Category — NZ Design

We are adding new products faster than you can say “sweet as yams”. Watch out for new Po-Mo tees, I love Ugly tees, new billboard bags more F3 cushions and new madebydan jewellery coming up next week.

Know a NZ brand you think should be on endemicworld.com? Tell us.

Thanks to Louise, everyone who attended, Shaun for taking the pics, the speakers and the sponsors for another cool night at Design Assembly. See all the pics here. Don’t be a stranger over summer, keep the conversations going by visiting Design Assembly and commenting on the blog posts. See you at the March event.

Last week we told you about the 9D exhibition. This is a mixed video from Andy Bamford who was one of the students exhibiting. Wish I could do this.

remixed from andy bamford on Vimeo.

Make sure you go to the launch of Issue 6 of Threaded Magazine on November 11th at 6pm at Magnation (the old Magazzino) on Ponsonby Road, Auckland. The first 50 through the door get a goodie bag full of freebies (like the Design Speaks Louder Book).

We are stoked to be sponsors of Issue 6. Prizes to be won on the night too. It’ a good night to meet fellow budding designers and industry people and those who just dig a mag launch and free red bull’s.

We will be there, come and say hello!

To all those people waiting for new billboard bags, they arrived on Friday so get in quick. Some have sold already, they are all one-off and only $29. We will be uploading more next week so keep an eye out in the new category.

Check it out… long-board auction coming up at Webbs. Brought to you by Arch MacDonell from inhouse design and a bunch of fellow artists and illustrators.

Since my skater is growing cobwebs, this has inspired me to get back on four wheels again. Think I might sand her down and stencil it up. It might/will look real bad. Now there’s a skate art event name… “Sand her down stencil it up” brought to you by boom, cheapskates, resene etc etc…. I can hear the radio ad now.

Sorry, coffee overload… see you at the auction.

Ooid (sounds like “fluid”) from Dunedin has just released a new range of organic cotton bags. There’s 5 new bags from various designers around the world. And like always they are made from 100% unbleached organic cotton.

Use them for whatever you like… things for the beach, grocery shopping, books for uni or as a fashion accessory.

Last night Made From New Zealand re-launched with a new site and a cool shin-dig at the 42 Below space in Britomart, Auckland. A good time had by all, pretty hard not too when 42 below is flowing freely in every possible cocktail imaginable (I actually had beer all night).

To cut to the chase, check out the site and start networking with other cool nz businesses like endemicworld.com. List your own and get some international attention.

Made From New Zealand from Made From New Zealand on Vimeo.

Kinoo have been busy laser cutting kiwi coasters for their new range. Check out this cool picture they sent in of the pile of off cuts…

Paradigm, the designers behind the Salvage Billboard Bags (currently sold out) have been recognised for their commitment to sustainable practise. They won the Northern Region Trailblazer Award (Small and Medium Business) at the 2008 Sustainable Business Awards and a commendation at the National Awards.

The judges commented that ‘they operate in a pioneering nature and have a long standing commitment to public interest and more recently to the adoption of sustainable design’. Lucky for us all there’s more Salvage Billboard Bags coming soon. If you want one, email us, and we’ll let you know as soon as they arrive.

When Good Magazine launched we got pretty excited. For sure everyone had their doubts but this magazine and website has proven to be top quality. If you haven’t got the latest issue grab one because they feature some very cool green fashion including the Ataahua Trilby Hats made in New Zealand from used hessian coffee sacks.

Flox (aka Hayley King) is one of New Zealand’s top street artists and one our personal favourites. If you have ever been to one of her shows with either the cut collective or sideroom you will know what I mean.

Flox Design Ltd is now making a noise in the fashion arena with a “damn I want that and that, oh and that”  new range. She has just launched her new website www.flox.co.nz.

Flox babywear is available in our design store and check out her stockist page for where to get the the clothing range. Or get rid of that ratty poster and invest in an original, her stencil work on large plywood boards is truely amazing. Watch out…

Today we welcome Valentin to endemicworld.com. Read more about Valentin here and check out his amazing ceramic stag heads. Made to order just for deer lovers…

The winners of the New Zealand ‘Design in Business Awards’ were announced last night in Auckland.

Dunedin based Tap and showerware company Methven took the top award. Highly commended was Christchurch’s AuCom Electronics and the worlds fastest growing accounting system Xero ( we use it and it rocks our accounting party).

The finalists were:
Amie Design Group - creator of Merino Kids, Pure Cotton Kids, Hum and Merino Pure.
phil&teds – NZ leaders in nursery products.
Sonar6 – the world’s only graphics-based employment management system.
Winegrowers of Ara – a global wine business.

Judge David Walker commented that these companies have shown that it is possible to successfully combine ‘left and right’ brain activities in business.

The awards were started in 1997 by the Designers Institute of New Zealand. The aim of the Design in Business Award is to celebrate New Zealand companies who have used and fostered design to develop more competitive products and businesses, and to establish a link between an investment in design and business growth.

Read more about the champions here

Just as well we didn’t enter….. we would have cleaned up for sure.

The Whaling Ship is an underground online magazine about Auckland and its surrounding culture. Apart from the articles being undated and anonymous it actually has some good content about whats going on out there in the big smoke we call “AK”.

The article above, a short interview about Catalina Necklaces popped up the other day.