Archive for the ‘New Zealand Design’ Category

Drooling over the newness

So we have been busy working with Studio Alexander designing and building the new endemicworld.com. It’s been a blast, we have lots instore for all of you. We hope you have discovered some of the new features like tags, wishlists, accounts & address books, shipping estimator in the checkout etc.

There is more coming too. We want you to have fun shopping at endemicworld.com.

Give us some feedback. Thanks for spreading the word and helping us make NZ Designers famous. The newsletter goes out tomorrow, a few changes there too!

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Prodesign and Hallensteins T-Shirt competition

Design a T-Shirt and win $1000. Prodesign and Hallensteins are looking for people to bring “I Wish…” to life on a t-shirt. We are going to be entering in the hope that ours gets chosen and printed. You should too… For more information visit www.hallensteins.co.nz.

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Our sister company Studio Alexander have been chosen to provide designs for one of the t-shirts. Will keep you in the loop

 
 

F3 Design featured on Idealog

You have all seen the amazing products by F3 Design. Well they are featured on Idealog website. The Wright-Stows are the family behind it all and the article talks about how things started and some of their philosophies – “We make things that will stand the test of time, both structurally and visually.” – Ella Wright-Stow.

Read more at:
http://idealog.co.nz/magazine/july-august-2009/now/family-ties

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F3 Design's Guywire Bracelet

Check out all of F3 Designs “fun, form and functional” products at:
http://www.endemicworld.com/NZ_Brands/F3_Design.htm

 
 

New smocks just in

Lyttlebird from Lyttleton has just dropped their new range of smocks. Kids styles don’t get any more  practical than this.

Designed and made in New Zealand, and available in sizes 1-4 years. They make a special gift.

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Kingswood Ski's use design

[business:Kingswood Skis] from Lyttelton have been hand making skis with bamboo cores since 2005. Recently they had a topsheet design done by Klaus Kremer, a font that has seen itself get attention overseas and published.

Topsheet design: “Follow the path of least resistance”

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Watch a pair of Kingswood Skis get made.

 
 

Formway wins design award

Formway just scored this top award. Super prestigous in the commercial furniture design industry. Formway is a design company from the Hutt (Wellington), yet another kiwi company owning it offshore. In this case, showing the world how to make a legendary chair.

Firstly, BIG UP to Formway for the award.

Secondly, we have a chance to brag about our Formway chair! We realised we sit down all day 365, so your chair needs to be the best chair there is… this is how we formway

keep it clean, respect the chair…

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they are great for listening to tunes with your ghetto blaster or watering your cactus…

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spin it up… one push for unlimited rotations, no bull, these puppies are oiled up.

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Smart Light Sydney

Sydney recently hosted a lighting exhibition called Smart Light Sydney, some teasers below. Young NZ Designer Tim Hunt of Eclipse Design took part in the event and sent us these images. He wished he got to do the Opera House,  but instead was part of the stairway piece below called “Nothing Left to Guess

 
 

New Thatch USB's

Thatch has released their new USB sticks now in 4GB. They are made in New Zealand from timber and acrylic with an etched icon. They come preloaded with hi-res images of New Zealand’s landscape too.