There’s no time wasted in the ICC Cricket World Cup, when it comes to branding at least. As the 2011 World Cup in Mumbai drew to a close recently, the design for the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup logo ... More …
Fun as it may be to watch laundry do the turns at the laundromat, one community-based public project is making the most out the cleaning activity by providing public arts education and programming opportunities to benefit lower income communities in ... More …
Eating chocolate is tasty but typing on it is another story. And it's a concept clever enough to earn Alt Group another international award. The multidisciplinary design firm is no stranger to winning awards, nabbing 87 national and international ... More …
Breaking down language barriers to engage all New Zealanders in a conversation with our deaf community is a challenge. But that’s exactly what Deaf Aotearoa New Zealand (DANZ) and Wellington design agency Creature hope to do with their new ... More …
When you hear the term ICT, or information and communication technologies, creativity might not be the first descriptive word that springs to mind. But creativity in ICT, along with innovation, are the exact areas the upcoming World Summit Awards (WSA ... More …
There’s any number of opinions as to why some buildings in Christchurch stood up to the quake while others were decimated. Now in a bid to lay those questions to rest, the terms of reference for the The Royal ... More …
As part of a concentrated effort to raise the awareness and attractiveness of the region to domestic and international travellers, Hawke's Bay’s destination branding has received a consolidated makeover. Following a three-month brand review that included visitor responses ... More …
Cup and Show Week is one of the biggest tickets on the Christchurch events calendar, and it’s hoped an initiative announced by the Central City Property Owners and Business Group, Civil Defence and the Christchurch City Council, will help ... More …
We’ve stumbled across this very cool and free (everybody loves free) tool that allows you to easily find what font is being used on a web page. More …
Everyone loves Easter because, whether you’re religious or not, it signals chocolate and holidays. Mmm, chocolate. A while back we featured a story on designer chocolate bar company Bloomsberry & Co finding international success with its slightly naughty and very ... More …
It was a time when Vanilla Ice was cool, Windows 3.0 was released and Tim Berners-Lee came up with a little thing called HTML. But 1990 also saw the birth of a company in Wellington called BNA design. Fast ... More …
2011 marks the 50th year of the famed Milan Design Week, and organisers are celebrating the monumental milestone by giving it the theme, "50 Years Young". No doubt it's gonna be a biggie, and some Kiwi designers getting set ... More …
What’s cheaper than a $2 million giant plastic waka, 150 percent the size of All Black great Michael Jones and will be on display during the Rugby World Cup? More …
What do a hydration blanket for stranded whales, an energy saving nebuliser for respiratory patients, and a practical yet stylish skateboarding shoe with a replaceable outer shell and washable inner have in common? They’re all clever Kiwi inventions that ... More …
One of our Twitter followers has kindly pointed us to this very cool app for designers and font enthusiasts who want to be surrounded by font goodness all of the time. More …