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Kia ora and welcome to Design Assembly Conversations. In this series we talk to Aotearoa NZ designers, hear their stories and celebrate their work. In this episode we talked with Kyra and Fiona about the journey of Threaded, from the early days of constructing a framework for the studio and magazine through to the mahi […]

2 years ago by Jess Lowcher

For designers, artists, and illustrators interested in dipping their toes into the NFT art world the NFT XFKTR art competition may be a good place to start. Entrants are free to submit on any style or medium and the three themes for this year’s comp include: Visionary Vibrations, Fearless Futurism, and Zeitgeist Zoo. The winner […]

2 years ago by Jess Lowcher

In August this year we went under the hood with two creative agencies: Tomorrow and Milk, who each walked us through a recent design project from brief to delivery. The event kicks off with Charlotte Sowman, Design Director at Tomorrow took us behind their recent brand refresh for Able, a not-for-profit organisation working in the […]

2 years ago by Jess Lowcher

Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Design Assembly community. Starting from the ground up, EightyOne helped to develop the aspirational name and brand identity for Basketball New Zealand’s equal-pay Women’s National Basketball League. With the identity’s core narrative centred around the concept of “soar”, […]

2 years ago by Jess Lowcher

In ‘Behind the curtain‘ interview series we sit down with Rocketspark Design Partners to learn more about their work in website design, how they got started, and how the Rocketspark platform and partnership program has helped grow their design businesses. This week we chatted with Tonia, owner and designer at Greenhouse Creative on her design […]

2 years ago by Jess Lowcher

This press release was written and shared by our friends at Semi Permanent. Tickets for this year’s event can be purchased here. Creativity and design festival, Semi Permanent, will be hosted in the New Zealand capital of Wellington this October 19-21st 2022, celebrating two decades since its launch. Taking place at the recently restored St […]

2 years ago by Jess Lowcher

Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Design Assembly community. With skyrocketing house prices and the death of the “quarter acre dream”, Richards Partners was challenged to create a name and brand identity for Kingstone Property’s new property development which redefines the urban neighbourhood. The […]

2 years ago by Louise Kellerman

Ahead of our next online Under The Hood event on 31 August, we heard from one of our speakers, Charlotte Sowman, the design director at Tomorrow Charlotte chats with us about her creative background and the brand refresh project for Able, a not-for-profit organisation working in the media accessibility space, which they’ll be presenting at […]

2 years ago by Jess Lowcher

In the ‘Inhouse Luminaries‘ series we profile some of the best and brightest designers in Aotearoa’s in-house design studios. This week we spoke with the Lead Designer at High Impact Innovation Programme, Kelsey Gee who shares how she literally fell into design after an injury in high school and is now using her skills as […]

2 years ago by Jess Lowcher

Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Design Assembly community. Our friends at Curious take us behind their design response for Fuss Pot. Here’s how they developed a brand identity that flipped the script on what it means to be fussy while standing out against […]

2 years ago by Jess Lowcher

‘Meet our Friends’ series is where we take a moment to celebrate and share a little about the diverse studios who make up our DA Friends around Aotearoa Today we spoke to our friends Daylight to learn more about their studio team, culture, and design philosophy. From sharing some their recent work to capping off […]

2 years ago by Jess Lowcher

This article is proudly sponsored by Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington The INFLUX exhibition is this year’s showcase of postgraduate design work at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington which spotlights a wide breadth of work from all design disciplines. The School of Design Innovation | Te Kura Hoahoa presents a showcase of work […]

2 years ago by Jess Lowcher

Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Design Assembly community. This week the team at Ira walk us through their recent brand identity work for Hei Āhuru Mōwai. Based off the Huia feather, a symbol for mana and leadership, the resulting brand identity brings together […]

2 years ago by Jess Lowcher

Wintec Area Design student, Georgina Jervis, is the 2022 RAMP festival intern, we spoke to her to learn more about the opportunity, her background, studying at Wintec and what to look out for this year at RAMP. This year’s RAMP festival runs from 16-18 August. Check the festival event page here for a full list […]

2 years ago by Jess Lowcher

This Type Directors Club project will exhibit at the gallery for three days, spearheaded by creative agency Osborne Shiwan and sponsored by Klim Type Foundry. Direct from its New York showing, this exhibition will showcase an exciting and culturally diverse range of award-winning work chosen by some of the design industry’s most recognised mentors, creative […]

2 years ago by Jess Lowcher

This article was originally shared on Wintec.ac.nz and is proudly sponsored by Wintec This is the 24th year of Wintec’s Ramp Festival which brings Aotearoa-based practitioners and creatives to Kirikiriroa Hamilton, from 16th – 18th August 2022. home’. The event is a unique platform to connect students with a range of creative practitioners and this year’s festival boasts […]

2 years ago by Jess Lowcher

The BJ Ball Student Design Contest has launched for 2022 and is now taking submissions. This year’s theme is ‘Darts in Disguise’ which is a fun twist on Where’s Wally, but using a paper aeroplane (known as a dart). Entries close 4 September and more details can be found below. To register your submission head […]

2 years ago by Jess Lowcher

Incase you missed last month’s Hard Refresh event, the team at Streamtime have shared with us this recap video from one of their speaker sessions on ‘The future for creative individuals and businesses’. In this video Prue Jones, Creative Director of Accenture Interactive, dives into what the immediate future can look like, how the way […]

2 years ago by Jess Lowcher

By Day By Night is an interview series that profiles design teachers from design schools throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. We learn about their role as a teacher and their own personal design practice. Today we hear from Professor Welby Ings who works in the Communication Design Department at the School of Art + Design at […]

2 years ago by Louise Kellerman

Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Design Assembly community. Marx Design take us deep into their strategic thinking and design response behind the brand identity work for Berg, a water-based alcoholic seltzer. Building off of the idea that there is more to this drink […]

2 years ago by Jess Lowcher

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 the unfiltered supply of badly formatted text content, applied to the design verbatim. The designer’s job may or may not be to write all of […]

2 years ago by Rocketspark

The In motion with series shines 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 Renee Jacobi of Daylight who shares a bit about her non-linear career journey, a recent favourite project she’s worked on, and tips for anyone considering […]

2 years ago by Jess Lowcher

In this interview series we sit down with some of the illustrators and designers behind some of Aotearoa NZ’s self published books to learn more about their illustration processes, book print designs, and tips for self publishing.  This week we chatted with Lisa Knowles, the illustrator behind Me and My Quirks This series is proudly […]

2 years ago by Jess Lowcher

Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Design Assembly community. Telling the tale of tea – BrandAid were brought on board by Dilmah to communicate the brand’s rich history and “for good” approach to the younger generation of conscious tea drinkers. The final concept, “Make […]

2 years ago by Louise Kellerman

In our ‘From The Edges’ series we feature Aotearoa NZ Academic Design Projects. Our practice as designers can be seen to be explored, pushed and perhaps become something entirely new where it exists at the edges of our practice in the world of academia. Free from the constraints of commercial outcomes and clients, designers explore […]

2 years ago by Jess Lowcher