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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 »
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 sustainable design and development within New Zealand.
The series moves beyond general discussion and into specific ideas, tools, methods, and approaches which will be described and engaged with to ensure that participants can apply these skills within their own organisations. Each workshop has a strong interactive learning component which is designed to apply and reinforce key learnings from each session.
The series is structured into three accessible workshops on the following topics:
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Session One : 'Life Cycle Thinking' - A design mindset
AUCKLAND - Thursday 12th June Unitec (view photos of the day on )
WELLINGTON - Thursday 19th June Massey University, Theatrette 10A02
CHRISTCHURCH - Thursday 26th June CPIT, (Theatrette to be advised)
An introduction to the key concepts within Life Cycle Thinking (LCT).
� Understanding system oriented thinking in the context of product development.
� Applying life cycle thinking to design work to create insight.
� Understanding how life cycle thinking can operate in a conceptual and commercial environment.
Costs per session $200 + GST
If you attend Session One in either Wellington or Christchurch and wish to attend Session Two and Three in Auckland, you will still be eligible for the discount as outlined in the pdf attachment.
Please note registrations for:
Wellington to register:
http://www.dinz.org.nz/main/members/events_register/life_cycle_thinking_-_a_desi.html
Christchurch to register:
http://www.dinz.org.nz/main/members/events_register/life_cycle_thinking_-_a_desi_001.html
If you have any questions regarding registrations for Wellington or Christchurch sessions email designer@dinz.org.nz
You can registering for any of the Auckland sessions on http://www.thinkingdesign.co.nz/life_cycle_register.html
If you have any questions regarding registrations for Auckland sessions email lifecycle@hothouse.net.nz
For more information follow the link below.
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Session Two: Life Cycle Management - From product to company
AUCKLAND - Thursday 3rd July Unitec
Applying LCT to the total life cycle of products and services including the application of environmental management systems within an organisation.
� Understanding the application of life cycle thinking to products and services.
� Managing life cycle thinking within your organisation and supply chain.
� Understanding the key management practices and certifi cations and how they can best benefi t your organisation.
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Session Three: Life Cycle Tools - Implementing change
AUCKLAND - Thursday 7th August Unitec
Approaches from research, idea generation, and concept creation tools to more analytical tools such as LCA, EIOA, and Carbon Foot printing.
� Understanding the key tools and techniques for implementing life cycle thinking in product development.
� Learning the potential applications of the tools to understand where they are best used and how they are most effective.
� Observing the horizon and potential of different techniques to enable development targets for participants.
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Starting in June, this series will be delivered initially as a series of three 1-day workshops at Unitec in Auckland, with content structured �progressively' so the second and third workshops build on the previous workshops in more detail.
DINZ however will be introducing Session One: Life Cycle Thinking " A design mindset in both Wellington and Christchurch in June.
In addition, there is an accompanying series of articles published in the �Focus on Sustainability' section of the April, June and August issues of Prodesign. The three articles introduce the workshop topics and are a primer to engage designers in life cycle thinking.
Website: http://www.thinkingdesign.co.nz/