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DINZ Fellows 2007
Meet the new Fellows added in 2007...more »
Jasmax Film Festival
13 Aug 2008 11 - 17 September Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Tauranga, Rotorua, Arrowtown, Nelson Jasmax is a firm of architects, ...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 »
B-complete publication
28 Jul 2008 B-complete publication, new book-a-zine called b-complete will be out mid September. B-complete will be distributed to all members of DINZ. Each ...more »
DINZ Sponsors of the BeST Design Awards Exhibition, Dulux are looking for a Dulux Colour Ambassador
28 Jul 2008 Spatial Students in Graduate Year or who have Graduated here is a GREAT Opportunity for you either in Auckland, Dunedin and Nelson. Recruitment ...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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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. We have had such a great response to the exhibition that we have arranged for it to stay on display in our showroom until Tuesday 15th of April. If you want to make your visit twice as productive, we recommend coming down on Saturday morning to indulge in the produce of the Britomart Farmers Market before visiting the exhibition. They have great coffee and pastries if you need to kick start your day! If you decide to visit on a weekday please remember we have complimentary customer valet parking on Galway Street, off Commerce Street.
WINNERS & FINALISTS:
The team at Eon wish to congratulate all finalists this year; especially Guy Hohmann who won both the Designer of the Year and Young Designer of the Year. As Eon sponsors the Young Designer award, Guy will receive a 12 week mentoring programme from us to help him fast tract a product or family of products to market. We will keep you updated on his progress. You can click here to read more about the designers, their products and the award, or see the feature in the latest issue of HOME New Zealand magazine.
Guy Hohmann - Auckland, for the 'Rhythm' shelf.
Tim Wigmore - Taranaki,for the 'Giddy up' stool.
Phil Cuttance - Auckland,for his 'Trophy' hangers.
Craig Bond - Wellington, for his 'Pedro' stool.
Sheree Davis - Wellington for her 'Urban Intrusion' fabric.
Daniel Emery and artist Sam Broad (collaboration) for the 'Canvas' table.
Matt Smith - Christchurch, for the 'Sacrificial' chair.
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CELEBRATING BUY KIWI MAD MONTH
For the past 100 years Kiwis have been encouraging other Kiwis to buy New Zealand made goods. The first organised campaign was a partnership between manufacturers and retailers and was quickly supported by government. Today's Buy Kiwi Made media campaign is turning 20 years old this year, and is celebrated over the month of April.
In New Zealand in 1931 after the Great Depression, the economy was trying to recover from a massive slump and something was urgently needed to lift the flagging spirits of the nation. Esther James was a woman of abundant talents; she was by turns, architect, inventor and New Zealand's first fashion model and came up with the idea of walking the entire length of the country wearing NZ made clothes and shoes, and eating NZ made foods. This would, she felt, highlight to all New Zealanders, and perhaps the rest of the world, just how good New Zealand made products were. Said Esther 'in spite of the grimness of the passing depression, we still had the spirit to get up and do things and make things " and to make and do them well�.
In our modern age, Esther's spirit is continued by the raft of young and young at heart designers who uplift the human spirit with a myriad of visual yet functional treats that make our every day life more enjoyable. At Eon, our role is to provide customers with a central location that houses the widest selection of homeware, giftware, accessories and furniture from our talented designers. What ever you purchase, you can rest assured that you're investing into the future of New Zealand's creative industries. Click here to read more about the history of manufacturing in New Zealand the pioneering spirit of Esther James.
We look forward to your visit to our Britomart showroom soon,
from the team at Eon.
eon.co.nz
Website: http://eon.co.nz