News 24/02/10
Zealandia Gains International Recognition
Zealandia is named in The Guardian's Green Travel List 2010
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 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
Best in show for New Zealand Post
Congratulations to the New Zealand Post team for their win at the Christchurch Small Business Expo awards on Wednesday night.
News 27/07/07
AMI Insurance wins top marketing award
AMI Insurance has won a major category award at the 2007 Marketing Magazine awards.
News 13/07/07
Congratulations to the Brand Experience Challenge winner
Congratulations to Carolyn Gibson of Auckland Airport, winner of the designworks Brand Experience Challenge.
News 26/06/07
Major recognition for annual reports
Two annual reports produced by Designworks were honoured at the
New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants Annual Report Awards
last night.
News 15/06/07
Genesis on top at ARA - again!
Genesis Energy has taken out the Communication Award – Public Sector
for the second year in a row at the prestigeous Australasian Reporting Awards.
News 14/06/07
Two in a row for Marlborough Lines
Marlborough Lines has picked up
a silver award at the Australasian
Reporting Awards for the second
year in a row.
News 26/01/07
Merger forms Australia's largest brand design agency
designworks Enterprise IG Australia
has merged with EKH Branding House to
form Australia’s largest brand design agency.
News 26/08/06
designworks wins top award at design industry Oscars
designworks is celebrating after winning the New Zealand design industry’s equivalent of a ‘best movie’ Oscar.




































