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DINZ Fellows 2007
Meet the new Fellows added in 2007...more »
DINZ Fellows & Life Members 2008
Updated list of recently added Fellows and Life members...more »
Communication Arts article on New Zealand designers by Robert L.Peters
29 Oct 2008 "LIVING ON THE EDGE Visual Communication Design In New Zealand" by Robert L. Peters Communications Arts 2008 October Interactive Annual - an article ...more »
Invitation to CPD Sustainable Slip Resistance Seminar
10 Nov 2008 Specifying non-slip tiles? Are you aware it can only take a few months of foot traffic and cleaning until the surface will no longer pass a slip ...more »
May Time Living - Invitation
10 Nov 2008 DINZ GOLD Sponsors - May Time Marketing would like to invite you to view their new Spring/Summer 09 collection at their Showroom at 10a Burrett Ave, ...more »
DINZ Articles and Media Links - new
3 Nov 2008 John Grant's presentation from DINZ National Design Conference 2008 ˜Sustainability and Imminent Change' John Grant was the international keynote ...more »
BeST Design Awards 2008 on Campbell Live
31 Oct 2008 Interviews with winners from the BeST Design Awards 2008. David Trubridge MDINZ talks about Spiral Islands (Product Gold Winner, Design Objects); ...more »
BeST Design Awards 2008 who were the winners
30 Oct 2008 The BeST Design Awards is the annual awards program presented by the Designers Institute of New Zealand (DINZ) celebrating the best work the design ...more »
Design in Business Outstanding Individual Achievement Award - Rick Wells
29 Oct 2008 This year, for the first time, at the Design in Business Awards 2008 a new award was introduced in recognition of an individual who had through their ...more »
Design in Business Awards Winners - METHVEN'S LUXURY TURNAROUND WINS DESIGN IN BUSINESS AWARD 2008
28 Oct 2008 Luxury shower and tapware manufacturer, Methven Limited, is the major winner of the Design in Business Award 2008, organised by the Designers ...more »
DINZ National Design Conference
10 Oct 2008 DINZ National Conference Day - Sustainability and Imminent Change Friday, 10th October 2008, Auckland War Memorial Museum (new southern end) Check ...more »
2009 World Class New Zealand Awards
9 Oct 2008 The Chair of Kea, Stephen Tindall, is calling for nominations for the 2009 World Class New Zealand Awards. The World Class New Zealand Awards ...more »
The Starter Home Design Competition
9 Oct 2008 The Starter Home Design Competition is closing soon. Entries are due by 19 November for open entries and 26 November for student entries. Make sure ...more »
Transcript of a conversation - Anais Ardid, Communications Designer
9 Oct 2008 Anaïs graduated from the prestigious Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design in London in 2003. She worked in the UK and Spainish ...more »
NZ Student Craft/Design Award Winners Announced
9 Oct 2008 Wellington design students took a clean sweep at the 2008 NZ Student Craft/Design Awards, sponsored by TheNewDowse Friends. Genevieve Packer's entry ...more »
DINZ Sponsors of the BeST Design Awards Exhibition, Dulux are looking for a Dulux Colour Ambassador
1 Oct 2008 Spatial Students in Graduate Year or who have Graduated here is a GREAT Opportunity for you either in Napier, Palmerston North and ...more »
News Release from the office of Associate Commerce Minister Judith Tizard
24 Sep 2008 The Designers Institute of New Zealand is very pleased to announce the introduction of legislation to repeal the commissioning rule. The law change ...more »
DINZ Design Law: Intellectual Property-Managing and Commercialising your IP
12 Aug 2008 DINZ: Design Law presented by James Carnie, Principal, Clendons to TAURANGA - venue: Tauranga Club, Level 5, Devonport Towers, 72 Devonport Road, ...more »
DINZ: Design Skills, Life Cycle Tools and Approaches - Implementing change
29 Jul 2008 The 'Life Cycle Thinking' workshop series has been gaining momentum over the past two months, initially engaging participants in the process of Life ...more »
BeST Design Awards 2007 Commemorative Book
11 Jul 2008 The BeST Design Awards 2007 Commemorative Book has been delivered into studios. DINZ wishes to thnk Crowther-Blayne Publishers of the BeST Design ...more »
Commemorative BeST Design Awards 2007 e-Book
10 Jul 2008 can be viewed online on http://digital.crowtherblayne.com.au/?xml=dinz.xml DINZ wishes to thnk Crowther-Blayne Publishers of the BeST Design Awards ...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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 National Design Conference
10 Oct 2008
DINZ National Conference Day - Sustainability and Imminent Change
Friday, 10th October 2008, Auckland War Memorial Museum (new southern end)
Check website link below for more information and to register.
Twelve months ago the Designers Institute of New Zealand held its first ever National Conference Day. The title was The Business of Sustainable Design. The aim was to inform and educate designers to enable them to start designing around sustainable issues.
In 12 short months the conversation around sustainability has exploded both locally and globally " to such an extent that it is now part of the mainstream. As designers continue to drive change, greater skills are needed in anticipating the rapid shift in public behaviour towards more sustainable forms of consumption.
So the question now is " can designers keep up with consumers?
This year's conference which is followed by the BeST Design Awards is titled Sustainability and Imminent Change. Not only will the conference include outstanding design practitioners, but also experts in marketing who can offer vital insights into the decision making of clients and consumers.
And what's a good conference without a dollop of mustard?
Design is totally dependent on marketing, and vice versa. Until recently, marketing as it developed in the 20th century had a major influence on consumer behaviour.
Not any more.
Because of the rapid rate of change in technology and a radical shift in information accessibility, consumers are taking more control of their purchasing decisions. They are demanding more transparency and accountability from products and services and are becoming more hands-on in their choice of which supplier they trust.
To help us get a better picture of the new marketing landscape the conference will include a keynote address broadcast live from London by an international expert on consumer behaviour and sustainable marketing " John Grant. The day's programme will follow with insights from marketing and advertising experts and design practitioners who service the industry spectrum from giants like Coca Cola to boutique home-grown brands like Ecostore, and architects who offer parallels in spatial design such as the use of bio-mimicry in the building of eco cities in China. Also speaking is an international award winning expert on carbon trading.
Breakout sessions and workshops will focus on graphic, spatial and product for sustainable and environmental design. The conference will conclude with a questions and summary session presented by Nick Jones and Dave Brown followed by a closing address given by Prime Minister Helen Clark.
The Sustainability and Imminent Change conference will be held from 8.30am - 4.30pm, with the BeST Design Awards held from 6.30pm.
Above is a photo of one of the speakers John Grant who wrote The Green Marketing Manifesto". and will be talking on Ethical Velocity: the speed of change in consumer behaviour
John Grant co-founded St Luke's, the innovative and socially aware London ad agency, during the mid-1990's. Working with clients such as the Body Shop as well as mainstream brands, St Luke's pioneered the view of a company's 'Total Role in Society� and operated as an employee shareholder democracy.
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