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Idealog—in the ideas business

  • It’s environmental: Kiwi entries plucked from a field of 450 to win prestigious built environment design awards

    2011-06-15 13:20:31 // // The Idealog Blog | 2 comments
    Every year the SEGD Design Awards scan the globe for the best in communication design for the built environment. And this year, two clever Kiwi concepts have been selected from a vast international field to take home awards.
  • Studio Alexander’s new, yet not so new, managing director

    2011-03-23 16:27:01 // // The Idealog Blog | 1 comment
    When we spoke to Kate Alexander of Studio Alexander at last year's Best Design Awards (see video interview here), she said she loved working with her old man because there was so much to learn from him. Now it seems she's learned enough to ease herself into the position of managing director of the design and brand agency she co-founded with her father in 1999. In the meantime her father and fellow Studio Alexander co-founder, Grant Alexander, is still very much in the picture as a director of the company.
  • Best of Best: Studio Alexander keep it in the family

    2010-10-20 09:47:28 // // The Idealog Blog
    Having won several Gold awards in the past, this year’s Best Design Awards resulted in a first for Studio Alexander, with the team taking home the overall graphics award for their three-dimensional safety installation for Fletcher Construction. The secret to their winning success? Well for starters, it helps to have a young and talented team, and a courageous client who’s open to new ideas. But, as Grant and Kate Alexander tell us, the challenges of the project extended beyond the realms of design.