Wintec School of Media Arts Creative Showcase
NOV - DEC 2022 Fresh talent from the School of Media Arts share their mahi and perform for their peers, whānau and the public. Come celebrate this next wave of creatives at one (or more) of our showcase events in Kirikiriroa Hamilton. The events represent the range of disciplines studied at The School of […]
WELLINGTON DA Event: EOY Wrap Party 2022
Join your fellow designers and creatives to share our experiences of this year and celebrate the start of summer! This is a low-key networking event for members of our Design Assembly community and beyond, hosted by our good Design Assembly Friends at Isthmus. Your ticket will gain you entry into Isthmus, nibbles and a couple of […]
“Kaleidoscope” – Yoobee Creative Digital Design Students Exhibition
We are shining light on students work at Yoobee’s upcoming Creative Digital Design Kaleidoscope Diploma showcase A kaleidoscope creates movement and reflection – with light and change we can bring things together to create magic. The world is ever changing and it’s through this change, we are given the opportunities to create. We overlap and […]
CHRISTCHURCH DA Event: SOY Social 2023
Save the date! We're doing things a little different in Ōtautahi! Instead of celebrating the end of the year, we're teaming up with our Design Assembly Friends at Strategy Christchurch to kick off 2023 with a low-key networking event for members of our Design Assembly community and beyond and to celebrate their new office space. Your ticket […]
WELLINGTON DA Workshop: Discover Your Designer DNA with Jason Biggs
**Ticket sales close 27 Feb What would happen if we could finally put a name to the things we do best – our innate personality strengths – and access them on the daily to help achieve our personal and career goals? Discover Your Designer DNA We all have talents; naturally recurring ways of thinking, feeling, […]
WELLINGTON DA Event: DA Women In Design Lunch
Design Assembly was born out of the desire to see more representation and participation for women in the creative industry in Aotearoa—all this time later, we are still fostering this mission. We're celebrating International Womens Day (everyday) with a private lunch for our female-identifying Design Assembly Friends. Max 2 tickets per studio or 1 per individual […]
AUCKLAND DA Event: DA Women In Design Lunch
Design Assembly was born out of the desire to see more representation and participation for women in the creative industry in Aotearoa—all this time later, we are still fostering this mission. We're celebrating International Womens Day (everyday) with a private lunch our female-identifying Design Assembly Friends at Orphan's Kitchen. Strictly limited to 30 spots. P.S: […]
CHRISTCHURCH DA Event: Women in Design Lunch
Design Assembly was born out of the desire to see more representation and participation for women in the creative industry in Aotearoa—all this time later, we are still fostering this mission. We’re celebrating International Womens Day (everyday) with a private lunch our female-identifying Design Assembly Friends at Orphan’s Kitchen. A private event for our female […]
ONLINE DA Event: Under The Hood March — Women In Design
Under The Hood March 2023 Get Tickets You are invited to join us online as two creatives walk us through how a design project worked. Each designer will share the brief, how they approached it, talk us through that internal feedback loop – This is too hard! It’s not working! Why did I decide to be a […]
AUCKLAND DA Workshop: Discover Your Designer DNA with Jason Biggs
Workshop Venue TBC What would happen if we could finally put a name to the things we do best – our innate personality strengths – and access them on the daily to help achieve our personal and career goals? Discover Your Designer DNA We all have talents; naturally recurring ways of thinking, feeling, or […]
Papamoa Event: Brunch by the Beach
Design Assembly has partnered with Rocketspark on this unique event created for freelance graphic designers. DA Friends ask us about the discount code! Come together to connect with other designers, hear from Reuben Woods about his award winning branding process, and get practical advice from a panel of successful freelancers. Plus, enjoy some tasty treats […]
AUCKLAND DA Event: Autumn Conversations – Design & AI
Welcome to Design Assembly New Zealand Autumn Conversations! In this event, we’ll be exploring the fascinating intersection of design and artificial intelligence. Our theme is “Design and AI: How to use AI in your design process.” Tickets are FREE for DA Friends - Access tickets with your special code The world of design […]
WELLINGTON DA Events: Autumn Conversations – Design & AI
Welcome to Design Assembly New Zealand Autumn Conversations! In this event, we’ll be exploring the fascinating intersection of design and artificial intelligence. Our theme is “Design and AI: How to use AI in your design process.” Tickets are FREE for DA Friends - Access tickets with your special code The world of design […]
CHRISTCHURCH DA Event: Autumn Conversations – Design & AI
Welcome to Design Assembly New Zealand Autumn Conversations. In this event, we’ll be exploring the fascinating intersection of design and artificial intelligence. Our theme is “Design and AI: How to use AI in your design process.” The world of design is constantly evolving, and AI is one of the most exciting developments of recent years. […]
CHRISTCHURCH DA Workshop: Discover Your Designer DNA with Jason Biggs
What would happen if we could finally put a name to the things we do best – our innate personality strengths – and access them on the daily to help achieve our personal and career goals? Discover Your Designer DNA We all have talents; naturally recurring ways of thinking, feeling, or behaving that can be […]
WELLINGTON DA Workshop: Writing & Presenting for Designers with Mark Easterbrook
A deep dive into the art of writing and presenting, to help you support your design work. In the first half of the day, we’ll step above the nuts and bolts of grammar and spelling and look at what makes good writing good, so you can develop your confidence with the written word. In the […]
‘Type as Monument’: a talk by Alistair McCready (Monolith)
Alistair McCready’s Type as Monument returns, this time in Te Whanganui-a-Tara on 11 May 2023 The Aotearoa chapter of the Society of Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD) and Design Assembly invite you to an evening exploring typographic design and its history with Alistair McCready from Monolith. Meet at the Isthmus Te Whanganui-a-Tara studio on […]
AUCKLAND DA Workshop: Writing & Presenting for Designers with Mark Easterbrook
A deep dive into the art of writing and presenting, to help you support your design work. In the first half of the day, we’ll step above the nuts and bolts of grammar and spelling and look at what makes good writing good, so you can develop your confidence with the written word. In the […]
ONLINE WEBINAR: How to protect your brand with Word – An introduction to building Word templates
In this 45 minute session we’ll delve into the world of Word templates, and how they can help businesses look after the brands you’ve created for them, all in the context of a high-speed letterhead template demonstration build. Who is the workshop for? This is for anyone who wants to demystify the world of […]
AUCKLAND Tāmaki Makaurau DA Event | Annual Pub Quiz 2023
The DA Annual Pub Quiz is back for 2023! Join us on Thursday 15 June for an evening of graphic design, arts and culture trivia to win the great Design Assembly Annual Quiz....along with bragging rights and the 'oh-so-desirable' kitsch DA trophy to proudly display in a prominent spot! Pit the combined brainpower of your […]
AUCKLAND | Welcome to Te Ao Māori with Johnson McKay
Please note: at this stage this is the only 'Welcome to Te Ao Māori' workshop we will be running this year Welcome to Te Ao Māori Design Assembly in partnership with Ira is delighted to announce 'Welcome to Te Ao Māori' Workshop at Te Noho Kotahitanga Marae Unitec in Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland on Thursday 22 […]
AUCKLAND | Redesigning Aotearoa with Johnson McKay
Please note: at this stage this is the only 'Redesigning Aotearoa' workshop we will be running this year Redesigning Aotearoa Design Assembly in partnership with Ira is delighted to announce 'Redesigning Aotearoa' | a workshop at Te Noho Kotahitanga Marae Unitec in Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland on Friday 23 June 2023. This workshop is a full-day, immersive experience […]
AUCKLAND DA Workshop: Taking advantage of AI to elevate your design practice
*DA Friends receive $150 off per ticket. Join as a DA Friend Today! **DA Plus Friends, if you'd like to apply one of your free workshop tickets email us for the access code. Following on from the Autumn Conversation series exploring AI & Design, we invite you to join Giselle Scott (Digital Product Designer […]
ONLINE DA EVENT | Under The Hood | July 2023
You are invited to join us online as two creatives walk us through how a design project worked. Each designer will share the brief, how they approached it, talk us through that internal feedback loop – This is too hard! It’s not working! Why did I decide to be a designer?! – and out to the other […]
Auckland | DA Lunch Club
This winter edition of the DA Lunch Club is for all those who work in management and leadership roles within Aotearoa NZ creative businesses. Join us for a delicious meal while we connect with leaders in the creative industry and learn from our featured speakers who'll be sharing and discussing what healthy creative businesses look like. Special […]
AUCKLAND DA Half-day Workshop | Motion Design for Designers | 2 August 2023
AUCKLAND DA half-day workshop | Motion Design for Designers Would you like us to run this workshop in Christchurch or Wellington? Email kate@designassembly.org.nz to register your interest. We need 10 people to run a DA Workshop in your area. As we all know...the world is in constant motion and it’s time to leave that boring static design […]
RAMP Festival
"Haere Mai Ramp 2023 In recent times, we’re seeing the escalation of the adverse effects of humanity as we lose literal and psychic space in our built and virtual environments. In some ways, art is akin to the creative act of nature, which made us think, what can the arts do to respond to […]
HAMILTON: DA x Rocketspark Kōrero
Join your local designer community for an informal get-together – a chance to share a drink and some kai and have a conversation with your design friends old and new. First drink on Design Assembly. This event at Last Place Bar is proudly brought to you by Design Assembly and Rocketspark in celebration of the […]
AUCKLAND: UX Crash Course
Our friends at UX Gym are hosting this UX Crash Course workshop in both Auckland and Wellington. Get hands-on experience of a human-centred approach to UX design in this intensive one-day course. This course gives you a solid grounding in the principles and theories behind a modern, user-centred design process and practical experience taking […]
AUCKLAND: Design Research Workshop
Our friends at UX Gym are hosting this Design Research workshop A practical introduction to user or customer research. Learn the theory and practise the methods of modern design research as you design a research project from scratch, implement it, analyse the findings, and communicate the insights you discover. How does it work? This […]
CHRISTCHURCH: Brunch By The Beach
Come along to the New Brighton Surf Club for a unique event created for freelance graphic designers! DA Friends can use the code DAFRIEND at checkout for a discount on their tickets. Brunch by the Beach in Christchurch is an opportunity to connect with other local designers, learn from Matt Innes about his award-winning branding […]
AUCKLAND: User Interface (UI) Design Workshop
This workshop is hosted by our friends at UX Gym. Learn how to design a user interface (UI) by learning how people understand and make decisions when using screen-based interfaces, and how to respond to this when making your own design decisions. In this course you put everything you learn into practice by creating your […]
AUCKLAND TĀMAKI MAKAURAU DA Event: Spring Conversations | Design & Placemaking
Welcome to Design Assembly's Spring Conversations 2023! This time we will be exploring the role that design plays in creating a sense of place. Tickets are FREE for DA Friends - Access tickets with your special code Placemaking is an approach where people work together to make places better, not only for themselves but for […]
ONLINE EVENT | Freelancing Diaries: All about ACC
This year we’ve teamed up with Hnry to bring you ‘The Freelancing Diaries’, a series helping freelancing creatives find financial success and navigate self-employed life. In this free webinar Hnry's Customer Finance Manager, Sophie Parrott, will be taking us through some of the key things creative freelancers need to know about ACC - including how […]
Doing Design Differently Auckland: Panel with George Aye
CoDesignCo, in collaboration with the University of Auckland's Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries, presents the "Doing Design Differently Auckland: Panel with George Aye," which critically examines the evolving landscape of social design in Australia and Aotearoa, emphasising ethical considerations. George Aye, co-founder of Greater Good Studio, will be joined by panellists Cecelia Faumuina, Kaan […]
CHRISTCHURCH ŌTAUTAHI DA Event: Spring Conversations | Design & Placemaking
Welcome to Design Assembly's Spring Conversations 2023! This time we will be exploring the role that design plays in creating a sense of place. Tickets are FREE for DA Friends - Access tickets with your special code Placemaking is an approach where people work together to make places better, not only for themselves but for […]
WELLINGTON PŌNEKE DA Event: Spring Conversations | Design & Placemaking
Welcome to Design Assembly's Spring Conversations 2023! This time we will be exploring the role that design plays in creating a sense of place. Tickets are FREE for DA Friends - Access tickets with your special code Placemaking is an approach where people work together to make places better, not only for themselves but for […]
DA Workshop | PŌNEKE WELLINGTON | Welcome to Te Ao Māori with Johnson McKay
Design Assembly, in partnership with Ira, is delighted to announce a 'Welcome to Te Ao Māori' workshop in Pōneke Wellington on Thursday 21 September 2023. This workshop is a full-day, immersive experience dedicated to developing cultural intelligence and creative solutions through a Te Ao Māori worldview. The only cultural workshop created specifically for those who […]
DA Workshop | PŌNEKE WELLINGTON | Redesigning Aotearoa with Johnson McKay
Redesigning Aotearoa Design Assembly in partnership with Ira is delighted to announce 'Redesigning Aotearoa' a workshop in Pōneke Wellington on Friday 22 September 2023. This workshop is a full-day, immersive experience dedicated to developing cultural intelligence and creative solutions through a Te Ao Māori worldview. The only cultural workshop created specifically for those who work with […]
Creatives for Climate Auckland Climate Festival Panel
Creatives for Climate is a global movement of storytellers and solutionists divesting their talent from destruction, and using their narrative power to build a just and regenerative world The global NGO has a mission and mandate to kick start an action plan across Aotearoa, and as a first step, is inviting local industry leaders to […]