Meet our Friends… Fresh Concept

‘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. Today we spoke to our friends Fresh Concept to learn more about their work in creative placemaking and how space and community are at the heart of what they […]

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Fresh from the Field – Stabicraft – Onfire Design

Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Design Assembly community. In this week’s FFTF, Onfire Design take us behind their recent web design and build for Stabicraft, New Zealand’s largest trailer boat manufacturer. Pushing the boundaries is something that’s in Stabicraft’s DNA and in partnering […]

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Inhouse Luminaries … Alister Coyne, Auror

The Inhouse Luminaries series profiles some of the best and brightest designers in Aotearoa’s in-house design studios.  This week we spoke with Auror‘s Inhouse Director of Product Design, Alister Coyne, who shares with us everything from his creative career journey to a day-in-the-life with Auror creative team and helpful tips for anyone considering the inhouse […]

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Fresh From The Field — COVID-19 Health Hub – By RUSH

Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Design Assembly community. Rush share with us their design response behind the digital tools developed in collaboration with the Ministry of Health for the Covid-19 Health Hub. From transforming the ‘My COVID Record’ design system into a set of […]

3 years ago by

E Whai Ake Nei | Matariki Exhibition opening

The staff, students, and alumni of the Te Wāhanga Waihanga-Hoahoa (Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation) at Te Herenga Waka will be sharing their work in the upcoming E Whai Ake Nei ( Matariki Exhibition ) at the Te Aro Campus Atrium between 11-22 July.  The exhibition will kick off with a guest lecture […]

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Under the Hood with… Logan Bradley, Creative Director at Curative

Ahead of our next online Under The Hood event on 6 July, we learnt more about one of our speakers, Logan Bradley, creative director at Curative. Along with having a background in multimedia design, independent fashion, film production, and social work and an expert eye and contemporary aesthetic that has been responsible for many awarded […]

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Bright Awards 2022: Entries opening in August

The Bright Award is a nationwide creative arts competition designed specifically for high school students. Winners receive a $1000 cash prize to continue pursuing their creative careers and a $3000 award for their school. Entries are in the categories of graphic design, photography, gaming, animation and web & interactive. Entries open to Year 12 and […]

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Fresh From The Field — Curatif – By Marx Design

Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Design Assembly community. Marx Design walk us through their redesign for Curatif’s cocktails Essentials range.  Building upon the playful illustrative approach of the existing range, the team at Marx brought the energy of the drink’s provenance, history and occasion […]

3 years ago by

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 affect of empathy based leadership on staff churn rates. Andy also shares with us his thoughts on leading and hiring for a healthier, happier team […]

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Under the hood with … Ella Hampshire-Perks, Graphic Designer and Director of PERKS

Ahead of our next online Under The Hood event on 6 July, we learnt more about one of our speakers, Ella Hampshire-Perks of PERKS Ella is a Graphic Designer and Director of PERKS, a purposefully small branding studio that supports SME’s to grow through thought-led design. PERKS is a nimble and mostly remote studio that […]

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In celebration of Matariki: Meet the artist Geoff Popham

Geoff Popham is the artist and designer whose visual designs can be seen on ANZ’s ATM screens across Aotearoa NZ this year in celebration of Matariki. In this article, we learn about Geoff’s creative background along with his inspiration and the meanings behind his design. Originally published on ANZ, watch the video here.  Geoff Popham’s […]

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Fresh From The Field — Creative HQ – Brand Identity – By Ocean Design

Fresh from the Field is a weekly article series sharing the fresh and inspiring work of our Design Assembly community. Ocean Design shared with us their design response behind their recent brand strategy and identity work for Creative HQ. After conducting research to hear from stakeholders, partners, and staff, the Ocean Design team identified a key […]

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Next Week: Hard Refresh 2022, a free virtual conference with Live Talks and Masterclasses

Our friends over at Streamtime will be running Hard Refresh, a free virtual conference on 28 June. During the event Streamtime will talk to top creative experts around the world through their live speaker sessions along with host masterclasses on a range of topics including Onboarding Large Teams, Managing Agile Products, and more. See the […]

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DA Conversations Podcast with Stephen McCarthy

Kia ora and welcome to Design Assembly Conversations. In this series we talk to Aotearoa NZ designers, hear their stories and celebrate their work. Stephen is founder and co creative Director of McCarthy Design based in Ōtautahi Christchurch. He’s been designing for over 25 years, worked in small and large studios, made 5 albums in […]

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Capability building: Content and UX workshops by Springload

This week we sat down with our friends over at Springload to learn a little more about their upcoming workshops and trainings in Content and UX. Whether you’re a career changer who’s new to content design or UX or perhaps looking to top up your exisiting skills, Springload have a range of workshops planned throughout […]

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Fresh From The Field — Caetano Family Chiropractic – By nim Creative

nim Creative shared with us how they developed the branding identity for Caetano Family Chiropractic. Working with a limited budget, nim Creative were able to develop a gentle look and feel utilising heart and vertebrae symbols which delivered on the client’s vision of family and health and tied into the Chiropractic industry. Want to submit […]

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Behind the curtain with Claire & Beka of The Renew Room, Rocketspark Design Partner

In this 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 Claire & Beka, the directors and creative minds at The Renew Room.  […]

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Ōtara 4.0: a Māori and Pasifika Creative Tech Speaker Series by Media Design School

This week we heard from Media Design School on their speaker series, Ōtara 4.0, a collection of five evenings featuring speakers of Māori and Pasifika heritage from the creative technologies sector who share their career stories and insights. This post is proudly sponsored by Media Design School.   Currently, Māori and Pasifika only represent about […]

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Opportunity to shine a light on Matariki

Third year Communication Design student, Jordan Tane (Ngāpuhi), has designed nine posters – one for each Matariki star – which will be displayed around AUT campuses. For Jordan, the opportunity to be involved in the celebration of Matariki at AUT in its first year as a public holiday was a huge honour.  “The fact that […]

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Fresh From The Field — Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts – By Culture and Theory

Culture and Theory share with us their design thinking and strategic response behind the recent brand identity work for Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts – which outlines a bold, contemporary expression to consolidate the Festival’s rich legacy while galvanising a new, younger generation of New Zealanders. Want to submit your own work to […]

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Between the Pages with… Becs Bartells

The ‘Between the Pages‘ series chats with 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 Becs Bartells, the author and illustrator of Go Girl Go. This series is proudly sponsored by […]

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Fresh From The Field – Altura Coffee By White Rabbit

Altura Coffee reached out to the coffee fiends at White Rabbit to create a special edition Coffee Cup design to celebrate their 30th anniversary in NZ. Fueled by many coffees a day, the design team were stoked to create custom illustrations representing Altura’s accolades and show off the uniqueness of this Kiwi brand in their […]

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By Day By Night, George Hajian

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 personal design practice. Today we hear from Dr. George Hajian who works in the Communication Design Department at the School of Art + Design at […]

3 years ago by

‘Counter Colonial: A critique through an ancestral lens’

Dr. Bobby Luke (Ngāti Ruanui), Te Kura Hoahoa—School of Design Innovation lecturer at Te Herenga Waka is part of the fresh vanguard of Māori Fashion designers and academic that demonstrate decolonial constructs of western fashion ‘thinking and making’, decentralizing western design theory and emphasizing an authentic Māori indigenous lens. His indigenous clothing label, Campbell Luke, […]

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In Motion With…. Shaun Madgwick Meet the Motion Designers of Aotearoa NZ

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 Shaun Madgwick, a freelance motion designer who also runs MDGA ( Motion Designers Guild of Aotearoa ), which aims to bring together the wide range […]

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