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Design Assembly Conversations

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Kia ora and welcome to Design Assembly Conversations. In this series we talk to Aotearoa NZ designers, hear their stories and celebrate their work. We cover questions like: How did they get started in design? What did their career journey look like? How do they stay curious and inspired?

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Episodes

  1. DA Conversations Podcast with Emme Jacob

    Kia ora and welcome to Design Assembly Conversations. In this series we talk to Aotearoa NZ designers, hear their stories and celebrate their work and for the month of March we are placing a special spotlight on Women in Design. I’m Louise and today I’m talking to Emme Jacob from Maynard Design...

  2. DA Conversations Podcast with Gideon Keith

    Kia ora and welcome to Design Assembly Conversations. In this series we talk to Aotearoa NZ designers, hear their stories and celebrate their work. I’m Louise and today I’m talking to Gideon Keith from Studio Seven. Gideon Keith is the founder and creative partner at Seven - an independent...

  3. DA Conversations Podcast with Celeste Skachill

    Kia ora and welcome to Design Assembly Conversations. In this series we talk to Aotearoa NZ designers, hear their stories and celebrate their work. I’m Louise and today I’m talking to Celeste Skachill from StudioC. Celeste is the founder of StudioC, a Wellington-based creative studio, and is an...

  4. DA Conversations Podcast with Heath Lowe

    ‘Kia ora and welcome to Design Assembly Conversations. In this series we talk to Aotearoa NZ designers, hear their stories and celebrate their work.’ Heath Lowe is Executive Design Director and a founding partner of Special in New Zealand, now with offices in Wellington, Sydney, Melbourne, Los...

  5. DA Conversations with Kyra and Fiona of Threaded

    ‘Kia ora and welcome to Design Assembly Conversations. In this series we talk to Aotearoa NZ designers, hear their stories and celebrate their work.’ In this episode we talked with Kyra and Fiona about the journey of Threaded, from the early days of constructing a framework for the studio and...

  6. DA Conversations Podcast with Stephen McCarthy

    ‘Kia ora and welcome to Design Assembly Conversations. In this series we talk to Aotearoa NZ designers, hear their stories and celebrate their work.’ Stephen McCarthy is the founder and co creative Director of McCarthy Design based in Ōtautahi Christchurch. He’s been designing for over 25 years,...

  7. DA Conversations Podcast with Kaan Hiini

    Kia ora and welcome to Design Assembly Conversations. In this series we talk to Aotearoa NZ designers, hear their stories and celebrate their work. I’m Louise and today with designer Lindsay Yee, we talked to Kaan Hiini from Curative. Kaan Hiini is the Design Director at Curative, a creative…

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  8. DA Conversations Podcast with Louise Kellerman

    Kia ora and welcome to Design Assembly Conversations. In this series we talk to Aotearoa NZ designers, hear their stories and celebrate their work. This podcast is a little different from usual. Designer and long-time DA collaborator, Lindsay Yee interviews Louise Kellerman, Founder and Director…

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  9. DA Conversations Podcast with Matt Power

    Kia ora and welcome to Design Assembly Conversations. In this series we talk to Aotearoa NZ designers, hear their stories and celebrate their work. I’m Louise and today I’m talking to Matt Power from Method. Matt Power is Design Director working across design, art direction and user experience at...

  10. DA Conversations Podcast with Sam Haehae

    Kia ora and welcome to Design Assembly Conversations. In this series we talk to Aotearoa NZ designers, hear their stories and celebrate their work. I’m Louise and today I’m talking to Samantha Haehae from The Native Creative. Sam is an artist, neo-generalist, change-maker, and digital explorer....

  11. DA Conversations Podcast with William Bardebes

    Kia ora and welcome to Design Assembly Conversations. In this series we talk to Aotearoa NZ designers, hear their stories and celebrate their work. I’m Louise and today I’m talking to Will Bardebes, an educator at Unitec and a designer. Will Bardebes is currently the discipline lead of animation...

  12. DA Conversations Podcast with Emma Kaniuk and Tana Mitchell

    Kia ora and welcome to the Kātoitoi 2021 podcast series. This is a special limited edition podcast series of five interviews commissioned by Creative New Zealand as a part of the 2020 Kātoitoi pilot. This interview and illustration sits within a series of commissioned essays, interviews, podcasts...

  13. DA Conversations Podcast with Trudi Hewitt

    Kia ora and welcome to the Kātoitoi 2021 podcast series. This is a special limited edition podcast series of five interviews commissioned by Creative New Zealand as a part of the 2020 Kātoitoi pilot. This interview and illustration sits within a series of commissioned essays, interviews, podcasts...

  14. DA Conversations Podcast with Tim O'Neill

    Kia ora and welcome to the Kātoitoi 2021 podcast series. This is a special limited edition podcast series of five interviews commissioned by Creative New Zealand as a part of the 2020 Kātoitoi pilot. This interview and illustration sits within a series of commissioned essays, interviews, podcasts...

  15. DA Conversations Podcast with Maria Devereux

    Kia ora and welcome to the Kātoitoi 2021 podcast series. This is a special limited edition podcast series of five interviews commissioned by Creative New Zealand as a part of the 2020 Kātoitoi pilot. This interview and illustration sits within a series of commissioned essays, interviews, podcasts...

  16. DA Conversations Podcast with Adeline Marteil

    Kia ora and welcome to the Kātoitoi 2021 podcast series. This is a special limited edition podcast series of five interviews commissioned by Creative New Zealand as a part of the 2020 Kātoitoi pilot. This interview and illustration will sit within a series of commissioned essays, interviews,...

  17. DA Conversations Podcast with Laura Cibilich

    Kia ora and welcome to Design Assembly Conversations. In this series we talk to Aotearoa New Zealand designers, hear their stories and celebrate their work. I’m Louise and today I’m talking to Laura Cibilich from Run. Laura founded RUN (formerly Designstein) in 2008 and since then has…

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  18. DA Conversations Podcast with Donna McCort

    Kia ora and welcome to Design Assembly Conversations. In this series we talk to Aotearoa NZ designers, hear their stories and celebrate their work. I’m Louise and today I’m talking to Donna McCort from Dow Goodfolk. Donna McCort is the creative director at Dow Goodfolk, a 25 year young brand…

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  19. This is not an interview — Conversations on Studio Life 2020

    Design Assembly collaborated with Studio South to deliver This is not an interview — Conversations on Studio Life; a panel discussion event for design students (and educators) on entering the industry. Featuring Design Leaders: Caroline Powley, Design Educator (Convenor) Sam Southwell, Creative...

  20. DA Conversations Podcast with Sam Allan

    Kia ora and welcome to Design Assembly Conversations. In this series we talk to NZ designers, hear their stories and celebrate their work. I’m Louise, Design Assembly Founder and Director and today I’m talking to Sam Allan. Sam Allan is the founder and managing director of Onfire Design. Onfire...

  21. DA Conversations Podcast with Raul Sarrot

    Kia ora and welcome to the DA Field Guide 2020 Podcast series. This is a special limited edition podcast series of four interviews commissioned by Creative New Zealand as a part of the DA Field Guide 2020 - An exploration of NZ’s post Covid design practice. In this special series we’ll hear from...

  22. DA Conversations Podcast with Jef Wong

    Kia ora and welcome to the DA Field Guide 2020 Podcast series. This is a special limited edition podcast series of four interviews commissioned by Creative New Zealand as a part of the DA Field Guide 2020 - An exploration of NZ’s post Covid design practice. In this special series we’ll hear from...

  23. DA Conversations Podcast with Eddy Royal

    Kia ora and welcome to the DA Field Guide 2020 Podcast series. This is a special limited edition podcast series of four interviews commissioned by Creative New Zealand as a part of the DA Field Guide 2020 - An exploration of NZ’s post Covid design practice. In this special series we’ll hear from...

  24. DA Conversations Podcast with Karl Wixon

    Kia ora and welcome to the DA Field Guide 2020 Podcast series. This is a special limited edition podcast series of four interviews commissioned by Creative New Zealand as a part of the DA Field Guide 2020 - An exploration of NZ’s post Covid design practice. In this special series we’ll hear from...

  25. DA Conversations Podcast with Emma Kaniuk and Tana Mitchell

    Kia ora and welcome to Design Assembly Conversations. In this series we talk to NZ designers, hear their stories and celebrate their work. I’m Louise and today I’m talking to Emma Kaniuk and Tana Mitchell from Akin. Emma and Tana co-founded Akin in 2015, a strategic design studio focused on...

  26. DA Conversations Podcast with Brian Richards

    Kia Ora and welcome to Design Assembly Conversations. In this series we talk to Aotearoa NZ designers, hear their stories and celebrate their work. I’m DA founder Louise Kellerman and in this episode I spoke with Brian Richards. In 1987 Brian founded Richards Partners - a design and strategy…

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  27. DA Conversations Podcast with Stephen Richardson, November 2017

    In this episode I spoke to Stephen Richardson. Stephen works as Pastel City, a multidisciplinary design studio based in Auckland. He provides the full-range of creative and design services and some of his latest projects include the refresh of the Citta Design Store branding and the art direction...

  28. DA Conversations Podcast with Grant Alexander, September 2017

    In this episode I spoke to Grant Alexander. Grant is currently the Design Director at Onfire Design in Auckland. He started his career in 1969 at Designscape magazine, co-founded Designworks with Ray Labone in 1982 and in 2000 formed a partnership with daughter Kate to create Studio Alexander....

  29. DA Conversations Podcast with Nicole Arnette Phillips, June 2017

    In this episode I spoke to Nicole Arnett Phillips. Nicole is a designer, typographer, publisher and print-maker. Orginally from NZ, she currently lives in Brisbine. She divides her working week between client work and her own practice of publishing, typographic and printmaking pursuits AKA...

  30. DA Conversations Podcast with Pete Montgomery, May 2017

    In this episode I spoke to Pete Montgomery. Pete is currently the Creative Director at Xero in Wellington. Xero is a NZ based company that develops cloud-based accounting software.

  31. DA Conversations Podcast with Chris Flack, April 2017

    In this episode I spoke to Chris Flack, Design Director at Strategy Creative in Christchurch. Strategy Creative is a proudly independent full service design led advertising agency, with studios in Christchurch, Wellington, Sydney and Tokyo.

  32. DA Conversations Podcast with Make Bardo, March 2017

    Welcome to Design Assembly Conversations. In this series we talk to New Zealand graphic designers, hear their stories, and celebrate their work. Bren and Luis form Make Bardo - a creative design studio based in Queenstown that practices contemporary visual communication. Specialising in packaging...

  33. DA Conversations Podcast with Johnson Witehira, February 2017

    Welcome back to Design Assembly Conversations for 2017. In this series we talk to New Zealand graphic designers, hear their stories, and celebrate their work. I’m Louise, and today I’m talking to Johnson Witehira. Johnson is an artist and graphic designer from Wellington. Currently he has his own...

  34. DA Conversations November 2016 with Jonathan Sager

    Welcome to Design Assembly Conversations. In this series we talk to New Zealand graphic designers, hear their stories, and celebrate their work. I'm Louise, and today I'm talking to Jonathan. Jonathan is the executive creative director of Voice Brand Agency with studios in Auckland and Melbourne....

  35. DA Conversations November 2016 with Kelvin Soh

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  36. DA Conversations October 2016 with Annie Dow

    Welcome to Design Assembly Conversations. In this series we talk to New Zealand graphic designers, hear their stories, and celebrate their work. I'm Louise, and today I'm talking to Annie Dow. Annie started and runs Dow Design, which has for over 21 years been a leading New Zealand design studio....

  37. DA Conversations September 2016 with Kate Alexander

    Hello, and welcome to Design Assembly Conversations. An interview series with New Zealand graphic designers. Design assembly seeks to hear the stories of New Zealand graphic designers, get to know who we are, and celebrate New Zealand graphic design. Hi, I'm Louise, founder of Design Assembly....

  38. DA Conversations August 2016 with Welby Ings

    Hello, and welcome to Design Assembly Conversations, an interview series with New Zealand designers. Design Assembly seeks to hear the stories of New Zealand designers, get to know who we are, and celebrate New Zealand design. Hi, I'm Louise, founder of Design Assembly. Today I'm speaking to…

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Kia ora and welcome to Design Assembly Conversations. In this series we talk to Aotearoa NZ designers, hear their stories and celebrate their work. We cover questions like: How did they get started in design? What did their career journey look like? How do they stay curious and inspired?

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