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News 20/01/10

Leading advertising industry figure joins designworks as group grows

designworks appoints Ad agency veteran Mike Watkins to role of Group General Manager

News 19/01/10

Selling Tea to China

Radio New Zealand Talks to the Team at Zealong

News 13/01/10

designworks' support recognised

designworks named finalist in 2010 Vero Excellence in Business Support Award

News 12/01/10

Sven talks to Prodesign

Louise Lawton talks with Sven Baker, managing director of designworks

News 22/12/09

Promoting New Zealand abroad

Promoting New Zealand's business acumen by leveraging our performance in rugby

News 19/11/09

Designworks' fellows claim top prizes at the Best Awards

Josh and Anzac, our Designworks' fellows, have received awards at this year's Best Awards

News 12/11/09

Designworks fellow opens up his exhibition

Anzac Tasker has opened up his end of year exhibition

News 11/09/09

Studenty students!

Three 7th form students from Wellington College recently spent a couple of day at designworks, getting a taste of what being a brand designer is all about.

News 26/08/09

DW in the DomPost!

Advertising is bottom of the to-do list at designworks, a major shift since the company began in the 1980s.

Having started with the company straight out of design school 23 years ago, managing director Sven Baker can attest to the shift in focus.

News 04/08/09

Redesigning PostShop – reinventing the experience

An intensive period of retail strategy, experience design, prototyping and testing, culminate this weekend with the launch of the new PostShop ‘store of the future’ in Ellerslie and a franchise store within Paper Plus at Botany Junction.

News 14/07/09

HotHouse exposed

designworks is excited with the ignition of TheNewDowse’s programme, HotHouse – a dedicated place that celebrates brave new ideas.

News 15/06/09

Telecom XT TestLab a huge success

designworks is delighted with the positive response from guests who entered Telecom’s XT TestLab at Fieldays in Mystery Creek, Hamilton – the largest agricultural event in the southern hemisphere.

News 26/05/09

Models test shower in public

During the second week of May, Methven drew some attention to their new HomeSpa range. In the window display of their Queen Street store, the people in the streets of Auckland were able to watch two gorgeous models demonstrating Methven’s new Satinjet technology.

News 26/05/09

Eager young minds

designworks recently played host to a group of students from Western Springs College in aid of Workchoice Day 2009. Fifteen eager young minds interested in design, descended upon the studio for a morning.

News 07/05/09

Say hello to our new fellows

This year designworks is delighted to welcome two new faces – Josh Barr, a bright student from Massey Wellington, and ANZAC Tasker a talented designer from AUT Auckland.

News 05/05/09

Transplanting an ancient tradition to the youngest nation on earth

New Zealand is the new home for a 4,000-year-old Chinese Oolong tea.
The start-up company, Zealong, is growing its tea in the Waikato using traditional production methods.

News 03/04/09

Keeping childhood memories safe

MyStory – the ultimate album/scrapbook is designed to help you record the early years of your child’s life. A simple framework encourages you to pass on values and 'heart treasures' to the next generation.

News 09/03/09

Schoolgen goes live with the kids out West

Tirimoana School, one of the first schools in New Zealand to have solar panels installed through Genesis Energy’s Schoolgen programme, celebrated that their school is leading the way in teaching their students and teachers about solar energy.

News 22/01/09

designworks visionary leader for 2008, didn't see the award coming!

The judges said of Shadbolt ‘he has a long-standing and well-deserved reputation for standing up for causes he and the average kiwi believe in.

News 21/11/08

Sven talks the business of design at Thrive

Sven Baker, Creative Director of designworks Wellington, gave a compelling speech on ‘gaining business advantage through brand design’ at the annual Thrive Wellington event, Thursday 13th November 2008.

News 10/11/08

Our 2008 DINZ BeST award winners

Check out the winners of the 2008 DINZ BeST Awards, announced on October 10th, 2008.

News 06/08/08

Huni nominated for Wallpaper* magazine design award

The natural skincare range Huni by Comvita is in the running for another award – this time Wallpaper* magazine's annual Design Awards.

News 01/08/08

New Zealand Post Group wins NBR Sponsorship Award

Congratulations to New Zealand Post Group, the overall winners at last night’s NBR Awards for Sponsorship of the Arts.

News 12/03/08

Another sweet success for our Huni

Huni, the skincare range designed by designworks, has been commended at the 'global design Oscars', the Design Week Awards in London.

News 09/03/08

designworks joins Prime Minister to launch world-first eco-tourism brand

ZEALANDIA the new name for Wellington’s award-winning conservation attraction Karori Sanctuary, was unveiled by Prime Minister John Key at an event held on Tuesday 2nd December.

News 08/10/07

Gold BeST for Huni and Britomart

A range of cosmetics packaging inspired by honeycomb and a brand book for Auckland’s transport hub were the big winners for designworks at the DINZ BeST Awards on Friday night.

News 31/08/07