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DINZ Fellows 2007
Meet the new Fellows added in 2007...more »
DINZ Design Law: Intellectual Property-Managing and Commercialising your IP
12 Jul 2008 DINZ: Design Law presented by James Carnie, Principal, Clendons to Chch;Wgtn;Akld;Tauranga: AUCKLAND - venue: University of Auckland Business ...more »
BeST Design Awards 2007 Commemorative Book
11 Jul 2008 has been delivered into studios. If you were a BeST Design Awards 2007 entrant, member or a sponsor of the Designers Institute you will receive a ...more »
Commemorative BeST Design Awards 2007 e-Book
10 Jul 2008 can be viewed online on http://digital.crowtherblayne.com.au/?xml=dinz.xml Forward the link to everyone you know to promote your design contribution ...more »
Artist, prankster, streaker? Guerilla marketer joins The Pond.
8 Jul 2008 Looking to grab attention with thinking a little outside the traditional media square? Check out the work of new Pond member, Hadleigh Averill. The ...more »
The Pond. Unique. Innovative. And now a Platinum sponsor.
8 Jul 2008 The Pond, best known for its award-winning Writer's Block', has come on board as a DINZ Platinum sponsor. The Pond is a team of creative consultants ...more »
DINZ & Hothouse Design Skills: Life Cycle Thinking series
4 Jul 2008 The 'Life Cycle Thinking' series of workshops has been proposed by Locus Research and Unitec to provide a crucial bridge for the uptake of ...more »
DINZ Design Business Series: exclusive to DINZ Associate, Professional, Fellow Members only
3 Jul 2008 Building the Business Capability of DINZ Members Designed and delivered by WHK Business Growth This will be as two series. Series One is a half day ...more »
DINZ Design Skills: INNOVATIONZ: Can NZ Make It?
2 Jul 2008 Six views, six 10 minutes presentations from researchers, teachers and practitioners at the University of Auckland that show interim thoughts for ...more »
Dyson Product Design Award - Winner & Finalists
2 Jul 2008 The 2008 Dyson Product Design Award winner was Alexander Wastney. Alexander is a 22 year old industrial designer working in New Plymouth. His ...more »
INNOVATIVE KIWI DESIGN ACQUIRED BY NEW YORK'S MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
2 Jul 2008 New Zealand designers have once again proven that New Zealand design is world class with New Zealand designed Lomak, a computer product for the ...more »
Winner 2007 Dyson Product Design Award Stephen Smith - UK firm invests in cool design
1 Jul 2008 A 24-year-old industrial design graduate from Greenhithe will start a five-year contract as an egineer at Dyson's Research and Design Centre in ...more »
Copyright (Artists' Resale Right) Amendment Bill 2008
24 May 2008 1. Introduction The Copyright (Artists' Resale Rights) Amendment Bill was introduced into Parliament on 14 May 2008, and would insert a new Part 9A ...more »
Help grow the next wave of New Zealand creative talent.
23 May 2008 Are you willing to act as a mentor to young designers setting up their creative businesses? Yes, then please read on. The 'Generator is a ...more »
Congratulations to Dulux for winning Green Gold
14 May 2008 Dulux New Zealand won Green Gold at the 10th Wellington Region Gold Awards for business excellence last week. The award recognises Dulux's ...more »
DINZ Design Talk - Cynthia E.Smith from Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York
8 May 2008 Presented a lecture on Design for the Other 90% and the ways in which design plays an integral role in the lives of billions of people existing on ...more »
The Win Without Pitching by Blair Enns
6 May 2008 I spent the early part of my consulting practice advising you on using classic selling techniques to help overcome objections raised by the ...more »
Young kiwi designers get chance to take on the world with Design Lab
5 May 2008 Young Kiwi industrial designers are being given a chance to show the world how innovative they are - and win a six-month design internship with ...more »
ICSID - GLOBAL ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR INAUGURAL WORLD INDUSTRIAL DESIGN DAY
1 May 2008 Professional designers and design enthusiasts around the globe will unite on June 29, 2008 for the first ever observance of World Industrial Design ...more »
A call for submissions - for book on design to be released mid-year
27 Apr 2008 Andrea Wilkinson and David Gardener, DINZ members from Waikato Institute of Technology are working on a project that is to be turned into a book to ...more »
NEW CATEGORIES BeST Design Awards 2008
16 Apr 2008 Spatial and Product have introduced; Spatial BUILT ENVIRONMENT - This is an opportunity for entries whose project has included a significant ...more »
HOME New Zealand Designer of the Year Awards 2008
10 Apr 2008 As part of Eon's ethos to actively promote New Zealand design, we partnered with HOME New Zealand magazine to host their Designer of the Year Awards. ...more »
ICSID online DINZ members-only area is now live!
9 Apr 2008 ICSID is pleased to announce the launch of the DINZ members-only area of the website. As a priority of the 2007-2009 strategic plan, this new ...more »
Design and Arts College Competition - Win your education for FREE!
8 Apr 2008 The Design and Arts College of New Zealand (D&A) is clebrating its 25th Anniversary in 2008 by launching a design competition that gives entrants a ...more »
TENDER COMMENCES FOR BETTER BY DESIGN SERVICE PROVIDERS
8 Apr 2008 Expressions of Interest (EOI) are now being sought from service providers to deliver the Design 360 component of Better by Design's assessment and ...more »
Sustainable Product Design - International events and updates
7 Apr 2008 Greener by Design Conference on Strategies, Tools and Markets for Product Innovation This conference is being held on 12-13 June 2008 in ...more »
NZ graphic artists, designers and typographers working within the field of book production sought for exhibition in France, November 2008
4 Apr 2008 The Atelier Michel Bouvet and Philippe Di Folco are currently preparing a major exhibition to be staged in November 2008 as part of the "Mois du ...more »
SEOUL CITY GOVERNMENT HOST OFFICIAL WORLD DESIGN CAPITAL - 2010 CEREMONY IN SEOUL
4 Apr 2008 On behalf of the Seoul Metropolitan Government, Mayor Oh Se-hoon signed a memorandum of agreement with the International Council of Societies of ...more »
BRANZ coming events - May dates announced Sustainable Energy Design
26 Mar 2008 BRANZ (independent and impartial, research, testing, consulting and information company providing resources for the building industry) is currently ...more »
TypeSHED11 - A five-day international typography symposium in Wellington, 11-15 February 2009
17 Mar 2008 A five-day international typography symposium organised in collaboration with Typevents LLP. 11-15 February 2009 Watch the TypeSHED11 website for ...more »
Have YOU completed your Professional Profile on this website
10 Jan 2008 For those who are Professional Members, ensure you have put your Profile and Website on your own 'free' Professional Page " DINZ has up to 80,000 ...more »
Check DINZ CLASSIFIEDS for employment opportunities or spaces to rent
10 Jan 2008 To advertise, this service is free of charge for DINZ Members, charge applies to non-members. To enquire about placing an add in Classifieds section ...more »
Free Legal Advice for DINZ members
20 Dec 2007 DINZ Honorary solicitors, Clendons have offered legal advice to DINZ members at no charge. DINZ members are able to request a 15-minute Consultation ...more »
New Zealand Professor is recipient of international design award.
7 Dec 2007 Professor Hazel Gamec, founder and Academic Manager of the Wanganui School of Design, Wanganui, New Zealand, received the Icograda Educational Award ...more »
DINZ National Conference 5 October 2007 - to download the keynote presentation follow the link below
10 Oct 2007 ...more »
DINZ Christchurch Regional Committee
21 Aug 2007 DINZ has formed a Christchurch Regional Committee that will build and support the design community in Christchurch. David Lovegrove MDINZ, ...more »
ARE YOU A GREAT DESIGNER and want more people to know about it?
3 Jul 2007 Talk to DOCK STREET GROUP - the public relations specialists for the design industry. We've proudly worked with DINZ, the BeST Design Awards, and ...more »
DINZ Design Talk - Cynthia E.Smith from Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York
8 May 2008
Presented a lecture on Design for the Other 90% and the ways in which design plays an integral role in the lives of billions of people existing on less than $2 a day.
Auckland War Memorial Museum, Thursday 8th May 2008.
As an industrial designer, Cynthia E Smith has spent the past decade planning and designing projects for major cultural institutions. Her collaborative approach is a common thread throughout her work, which focuses on bringing a collective idea into an innovative form. More information.
Cynthia E. Smith of the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York is an internationally-renowned industrial designer, passionate activist and curator of the groundbreaking exhibition Design for the Other 90%.
Design for the Other 90% explores a growing movement among designers to develop low-cost solutions for the 5.8 billion people (90 per cent) across the globe who have limited access to the products and services we take for granted.
As an industrial designer, Smith has spent the past decade planning and designing projects for major cultural institutions. Her collaborative approach is a common thread throughout her work, which focuses on bringing a collective idea into an innovative form.
Exhibition catalogue Designers, engineers, students and professors, architects, and social entrepreneurs from all over the globe are devising cost-effective ways to increase access to food and water, energy, education, healthcare, revenue-generating activities, and affordable transportation for those who most need them. And an increasing number of initiatives are providing solutions for underserved populations in developed countries such as the United States.
Encompassing a broad set of modern social and economic concerns, these design innovations often support responsible, sustainable economic policy. They help, rather than exploit, poorer economies; minimize environmental impact; increase social inclusion; improve healthcare at all levels; and advance the quality and accessibility of education. These designers' voices are passionate, and their points of view range widely on how best to address these important issues. Each object on display tells a story, and provides a window through which we can observe this expanding field. Design for the Other 90% demonstrates how design can be a dynamic force in saving and transforming lives, at home and around the world.
Cynthia has been brought to New Zealand courtesy of Design | Arts Tasmania and Design Island 2008 - Crossing Hemispheres http://www.arts.tas.gov.au/designisland