshop series with Leadership Performance Coach, Jason Biggs, is happening in March 2023 this year across Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch. In this workshop individuals will […]
4 months ago by Jess Lowcher

Creative Studios: Metrics that matter when it comes to our people
This article is sponsored by Streamtime: A few weeks back we shared the results from the 2022 Mentally Healthy Survey ( watch the recap here ) which set out to […]
4 months ago by Jess Lowcher

Meri Kirihimete!
Holiday mode engaged! The out of office emails are up and the DA HQ is now on break from 16 Dec – 16 Jan, so it’ll be quiet on here […]
5 months ago by Jess Lowcher

WATCH: Never Not Mentally Healthy Webinar
Andy Wright joined us to discuss the results of the 2022 Mentally Healthy Survey and see what we can do better to push our industry forward. This article is sponsored […]
6 months ago by Jess Lowcher

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 […]
10 months ago by Rocketspark

Pulse Check with Andy Wright, Streamtime CEO
This week we sat down with Streamtime CEO, Andy Wright, to chat everything from how to motivate remote based teams to their research findings with Never Not Creative on the […]
11 months ago by Jess Lowcher

Recap: Studio Culture and Wellbeing in a Hybrid World
Last week we tuned in online for our Autumn conversations panel which dove into how we navigate studio culture and wellbeing in a hybrid world. If you missed out on […]
1 year ago by Jess Lowcher

Getting Paid on Time as a Freelancer
This month we’ve teamed up with Hnry to bring you fresh content every week covering a range of hot freelancing FAQs . During this series we covered topics like how to […]
1 year ago by Jess Lowcher

Rush Digital on Designing for Digital Inclusion
As the world becomes ever more digital – a process that’s been accelerated by the covid pandemic – it’s even more important that no-one is left behind. We heard from […]
1 year ago by Jess Lowcher

Living the Freelance Life with Isobel Joy Te Aho-White
This month we’ve teamed up with Hnry to bring you fresh content every week. We’ll be covering a range of freelancing FAQs – like pricing your design work and will be […]
1 year ago by Jess Lowcher

Rocketspark Academy—online course for web design best practices.
For those of you in our DA community who are looking at 2022 as a year of growth and learning, our friends over at Rocketspark have launched a suite of […]
1 year ago by Louise Kellerman

How to Price Yourself as a Freelancer
This month we’ve teamed up with Hnry to bring you fresh content every week covering a range of freelancing FAQs. If you’re currently living the freelance life or dreaming about it […]
1 year ago by Jess Lowcher

Meet Our Friends Hnry – March Content Series
This month we’ve teamed up with Hnry to bring you fresh content every week. We’ll be covering a range of freelancing FAQs – like pricing your design work, chatting with […]
1 year ago by Jess Lowcher

Tips for junior designers in an interview
Portfolio Recruitment want to help you ‘put your best foot forward’ so they have prepared some advice and guidelines that will hopefully be of help – article brought to you […]
1 year ago by Janelle Baptist

Making your website or app accessible
As the world becomes ever more digital – a process that’s been accelerated by the covid pandemic – it’s even more important that no-one is left behind. Follow these tips […]
1 year ago by Janelle Baptist

Mental Health Resources
As a follow up from Aotearoa NZ Mental Health week and to continue supporting our community throughout these tricky times, we wanted to share some resources that we’ve come across […]
2 years ago by Janelle Baptist

Never Not Creative and Mentally-Healthy launch global study into industry empathy
Our friends at Never Not Creative and Mentally-Healthy are inviting the entire industry to partake in the first ever study into empathy within creative, media and marketing businesses – take […]
2 years ago by Janelle Baptist

How are you doing Aotearoa NZ?
We’re into the thick of it now, all-things-lockdown are go, and we’re all starting to feel the effects of it. But we’re also starting to see the benefits now – […]
2 years ago by Janelle Baptist

Kia ora Aotearoa NZ design community
It’s already been a full-on 24 hours in which we’ve gone from normal life into level 4 lockdown, I myself on the rollercoaster of emotions from ‘Oh maybe this will […]
2 years ago by Janelle Baptist

STRONGER, BETTER, HAPPIER
Today, in collaboration with our partners Streamtime we are delighted to announce the launch of a hybrid online course for agency owners. Titled Stronger, Better, Happier, the program helps agency […]
2 years ago by Nicole Arnett Phillips

Holiday Reading
Summer is here and the holidays are approaching with some pace, which for Aotearoa design means time away from the mac! Wherever you recharge over the festive season we hope […]
2 years ago by Nicole Arnett Phillips

Getting teams excited about remote collaboration
Kate McGuinness speaks to Nina Fountain, Workplace Strategist and the founder of Transformed Teams about how creatives can work together, even when we’re apart. How can creative teams foster […]
3 years ago by Kate McGuinness

Field Guide 2020: Epub
Kia ora Friends, We are so pleased to be able to share our 2020 Field Guide with you. We originally framed this project (back in April) as “a multidisciplinary exploration […]
3 years ago by Nicole Arnett Phillips

HEALTHY BUSINESS: THE ROAD TO RECOVERY
On the 6th August our friends Streamtime hosted a special Recovery event with agency owners and experts to share the month to month timeline of their financial and business performance, […]
3 years ago by Nicole Arnett Phillips