What's being a sponsor all about?

Becoming a Designers Institute sponsor shows your support towards the future of New Zealand’s growing design industry. And it’s a partnership of give-and-take, where we’ll work together to find benefits for both of us – we like to keep the channels of communication open. There are three levels of sponsorship to choose from – Platinum, Gold and Silver. For more about what each of these means, please contact Cathy Veninga, The Designers Institute CEO via email or on 09 523 1407.

Benefits of being a sponsor

As a DINZ sponsor we recognise your support of New Zealand designers with tangible benefits for your business:

Your company icon displayed on various pages of our website, a profile on your business and a link through to your website.

  • Membership to Designers Institute in the Sponsor category.
  • Profile in Prodesign magazine.
  • Opportunities to support the professional development programmes of Designers Institute.
  • Networking opportunities and the building of intimate relationships with New Zealand’s top designers.
  • Being on the inside when it comes to discussing the design industry’s direction and growth opportunities.
  • A sense of "putting back" into the industry.
  • Demonstration of business leadership in your chosen field/area of expertise.
  • Up to 15 of your staff can receive regular newsletter updates from Designers Institute.
  • Further promotional opportunities through the year, as they come up.


These are the obvious benefits of being a Designers Institute sponsor, but through keeping our lines of communication open we continue to find a lot of other opportunities for you to leverage. We’d love to talk to you about our many examples of how we’ve promoted our members throughout the year – just give our CEO, Cathy Veninga, a call on 09 523 1407 to find out more.