Architects and designers have been a little slow when it comes to adopting greener building principles, and they need to wake up, according to builder and designer Lawrence McIntyre. His words come after the release of a report on a ... More …
Graphic designer Luke Hayman is a bit of a superstar in the graphic design industry. A partner at independent design consultancy Pentagram since 2006, his expertise range from the design of magazines (he redesigned Time magazine) and books, to identities ... More …
The Meridian First Light house has undergone a major transformation since the last update. For a start, it has undergone a name change to acknowledge our new principle sponsor Meridian. It has also come a long way in the construction ... More …
New Zealand's design students have been putting in quite the winning performance as of late, hauling in some top international awards. More …
Last year’s local architecture awards, held by the New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA), revealed the wealth of stunning, smart and stylish architecture on offer throughout the country. And now the NZIA has selected the absolute best, announcing the ... More …
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Academy Award winning costume designer Ngila Dickson is just one of the presenters getting set to make an appearance at CoLab’s upcoming Envisage Presentation Series which, in conjunction with Film Auckland, will focus on new developments and opportunities in ... More …
While it won’t help fix the most annoying part about hosiery—indiscriminate holes appearing all over the place—Columbine has farewelled its more than 20-year-old look and opted for a visual makeover in a bid to “modernise the Columbine ... More …
The Church has embarked on a pretty expansive journey over the past ten years. Starting out as a small design agency, it’s since gone on to become a design, advertising and communications agency and on Monday, to coincide with ... More …
Could this be the new Hoover Dam? Yheu-Shen Chua’s proposal for an amenity-unifying structure in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River was a standout at the recent 2011 Skyscraper Competition. Here are the results. More …
With a pretty girl in tow, at the recent CeBIT electronics show in Germany, Samsung unveiled its very cool solar powered and transparent LCD television. The prototype is powered by solar panels that feed off the ambient light in the ... More …
You might remember earlier in the year we featured a story about the Unpackit Packaging Awards, an initiative by Wanaka-based resource recovery community enterprise Wastebusters that thrusts into the spotlight the good and the bad when it comes to responsible ... More …
It’s been a staple of the design industry for just shy of 20 years, but spatial, product and graphic design magazine ProDesign is set to permanently close its pages with AGM Publishing announcing the upcoming May issue will be ... More …
The Cement and Concrete Association of New Zealand is on the hunt for those that do it best when it comes to the sustainable use of concrete in building, as part of its 2011 Concrete3 Sustainability Awards. Thee awards are ... More …
Design Assembly has launched its 2011 series of workshops with some new skill sets thrown in for good measure. More …