Our Impact
This essay by Lee Parkinson and illustration by Isobel Joy Te Aho-White is part of a commissioned series of essays, interviews and artworks commissioned by Creative New Zealand for our […]
3 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Wellington: EOY Wrap Event — Meet our speakers
Wellington DA Event: EOY Wrap Party 2020, November 11, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Join your fellow designers and creatives to celebrate the end of the year and the start […]
4 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Christchurch: EOY Wrap Event — Meet our speakers
Christchurch DA Event: EOY Wrap Party, November 4 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Join your fellow designers and creatives to celebrate the end of the year and the start […]
4 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Meet the Makers (& educators) behind Project Make: Nathan Walker
Project Make champions the role of design and design education in New Zealand and encourages folk to make things together. We spoke with the educators about their individual journeys, collective […]
4 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Turning working from home into working from your castle
This article was originally posted by Andy Wright 24 Mar, 2020 on the Streamtime blog. Andy generously shared his knowledge with our audience here. Some of the tips below apply […]
4 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Meet our partners… Streamtime, project management software for companies that don’t do boring.
In our 2019 audience survey, you identified; studio, time and project management as your biggest pain points with design practice so we are incredibly excited to be partnering with our […]
4 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Wellington – DA Spring Conversations 2019 : Meet the panel
Design Assembly is delighted to present our DA Spring Conversations 2019 series taking place in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch in September. Planet centric design – What is the role and […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Auckland – DA Spring Conversations 2019 : Meet the panel
Design Assembly is delighted to present our DA Spring Conversations 2019 series taking place in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch in September. Planet centric design – What is the role and responsibility of the […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Field Guide — Finding your path By Kate McGuinness
Kate speaks to three designers at different stages of their career on advice for navigating the beginnings of a design journey. Ryan Romanes Freelance Designer / Art Director 5+ industry […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Auckland: DA Conversations Autumn 2019 — Meet the Panel
This Autumn’s DA Conversations are back to celebrate 10 years of Design Assembly, the home of New Zealand design. To understand where we are going, we must know where we […]
5 years ago by Louise Kellerman
Wellington: DA Conversations Autumn series — Meet the speakers
This years DA Conversations are back in Wellington with local creatives sharing their stories. In the lead up to next week’s event, let’s meet the speakers! Angela Meyer — Co-Director […]
6 years ago by Amane Cárdenas
How Do We Encourage Collaboration?
A short while ago, Sam Allan from Onfire Design initiated ‘Battle of the Birken’ — a bowls competition between Birkenhead-based studios Onfire Design, Marx Design, Inhouse Design, PHD3 and Forever After. […]
7 years ago by Lana Lopesi
Fresh From The Field — Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre – By Diadem
Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Aotearoa Design Assembly community. Diadem walk us through their design process for Te Pae […]
2 months ago by Jess Lowcher
Under the Hood with Stacey Morrissey, Design Director at Spruik
For the month of March we are shining a special spotlight on Aotearoa women designers – from their work to their stories. In lead up to the Under the Hood […]
2 months ago by Jess Lowcher
DA Workshop | Creating Accessible & Inclusive Digital Design with Anh Duong | Pōneke
Are you a UI/UX designer with a passion for accessibility, yet finding yourself overwhelmed by the vast landscape of knowledge available online? Join us in a workshop crafted to guide designers like you through the essential aspects of creating inclusive designs. Dive into a structured learning experience that tackles accessibility challenges and equips you with the skills to create designs that resonate with everyone.
5 months ago by Kate Garton
Fresh from the Field – One NZ’s onboarding program – by Hula
Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Aotearoa Design Assembly community. Drawing on inspiration from te ngāhere, Aotearoa’s forest ecologies, Hula […]
6 months ago by Jess Lowcher
DA Workshop Tāmaki Makaurau | Elevating Design Leadership: From Manager to Coach
DA WORKSHOP TĀMAKI MAKAURAU Elevating Design Leadership: From Manager to Coach Do you manage people or lead a team in your role? Design Assembly presents a workshop to support you […]
7 months ago by Kate Garton
Semi Permanent 2023 – Pōneke Wellington Speakers Announced!
Are you planning on heading to Semi Permanent this year? Our friends at Semi Permanent have given us a discount code to share with our DA Community. Use the code […]
7 months ago by Jess Lowcher
The Freelancing Diaries: Sharing the deep tea with UI/UX Designer, Jeff Lau
This year we’ve teamed up with Hnry to bring you The Freelancing Diaries: a series helping freelancing creatives navigate self-employed life. From handy resource articles, free-to-attend live webinars, to sharing […]
8 months ago by Jess Lowcher
5 mins with Nikki Gonnissen on the 2023 AGI Conference
In the lead up to the AGI Open Conference taking place on 18-19th September in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland this year, we sat down with one of the featured speakers and AGI member, […]
8 months ago by Jess Lowcher
In Motion With…. Lily Lin
In this series we’re shining a light on some of the people who breathe life and action into design, Aotearoa NZ’s motion designers. This week we sat down with Lily […]
8 months ago by Jess Lowcher
5 mins with Dean Poole on the 2023 AGI Open Conference
We recently had the pleasure of chatting with Dean Poole from Alt Group, who is spearheading the organisation of the AGI Open, which is coming to Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland on […]
8 months ago by Jess Lowcher
On the side with Senior Designer, Lucie Blaze
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 […]
8 months ago by Jess Lowcher
ŌTAUTAHI: Brunch by the Beach for freelance designers
Earlier this year our friends at Rocketspark & Creative Launchpad hosted a community event up in the Bay of Plenty which brought together local freelance designers – from seasoned veterans […]
9 months ago by Jess Lowcher
Alan Deare from Area Design on all things Ramp.
On the eve of the 25th festival we catch up with Alan Deare to ask to talk all things Ramp. Alan’s studio, Area, has a long-standing, collaborative relationship with Wintec | Te […]
9 months ago by Jess Lowcher