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Best Awards finalists !

Best news all day. The Best Awards, for those of you who don’t know, are New Zealand’s annual design awards. From product design to student design to web design, this event celebrates the best work from New Zealand design companies.

But what makes the event so worth blogging about is Nuzilla is a finalist in the sustainable product category and endemicworld.com is a finalist in the web design category

WAHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

So BIG UPS to Nuzilla, go here to check out why they rule. And another BIG UPS to Studio Alexander for designing such a cool site for endemicworld.com

 

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Ataahua pleasing the NYC fashionista

Ataahua, a freindly bunch of textile, linen and fahsion designers from Wellington, have not only been making their mark here in NZ but are shown above to be creating a chatter amongst NYC trend spotters. Their new hats, upcycled from hessian coffee sacks have been plugged by the New York Herald. Nice work Ataahua.

 

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Design Assembly tomorrow night

Reminder to all those going to Design Assembly tomorrow night… Doors open 6.30pm and speakers start at 7pm. Some super cool prizes provided by the sposners too, so see you there bright and sparky.

 

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Clock Screensaver by Yuji Adachi

Only the coolest screensaver out

 

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Cool Safety Video by Virgin

This is a safety video by Virgin America. It’s pretty cool, what do you thnk?

Found via { sushi & robots }

 

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Flox and the great outdoors

Until September 14th you can see Flox and nine other New Zealand artists on display outdoors in downtown Auckland.

As part of their new ‘inspiration collection’, Robert Harris commissioned the artists to transform the humble napkin into art, and they’ve used bus shelters in the Britomart and Custom Street areas as the gallery.

“We believe that every break should be inspirational and working with these talented artists to provide the public with works of art they can enjoy throughout their day has been very rewarding.” says Robert Harris, Group Brand Manager, Justine Powell.

I’ve heard they look pretty cool at night when they’re illuminated. Go check them out… and if you do, send us a pic.

Click here to checkout Flox’s new range of kids clothes.

 

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Win with 1am Magazine

First, If you havn’t read new magazine 1am then you neeeed to.

Secondly, go to their giveaway page and enter the draw to win some Catalina necklaces like those pictured above. You can win your own personalised name necklace or the fly…. mean sauce.

Finally to top off your “damn i’m cool” status, join their facebook book fan page.

Now…. as you were.

 

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Are you a freelance/contract designer?

If your a contractor or freelance designer then you need to check out this new local site that has just launched.

‘Crackerjacks’ – which takes the hassles out of contract recruitment – is set to crack open New Zealand’s contracting market.

Frustrated by the downsides of hiring contractors himself, experienced business manager Tony Wai has created ‘Crackerjacks’ to make it easier for Kiwis to embrace the contracting trend.

The website provides a marketplace where contractors and businesses can meet: Employers seek talent from registered ‘Crackerjacks’ who in turn, receive the tools they need to manage and get great contracts.

Whats cooler is its completely free for contractors. Check it out.

 

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