Zoe Ikin, Studio Alexander |
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Zoe Ikin is a recent AUT Graphic Design Graduate who joined the Studio Alexander team in late 2007. Zoe spent one semester of her degree at design school in Salzburg, Austria, returning to New Zealand for her final year. Her graduation project was a finalist in the 2008 Best Design Awards Student Category and was featured in Urbis magazine’s young talent section.
As a designer at Studio Alexander, Zoe has been involved in a range of brand projects: designing both for print and online.
Zoe’s passion for design extends outside of work. In her spare time she designs and makes silver jewellery. Among her latest work is a range of sterling silver brooches in the shape of Helvetica Boldletter – forms (available from endemicworld.com).
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Matt von Trott, Oktobor |
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Matt is one of the most experienced digital designers in the southern hemisphere. He has a passion for good design, motion graphics, and animation and has put this to good use for high profile brands since 1995.
Working with a wide range of digital media has given Matt a unique skill set to draw from. He brings this broad view to all his projects, and in a medium where many things are possible, Matt has the right experience to see the creative opportunities that might otherwise be missed.
This approach has seen Matt’s work gain critical acclaim in the form of healthy roster of awards. He is currently working as the Digital Design Director at Oktobor where his focus on creating unique screen based experiences that bring together the collective creative talent of the company.
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Leone Murphy, Designworks |
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As Creative Strategist, Leone's role is to act as the bridge between business strategy and the design team. Helping with the development of the brand strategy, the setting of the creative directions as well as planning and driving of subsequent work streams.
Originally from New Zealand, Leone has spent over 10 years working as a brand and communications strategist in Hong Kong, Madrid, New York, Milan and London. This includes work for FutureBrand London, MetaLondon, John Ryan International, InterBrand, J. Walter Thompson HK and Bates Asia. Her clients included Glaxo Smith Kline, Lynx, Nokia, HSBC Telefonica, Orange and Sony PlayStation.
She has spent the majority of this time creating on and off-line branding solutions, combining consulting and creative skills with strategy and design. The work has involved helping organisations differentiate themselves, their products and their services, creating new brands, and influencing how consumers perceive, understand and interact with these 'Pureplay' or 'Clicks-and-Mortar' companies.
Back in New Zealand, Leone has been deeply involved in the rebranding of local success stories Methven and Comvita – including its skincare brand Huni – as well as leading the development of major wayfinding programmes for the Auckland International Airport and the Ministry of Justice.
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Kent Sneddon MDINZ, Methven |
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- Invited to play league cricket in Nottingham, England in 1990
- Studied Industrial Design at School of Design - Wellington Polytechnic – 1991 - 1994.
- Moved to Auckland, New Zealand and began with one of NZ foremost design consultancies Peter Haythornthwaite Design in 1995
- Working on a number of award winning projects ranging from remote controls, consumer goods, signage, agricultural vehicles, exhibit spaces and Furniture.
- Joined Fisher and Paykel appliances in 1997 starting with final detail design of the award winning Dishdrawer product then moving in to refrigeration and laundry products developing new concepts and processes through to production.
- Traveled extensively while undertaking design based research throughout Australasia, USA and Europe developing an understanding and awareness for what drives consumers in these markets.
- In 2002 appointed Lead Designer – Future Products - F&P – Collaborating with the various teams to set a design program for the next 5 yrs; providing product concepts and prototypes to guide F&P future design direction and culture.
- 2004 NZ ‘Best design award’ judge
- 2005 NZ ‘Best design award’ judge
- 2006 NZ plastics award judge
- In 2006 Joined Methven as Head of Design
- 2007 appointed Methven Head global group R&D
- 2007 - 2008 best design awards - Various
- 2008 Australian international design award - Gold Award - Satinjet Kiri
- 2007 and 2008 Dyson award judge
- 2008 NZ plastics awards - Various - including Supreme Award - Tahi Shower System
- 2008 Good design award - Chicago - Tahi Thermostatic mixer
- 2009 Australian international design award - gold award - Tahi Shower system
Design Philosophy
Design is about observing, listening, understanding, solving problems and provides desirability, to develop a vision for the client or a company and guide them to a future not just provide them with a short term answer. Design projects are a complex tangle of processes, markets, commercial reality and the most complex of all; the people we interact with, how we collaborate, influence and ‘sell’ the concept not only to our fellow designers but our marketing teams, our management team and finally the consumer and the experiential expectation. Creating the idea is one aspect of design, getting the rest of the team on board is the other.
Methven Design
We have a great technology in Satinjet, a unique showering platform from which we can develop and translate into our future design program. Our design program focuses not only on technically brilliant products but products of desirability and sophistication, products that fit with the various needs of our customers.
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Kris Sowersby, Klim |
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Kris Sowersby graduated from the Wanganui School of Design in 2003. After brief employment as a graphic designer he started the Klim Type Foundry in 2005, currently based in Wellington, New Zealand. His first retail typeface, Feijoa, was released onto the international market in 2007.
National, Sowersby’s second retail release, won a Certificate of Excellence from the Type Designers Club, New York in 2008. Since then he has received two more Certificates of Excellence (Serrano, Hardys) and worked on various custom and retail typefaces including FF Meta Serif, the seriffed sibling of the renowned FF Meta.
Sowersby’s reputation for typeface design has lead to his working with, and for, contemporary typographic luminaries such as Christian Schwartz, Erik Spiekermann, Chester Jenkins, House Industries, DNA Design and Pentagram.
Sowersby’s typefaces combine historical knowledge with contemporary craftmanship & finish. The Klim Type Foundry markets its typefaces exclusively through Village.
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Hayden Vink, DNA |
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Hayden has had a hands-on role in almost every aspect of web development, from interface design and programming to content development and high-level strategy. In recent years, he has worked primarily in the field of digital product design.
In 2002 he founded Hansel, a Wellington-based interaction design consultancy, which merged with DNA in 2007.
At DNA, Hayden is part of a diverse team of strategists with research, online, retail, product development, marketing and real-world business management expertise. He manages DNA's Auckland-based Online team, and leads DNA's online user experience practice. His work has spanned a wide range of project types, including web applications, mobile applications, portals, content management systems, and interactive kiosks for clients such as BNZ, Inland Revenue, Ministry of Health, ACC, Telecom, Victoria University and Powershop.
Hayden leads DNA's Powershop team, who worked closely with Simon Coley and his team to design the Powershop application.
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Simon Coley, Powershop |
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Any part of the Powershop experience that a customer or potential customer can see (or hear) is Simon's responsibility. This extends across the entire customer lifecycle, including above-the-line campaign management, online acqusition, Powershop public website, and Powershop application look and feel and usability. Simon has extensive experience in visual communication, online product design & development and sales and marketing. Simon began his career in the design and advertising industry in NZ before a long stint in London where he ran his own design firm, was an establishing member of the early Silicon Valley internet consultancy, Viant in Europe and was appointed Creative Director for the global interactive marketing firm Agency.com. Back in New Zealand Simon helped NZTE to develop Better by Design as it's founding Creative Director and then went on to work with Geoff Ross to sell 42 Below vodka to the world. The promise of working on projects that would revolutionise the energy industry enticed him to come and work with Meridian Energy in 2007. Simon's introduction to Powershop was a fortunate accident. Simon was working on other strategic projects at Meridian and an overflow at the old offices saw him "temporarily" occupying a desk at the Powershop office. Through a process of osmosis Simon soon took up a core role of the Powershop management team as Creative Director come Head of Sales and Marketing.
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Peter Mitchell, Studio Pacific
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Peter Mitchell has been with Studio Pacific since 2000 and has been an associate since 2005. He received his Bachelor of Building Science and Bachelor of Architecture from Victoria University of Wellington.
Peter has worked on a wide range of projects ranging from small residential housing such as the Rawhiti Bach to the multi-unit Courtyard Houses; as well as large scale Masterplanning and Landscaping projects including: Kumutoto, located on the Wellington City waterfront; Kawarau Falls Station, Lake Wakatipu; and The Waterfront, Seatoun.
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Dan Males, Isthmus |
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Dan is an Associate at Isthmus one the leading Landscape Architecture and Urban Design practices with offices in Auckland, Tauranga and Wellington. He joined Isthmus in 2006 following work in America, China, and London.
Isthmus is a New Zealand-based design practice with an international profile in executing award-winning Landscape Architecture, Urban Design and Landscape Planning. With a design-focus and innovative approach Isthmus work with local government and private sector clients, and collaborate with community and cultural groups and other disciplines to improve the quality and richness of our cities, towns and landscapes. Isthmus have been involved in some of the best built and designed work in New Zealand, including award winning coastal and waterfront sites, streetscape upgrades, new city parks, major infrastructure projects and master-planned communities that create a legacy for the future.
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