Design Assembly’s Events & Workshops coming up for 2024
Kia ora Friends! We’re back from the summer holidays feeling fresh and excited for what’s in store this year for our Design Assembly community. Here’s the events and workshops we […]
8 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 20 Dec – 22 Jan, so it’ll be quiet on here for […]
9 months ago by Jess Lowcher
Between the Pages Edu Series: Preparing your art work for perfect bound books.
We popped by our Friends at BookPrint to see how they make and print books right here in Aotearoa NZ. In this week’s series, we get up close and personal […]
9 months ago by Jess Lowcher
Coming in March – Women in Design Event: Design & You
We are excited to introduce the inaugural Design Assembly Women in Design Day (Design and You) 2024—an annual event dedicated to fostering community, celebration, and education among women in the […]
10 months ago by Jess Lowcher
Design tips for building templates in Word
Our Friends over at Timplates are making the lives of designers just a touch easier – here are handy tips for how to build design templates in Word. This article […]
10 months ago by Timplates
Let’s Talk Bilingual Signs
This article was originally written and published over on Maynard Design. In this article, the team at Maynard share their thoughts and insight around bilingual signage, answering the question – […]
12 months ago by DA Friend
“Well, what does the community think?” Isthmus’ Damian Powley talks Design & Placemaking
As designers within the public space or ‘Placemakers’, “What does the community think?” is a question that we get asked all the time—almost to justify the validity of a project.
1 year ago by Isthmus
The Freelancing Diaries: ACC guide for creative freelancers
This year we’ve teamed up with Hnry to bring you ‘The Freelancing Diaries’, a series helping freelancing creatives navigate self-employed life and find their version of financial success. This quarterly […]
1 year ago by Jess Lowcher
Freelancing essentials: All about ACC webinar
This year we’ve teamed up with Hnry to bring you ‘The Freelancing Diaries’, a series helping freelancing creatives navigate self-employed life and find their version of financial success. This quarterly […]
1 year ago by Jess Lowcher
2023 Spring Conversations: Featured Speakers
With the Spring Conversations events coming up across all three cities in the next few weeks, we’re taking a moment to shine a light on each city’s featured speakers. This […]
1 year ago by Jess Lowcher
Welcome to the Freelancing Diaries
This year we’ve teamed up with Hnry to bring you ‘The Freelancing Diaries’, a series helping freelancing creatives navigate self-employed life and find their version of financial success. This quarterly […]
1 year ago by Jess Lowcher
Protected: The pursuit of happiness
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1 year ago by Mark Easterbrook
Martina Plantijn is a better Plantin
Named after an indomitable 17th century businesswoman, author, and head of the largest printing business in the world, Martina Plantijn is the newest typeface released from our Friends over at […]
1 year ago by Jess Lowcher
Recap: 2023 Pub Quiz in Tāmaki Makaurau
For those of you new to DA or who haven’t had a chance to attend one of our pub quizzes yet – imagine a night of wacky frivolity. Where folks […]
1 year ago by Jess Lowcher
Walking the talk with Eric Thompson – Head of School, Design Innovation at Whitecliffe
Whether it’s designing your own line of products or delivering tailored creative services, how many of us have thought of starting our own businesses? According to Whitecliffe’s Head of School, […]
1 year ago by Jess Lowcher
How to protect your brand with Word: An introduction to building Word templates.
Our Friends at Timplates have shared a few helpful tips for any designers or studios looking to help their clients integrate their branding across Word and PowerPoint. The article is […]
1 year ago by Jess Lowcher
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 […]
2 years 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 […]
2 years 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 […]
2 years 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 […]
2 years 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 […]
2 years 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 […]
2 years 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 […]
2 years 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 […]
2 years 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 […]
2 years ago by Jess Lowcher