2011-11-17 10:15:20 // Design Daily Team
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Having picked up multiple Best Awards awards in every shade this year — Gold, Silver and Bronze – Stevens and Corban expand on the very collaborative approach undertaken to create the hugely successful Fisher & Paykel Social Kitchen.
2011-10-28 11:09:52 // Design Daily Team
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Next up in our interview series from the Best Awards, Kate and Sam from Studio Alexander discuss their Rotoroa Island Identity project, which picked up both a Silver and Gold Pin at this year’s awards. Winning aside, Kate also discusses why she was disappointed in this year’s judging process.
2011-10-20 13:20:10
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Fraser Gardyne reckons he won his Black Pin for Outstanding Achievement because when it comes to the design industry in New Zealand, he simply “won’t go away”. That and he’s an “old fart”. In our latest video interview from the Best Awards, the principal of graphic design company gardyneHOLT explains why the gratification he felt in his earlier days of design — days when he used to design books — is completely different to the feeling you get these days when you’re designing brands and working with different media like the web. He also tells us why he thinks the Kiwi design industry is "absolutely stunning", in spite of a difficult last few years.
2011-10-14 10:10:59 // Design Daily Team
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If you were a winner at the recent 2011 Best Awards and want to relive the glory, or you couldn’t be at the event but fancy having a nosey at what happened, here’s your chance. In the first of our videos from the event, we check out highlights from the night and also feature an interview with Auckland Mayor Len Brown. He tells us why Auckland is a design-led city and why the creative sector has the best ability to help redefine the city.
2011-10-07 23:01:40 // Design Daily Team
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While there'll be a few people holding their heads in despair, it's all on for the winners at tonight's 2011 Best Awards. Over 600 designers attended the DINZ event, held this year at the swanky new Auckland Viaduct Events Centre. This year set a record for entries, with 812 received in total — the highest in the 23-year history of the event. A multitude of Gold, Silver and Bronze pins were handed out, with four winners picking up the most coveted pin of all, the Purple Pin, representing supreme design within each category.
2011-10-06 11:49:47 // Deirdre Robert
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By now you designers must well and truly be starting to sweat in anticipation of tomorrow night’s Best Awards. One of the biggest events on the designer social calendar, the awards honour design in every shape and form, from graphic to interactive, spatial to product. Over 800 entries were received this year, so the competition will inevitably be tough, but all the more satisfying for those lucky enough to take home gold and purple pins, or the highly sought after John Britten Black Pin. For those who can’t make it and want to see who’s managed to snag a pin, we’ll have all the results online tomorrow night following the ceremony. Even better, we’ll be at the awards with camera in hand, so keep an eye out on our website over the next few weeks for interviews with the winners.
