SOLD OUT! Best of the Best Designers Speak 2012 - April 12th 2012 - Wellington - Supported by Dulux.

Best of the Best Designers Speak - Supported by Dulux. 

20 RAB CPD Points available.

 

Alt Group + Fisher & Paykel - Dean Poole & Mark Elmore

Title: The Social Kitchen.

 

Goodnature - Stu Barr

Title: Goodnature Automatic Humane Possum Trap.

 

Resn - Jonathan Hawke & Wade Cowin

Title: Sponsifier.

 

Studio Pacific Architecture & Warren and Mahoney - Nick Barratt-Boyes & John Howarth

Title: The Rock.

Soundbite: Inside The Rock. 

 

Avanti Design Technology - David Higgins, Stephen James & Jamie McLellan

Title: Avanti Project Evo 2.

Soundbite: Avanti's Stephen James, the project manager responsible for their award winning road bikes, and renowned kiwi designer Jamie McLellan will share their passion for producing high performance kiwi designed speed machines and outline the thinking, insights, process and power of collaboration that are fundamental to Avanti's bike design programme.

 

SPEAKERS:

Dean Poole:

Dean Poole is Creative Director at Alt Group, a multi-disciplinary design studio based in Auckland. Alt Group combines a core of creative people with a rich diversity of design, business backgrounds and experience. This intermix of viewpoints, combined with a multi-disciplinary approach, creates innovative results for a diverse range of projects. As Creative Director, one of Dean's roles is to foster an innovation culture within Alt and to meet every project as a problem to be solved. Alt's work has many forms including brand development, promotional campaigns, interactive design, research studies, and innovation programmes for companies. Alt works with retailers, global fashion designers, national and local government agencies, lawyers, wine makers, academic institutions, architects, artists, dancers, filmmakers, furniture designers, energy providers, and restauranteurs. Alt has helped conceptualise and deliver on a number of national interest projects including the 'Better by Design' initiative and the New Zealand New Thinking brand. Alt's work has won numerous International awards including the Black Book Annual Report Awards (New York), the ARC Awards (New York), SEGD Awards (Washington) the Australian Graphic Design Awards (Sydney), and the Best Design Awards (New Zealand). Their work for fashion clients is held in the collections of the Musée Galliera, Paris and the Auckland Museum. Dean graduated from Elam Art School in 1993. He is a professional member of the Design Management Institute (Boston) the Australian Graphic Designers Association, American Institute of Graphic Arts (New York) and the Designers' Institute of New Zealand. Dean is currently developing material for a collaborative publication about innovation and design thinking.

Mark Elmore:

Stu Barr:

 

Nick Barratt-Boyes:

Nick Barratt-Boyes has been a director of Studio Pacific Architecture since the studio's founding in 1992. He has over 23 years experience as an architect and has travelled extensively, working on projects across a diverse range of countries, from Germany, France, the Netherlands and Britain to Estonia and Uzbekistan. With a strong interest in urban design and strategic masterplanning, Nick has taught and lectured internationally in urban design and is an Independent Commissioner (Urban Design) for Wellington City Council, as well as an assessor for the New Zealand Architects Registration Board.

John Howarth:

John Howarth is the Acting CEO and Chief Operating Officer of Wellington International Airport. He trained as a Civil Engineer and has an extensive background in project management, construction and facilities management.

Stephen James:

Stephen is the project lead for Avanti’s award winning Evo performance bikes. Stephen has had a strong interest in road bikes since he was young racing professionally overseas and for New Zealand in both road and track disciplines. After several seasons he joined the New Zealand road team as their head mechanic. Still actively riding he has developed the same passion for designing bikes that suit all types of riders from those beginning in the sport to elite riders competing and succeeding at the very highest level. Working within a team of just five kiwi product designers and engineers, Avanti bikes have continued to enjoy international success in all disciplines of the sport and demand for the brand is growing internationally. At the core of this success is the Avanti Design Technology (ADT) program which has led to many of the brands breakthrough in bike design and enabled them to continue to push the boundaries in creating some of the lightest, stiffest and fastest bikes on the planet! All from a small office in Mount Wellington. Stephen will not only share his passion for producing these kiwi speed machines but will also outline the thinking, process and indeed the science behind the ADT program and its newest success story, the Evo’s.

Jamie McLellan:

 

 

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Posted on: December 13, 2011