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EP6- Michael Tam - D.Cast Outside In | No Borders
August 13, 2023 22:24 - 51 minutes - 48.4 MBOutside In | No Borders is a D.Cast series where we explore the lives, perspectives, and reflections of a diverse range of New Zealand designers who live and work overseas. In this first instalment of Outside in | No Borders, Brendan Jarvis PDINZ, the Managing Founder of The Space InBetween speaks to Michael Tam.
EP5 - Nandini Nair - D.Cast Outside In | No Borders
August 07, 2023 21:29 - 47 minutes - 45.9 MBOutside In | No Borders is a D.Cast series where we explore the lives, perspectives, and reflections of a diverse range of New Zealand designers who live and work overseas. In this first instalment of Outside in | No Borders, Brendan Jarvis PDINZ, the Managing Founder of The Space InBetween speaks to Nandini Nair.
EP4 - Sophie Hamer - D.Cast Outside In | No Borders
July 19, 2023 23:55 - 46 minutes - 44 MBOutside In | No Borders is a D.Cast series where we explore the lives, perspectives, and reflections of a diverse range of New Zealand designers who live and work overseas. In this first instalment of Outside in | No Borders, Brendan Jarvis PDINZ, the Managing Founder of The Space InBetween speaks to Sophie Hamer.
EP3 - Scott Mackie- D.Cast Outside In | No Borders
July 06, 2023 02:14 - 45 minutes - 42.9 MBOutside In | No Borders is a D.Cast series where we explore the lives, perspectives, and reflections of a diverse range of New Zealand designers who live and work overseas. In this first instalment of Outside in | No Borders, Brendan Jarvis PDINZ, the Managing Founder of The Space InBetween speaks to Scott Mackie
EP2 - Thea Betts - D.Cast Outside In | No Borders
June 22, 2023 23:19 - 51 minutes - 48 MBOutside In | No Borders is a D.Cast series where we explore the lives, perspectives, and reflections of a diverse range of New Zealand designers who live and work overseas. In this first instalment of Outside in | No Borders, Brendan Jarvis PDINZ, the Managing Founder of The Space InBetween speaks to Thea Betts
EP1 - Tim Kwan - D.Cast Outside In | No Borders
June 15, 2023 21:19 - 49 minutes - 46.6 MBOutside In | No Borders is a D.Cast series where we explore the lives, perspectives, and reflections of a diverse range of New Zealand designers who live and work overseas. In this first instalment of Outside in | No Borders, Brendan Jarvis PDINZ, the Managing Founder of The Space InBetween speaks to Tim Kwan.
D.Cast Interview Between Ashley Oswin and James Mfula
May 01, 2023 23:53 - 22 minutes - 31.1 MBWith the current To The Floor - Well-being competition well under way, we thought we would catch up with Ashley Oswin who won the competition with the theme Lifeforce in 2020. Along with James Mfula, Creative Director at Milliken ANZ. In the D.Cast James and Ashley discuss the inspiration behind the winning project, the design process, the steps taken to develop the winning design into a Milliken carpet tile.
Good Yarns with Bremworth – at.space
April 26, 2023 03:01 - 36 minutes - 50.4 MBGood Yarns with Bremworth In the Good Yarns with Bremworth D.Cast series, we will speak with local architects and designers to learn more about their approach to their mahi, them as people, and gain insights into the considerations behind their design choices. Alex McLeod DINZ & Tomi Williams DINZ In this episode of Good Yarns with Bremworth, we chat with the collective force that is Alex McLeod and Tomi Williams, founders of at.space. We unpack their journey of coming together, their peop...
Good Yarns with Bremworth – Oli Booth
April 12, 2023 03:03 - 32 minutes - 44.4 MBIn the Good Yarns with Bremworth D.Cast series, we will speak with local architects and designers to learn more about their approach to their mahi, them as people, and gain insights into the considerations behind their design choices. Oli Booth In this instalment of Good Yarns with Bremworth, we catch up with the extremely talented Oli Booth. We get insights into his creative process, the materials he likes to work with and touch on what considerations architects and designers should b...
Building Capability – Designing a System
December 15, 2022 02:10 - 33 minutes - 46.6 MBHistorically Foodstuffs have not held and maintained a ‘Format System’ and development of new stores and refurbishments have been quote adhoc with new stores taking on different floor area sizes and varying architecture. Whilst there has been a system for controlling on brand fixtures and fittings, they have not been documented well to allow them to be accessible for stores and repeatable.We are going to share some insights into how we have changed this by moving to a controlled Format pack ...
Building Capability – Optimising
December 13, 2022 20:00 - 27 minutes - 22.1 MBIn this episode we’re going to discuss optimisation… so you’ve setup, you’ve hired the dream team, sorted your legal entities, dealt with the finance, self promotion is in hand so what’s next? Growth – whatever that means to you – is about optimising your business. Today we’ve got two guests well versed in this topic… Hosted by Gideon Keith FDINZ and Ryan Ward PDINZ Guests: Catriona Knapp, HonDINZ Treasurer, McQueen Duncan Shand FDINZ, YoungShand Building Capability: Overarching Purp...
Building Capability – Embedded in Design
December 06, 2022 20:00 - 35 minutes - 28.3 MBToday we’re taking a slight detour and talking about working in house in large organisations. From building internal teams and navigating corporate structures, to championing the value of design and the deep understanding that comes from working in a single organisation. Today we have two very smart designers who have worked on both sides of the divide, to share their experiences and insights. Hosted by Gideon Keith FDINZ and Ryan Ward PDINZ Guests: Bevan Tonks FDINZ, ECOYA. Guests: Head...
Building Capability – Reputation and Notoriety
November 29, 2022 20:00 - 29 minutes - 23.6 MBThis D.Cast is about Reputation and Notoriety – Awards and recognition, portfolios and case studies, clients and sales... it’s all a bit chicken and egg, without the portfolio you can’t win work and without work, you can’t write your case studies. To help us with these conundrums and share their experiences are two accomplished creative business owners who will be joining us on this episode. Hosted by Gideon Keith FDINZ and Ryan Ward PDINZ Guests: Ryan Marx, PDINZ, Marx Design Fraser Callo...
Building Capability – Money, Fees and Liabilities
November 22, 2022 20:00 - 42 minutes - 58.6 MBWelcome to the D.Cast. Today we’re going to talk about Money, Fees and Liabilities. Bank managers, the IRD and your landlord. Learning to talk about money is one of the most important skills you need in running a design business, whether it’s understanding a balance sheet or negotiating your fees, if you get it wrong it will cost you… literally. To share their experiences and knowledge today we have two very experienced designers and the Designers Institute’s own chartered accountant. Hoste...
Money, Fees and Liabilities
November 22, 2022 20:00 - 42 minutes - 58.6 MBWelcome to the D.Cast. Today we’re going to talk about Money, Fees and Liabilities. Bank managers, the IRD and your landlord. Learning to talk about money is one of the most important skills you need in running a design business, whether it’s understanding a balance sheet or negotiating your fees, if you get it wrong it will cost you… literally. To share their experiences and knowledge today we have two very experienced designers and the Designers Institute’s own chartered accountant. Hoste...
Building Capability – Partners, Partnering and Partnerships
November 15, 2022 20:00 - 31 minutes - 25.2 MBIn today’s D.Cast we’re going to talk about Partners, Partnering and Partnerships. Design businesses are often started by friends and on a handshake. As they grow and deal with different partners, suppliers and clients the need for contracts and legal structures grows. Whether it’s shareholders, banks or clients there’s a minefield of issues. So today we’ve got DINZ’s own legal advisor here to discuss this and share his experience. Hosted by Gideon Keith FDINZ and Ryan Ward PDINZ Guest: Jam...
Partners, Partnering and Partnerships
November 15, 2022 20:00 - 31 minutes - 25.2 MBIn today’s D.Cast we’re going to talk about Partners, Partnering and Partnerships. Design businesses are often started by friends and on a handshake. As they grow and deal with different partners, suppliers and clients the need for contracts and legal structures grows. Whether it’s shareholders, banks or clients there’s a minefield of issues. So today we’ve got DINZ’s own legal advisor here to discuss this and share his experience. Hosted by Gideon Keith FDINZ and Ryan Ward PDINZ Guest: Jam...
Building the Gang
November 08, 2022 20:00 - 35 minutes - 28.2 MBWelcome to the D.Cast today we’re going to talk about Building The Gang. In most design businesses wages are your largest overhead but without People you’re going to be working very hard to grow a studio. With the right people in the right roles you can take on the world. But they can also be your biggest liability with potential negative effects on your culture, reputation, productivity and profitability. Today we’ve got two very smart People & Culture practitioners and a Creative Director o...
Building Capability – Building the Gang
November 08, 2022 20:00 - 35 minutes - 28.2 MBWelcome to the D.Cast today we’re going to talk about Building The Gang. In most design businesses wages are your largest overhead but without People you’re going to be working very hard to grow a studio. With the right people in the right roles you can take on the world. But they can also be your biggest liability with potential negative effects on your culture, reputation, productivity and profitability. Today we’ve got two very smart People & Culture practitioners and a Creative Director o...
Starting Up / Gearing Up
November 01, 2022 20:00 - 42 minutes - 58.8 MBToday’s D.Cast is a discussion about starting up. Design businesses start for a variety of reasons – opportunity, economics, ambition, adversity – and I’m sure that there are many out there who have considered or are considering starting their own gig. Today we’ll share some insights from four partners from two businesses discussing their experiences and learning. We’ll cover from conception and planning to some more pragmatic topics like setting up a studio. Hosted by Gideon Keith FDINZ...
Building Capability – Starting Up / Gearing Up
November 01, 2022 20:00 - 42 minutes - 58.8 MBToday’s D.Cast is a discussion about starting up. Design businesses start for a variety of reasons – opportunity, economics, ambition, adversity – and I’m sure that there are many out there who have considered or are considering starting their own gig. Today we’ll share some insights from four partners from two businesses discussing their experiences and learning. We’ll cover from conception and planning to some more pragmatic topics like setting up a studio. Hosted by Gideon Keith FDINZ...
A Conversation with artist Janine Williams
February 04, 2022 00:27 - 32 minutes - 44.1 MBArtist Janine Williams and architect Tom Locke of Warren and Mahoney discuss the large scale artwork which formed part of the 10 Madden development for Precinct Properties in the Wynyard Quarter. Janine talks about the process of developing the narrative for the project and then realising the work with the Warren and Mahoney team. The conversation touches on the design environment in Aotearoa, New Zealand and how processes of whakawhanaunatanga informs unique and world leading outcomes.
He wāhi pāoro o te Reo Māori (A Space to Echo the Language)
September 20, 2021 01:05 - 30 minutes - 41.6 MBAssociate Director at RCG, Andy Florkowski, PDINZ catches up to talk about the new workplace for Te Taura Whiri I Te Reo Māori with Jodie Mickleson, Milliken-Ontera and Anton Agnew, Autex Acoustics. The new space is entirely informed by Tukutuku. The structural qualities of Tukutuku are used as a framework to influence Hui configurations, whilst its adorning characteristics are used to decoratively dress the walls. An aspirational and descriptive concept like this, required practical y...
The Spark 5G Race Zone – Danny Carlsen, Shine Limited
March 02, 2021 20:53 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBAdam Jenkins, Executive Producer, FTW Digital; Mick McConnell, Executive Creative Director, & McConnell; and Danny Carlsen, Head of Design, Shine Limited talk about the immersive Spark 5G Race Zone they designed in the Emirates Team New Zealand base for the 36th America’s Cup in Auckland. Seven unique zones were conceptualised, each an example of ways that Spark 5G was used in the team’s boat development, training or race preparations. From the Wind Tunnel that allows people to wal...
DINZ Student Council chat with Oliver McDermott, Blender
February 23, 2021 20:51 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBCharging the forefront of innovative and passionate New Zealand-made design is Rosedale based design company, Blender. Blender occupies an inclusive design consultancy, strategy, and manufacturing platform in a cultivating and nurturing social work culture. That of which points to the efforts of their experienced design team and their founding core. Product designer Oliver McDermott accounts for a large portion of that core, where his consultancy and design process work accounts for Blende...
DINZ Student Council chat with Jonny Kofoed, Assembly
February 15, 2021 11:59 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBJonny who is a Director, Motion Designer and Creative Director has a wide range of work that spans motion, film, animation, design, interactive, and visual effects. He has worked with many international and local clients who are household names. Alistair and Rose learn the ins and outs of some of these projects, asking Jonny about his creative processes and attitude towards new challenges. They discuss the motion design industry in New Zealand and how its relatively small scale allows people...
Value of Design - Championing the power of good design to create massive impact
February 10, 2021 01:26 - 15 minutes - 21.2 MBHow does design drive value? Across so many things it does/we do; Identity Culture Product Experience How do we grow business? What is the impact of the work we do? Design can help make a step change in sales and profits, culture and behaviour change, or opening up completely new businesses, products and markets. Why so broad? Fundamentally it’s about the future, designing what’s next, what could be. Imagining, visioning, rehearsing and building a whole new thing, an imp...
DINZ Student Council chat with Mat Bogust –Think Packaging
February 02, 2021 22:48 - 20 minutes - 28.4 MBEstablished in 2010, Think Packaging is an award-winning structural packaging design studio that’s pure focus is cardboard engineering and delivering solutions. Mat’s talent has shone through his work, and with a long list of awards and well-known clientele, it’s no secret Mat is greatly succeeding as a packaging designer. Joel and Clara chatted to Mat about where it all started, how he developed his skills and knowledge along the way, and what it takes to start and run a business from scrat...
Product, Process and Persistence - Nick Mowbray
October 01, 2020 22:31 - 41 minutes - 56.7 MBAndy Florkowski speaks with Nick Mowbray, CEO of Zuru Toys, and investor in up and coming kiwi FMCG brands such as Monday Haircare, Dose&Co, Nood Petfood and Rascal & Friends. Nick moved to China as a teenager, with a small loan from his parents and with the goal of launching a toy business. 15 Years later, Zuru is one of the largest toy empires in the world, and Nick is drawing on this experience to shape and propel other New Zealand businesses onto the global stage.
Design for Positive Impact - Milliken-Ontera
September 06, 2020 11:00 - 34 minutes - 47.9 MBMilliken-Ontera is a design-focused commercial flooring manufacturer headquartered in Sydney. With a strong ethical culture and long-held commitments to sustainability, they are creating a better future by actively participating in local communities, developing a diverse and inclusive workplace, and doing their part to ensure a cleaner world for generations to come. Oliver McDermott talks to Ania Cetinic (Communications Manager) & James Mfula (Design Director) at Milliken-Ontera about floor...
The Value of Design - Bevan Tonks & Jonno Sagar
August 30, 2020 10:59 - 34 minutes - 46.9 MBLike other difficult dinner conversation topics such as politics and religion, the question around the value of design can be viewed very differently depending on where you sit. Independent designer Bevan Tonks along with Jono Sagar, principle and founder of Voice discuss the value of design from their own perspectives as well as how they see design as a problem solving exercise becoming increasingly complex.
The Value of Design - Bevan Tonks & Jono Sagar
August 30, 2020 10:59 - 34 minutes - 46.9 MBLike other difficult dinner conversation topics such as politics and religion, the question around the value of design can be viewed very differently depending on where you sit. Independent designer Bevan Tonks along with Jono Sagar, principle and founder of Voice discuss the value of design from their own perspectives as well as how they see design as a problem solving exercise becoming increasingly complex.
Designers Institute Student Council - Project Make
August 23, 2020 16:30 - 35 minutes - 48.7 MBRose Norgrove, Alistair Kincaid talk to Demelza Round, Nathan Walker and Anjuli Selvadurai. Project Make is a design education community that encourages folk in Aotearoa to make things together. Made up of founder Demelza Round, Online Learning Coordinator Anjuli Selvadurai and Creative Director Nathan Walker. Their online platform presents educational opportunities through project-based lessons. These projects span across multiple art and design disciplines and cater to makers of any age a...
Design for Positive Impact - Richard Shirtcliffe
August 18, 2020 11:00 - 27 minutes - 25.9 MBIn this episode, Oliver McDermott talks to Brand Guy, Richard Shirtcliffe, about building disruptive ‘triple bottom line’ consumer lifestyle brands, finding unmet needs, and outside the box thinking. Richard is the Co CEO of Noho, a direct to consumer furniture brand making beautiful dynamic furniture from waste plastic and sustainable materials. Noho, based in Colorado, has just launched it's first product, the extraordinary noho move chair. Created in New Zealand by sister company Formwa...
Designers Institute Student Council - Jungie Choi
August 13, 2020 00:06 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBJungie Choi takes us through the design journey and process that led up to 2019 Student Graphics Gold Pin winning project, Han. Through the podcast AUT students Kai Concepcion and Harry Davis have a conversation with AUT graduate Jungie about student life, her creative journey from being a student to a working professional. Jungie sheds light on the challenges she has faced and significant turning points that narrated her design journey. Opening up about the importance of minority voices not...
Designers Institute Student Council - Tim Webber
July 29, 2020 06:48 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBClean, simple, and quality. Three profound factors that point towards New Zealand furniture designer Tim Webber’s success in the furniture design industry. Tim, alongside his designs, praise the effortlessly beautiful elegance in design simplicity. From materials, to design choices and features, to manufacturing. His journey is inspired by the natural grasp he maintains of the design process and willingness to deliver value. In this episode, the DINZ Student Council members sit down with Tim...
Unearthing Rich Stories with Italian Stone
July 29, 2020 03:10 - 28 minutes - 52.1 MBGraeme Thorne and Matt Johnston from Italian Stone join Naomi Rushmer and Sebastian Negri to unearth rich stories about a beloved among the designer's palette: natural stone. Insights into a culture built around materiality, through the lens of an intergenerational family business.
Baptism by Fire
July 09, 2020 03:04 - 45 minutes - 42.3 MBJames discusses his journey. James’s story is an inspiring one, full of honesty and insight. He started by studying Design Innovation at Victoria University in Wellington and due to graduating during the GFC James found jobs hard to come by. So alongside his two mates from uni he moved to Tauranga and started his own studio. James opens up about some of the unprecedented challenges he faced from there till now and offers some advice for anyone who is just starting out on how to avoid some o...
Design for Positive Impact Blythe Rees-Jones
July 01, 2020 04:23 - 32 minutes - 30.3 MBWhen you think of most children’s toys and products these days, it’s hard not to get a bit worked up by the vast amounts of poorly made, colourful plasticky junky stuff. It’s not the most eco-friendly picture is it? It’s not very child friendly either, and It’s this, that inspired Industrial designer Blythe Rees-Jones and wife Anna to set out on a little adventure and try to do something about it. 8 years later and their company Woolkin, is becoming famous for their beautifully crafted ...
Design for Positive Impact - Jack Candlish
June 21, 2020 20:59 - 28 minutes - 53 MBWhen you think of Surfing, you think of fresh salty air, blue water, big waves crashing on the beach, sunshine, and nature … But if you look a bit closer at your average modern-day surfboard, it’s far from natural. Over 80% of surfboards are made from polyurethane foam, fibreglass and polyester resin. They’re cheap to make at scale, but they are not quite the innocent wooden planks of old times. In this episode, Oliver talks to Jack Candlish, industrial designer and founder or Organic Dy...
AUT Graduate, Xuangyang Sun talks to Material Creative
June 09, 2020 23:22 - 27 minutes - 49.8 MBLiv Harper and Toni Brandso from Material Creative gave us a glimpse of their creative journey, giving advice to future designers as well as sharing insights into their award-winning projects.
Design for Positive Impact - Timothy Allan
May 27, 2020 23:08 - 40 minutes - 74.4 MBTo make more sustainable products and businesses, we first need to change the way that we think about new product development: Considering all of the impacts of the entire lifecycle from raw material to end of use. This should be ingrained into any product designers mindset. It’s called lifecycle thinking, and it’s not as easy as it sounds. Putting it into practice, and delivering real positive impact inline with commercial success takes a lot of work. But the results are worth it! In this...
Blurring the lines between home & work
May 20, 2020 07:29 - 25 minutes - 46.9 MBWe live in a time of hyper connectivity where digital mobility is making it difficult to separate personal life from work life. The impact of Covid-19 and the blanketed ‘working from home’ scenario, has revealed and elevated many challenges that have been simmering in the background for some time. What will we take away from this ‘real life experiment’, and how can we expect our social environments to support and adapt to any behavioural changes as we move forward?
Blurring the Lines between Home & Work - Abbie Ross & Toni Brandso
May 20, 2020 07:29 - 25 minutes - 46.9 MBWe live in a time of hyper connectivity where digital mobility is making it difficult to separate personal life from work life. The impact of Covid-19 and the blanketed ‘working from home’ scenario, has revealed and elevated many challenges that have been simmering in the background for some time. What will we take away from this ‘real life experiment’, and how can we expect our social environments to support and adapt to any behavioural changes as we move forward?
Design for Positive Impact Podcast - Louise Nash & Oliver McDermott
May 08, 2020 02:35 - 36 minutes - 33 MBOur world is changing. With increases in human population and wealth, we have reached record levels of production and consumption. As a result, this has placed significant pressure on our natural systems and biodiversity. We are seeing the effects that the take, make, waste approach of the current linear economy has. New design methods and radical changes to the way we do business are needed to solve this. In this episode, Oliver McDermott talks to Louise Nash from Circularity about the Circ...
Pros & Cons - Jen Cheyne & Rose Nola
May 05, 2020 22:56 - 35 minutes - 32.1 MBLong time colleagues, Jen Cheyne (Jen Cheyne Design Ltd) and Rose Nola (Logic Design Ltd., Ngā Puhi/Ngātiwai) talk about their experiences and the pro’s and cons of home vs studio. Ways to make it work for you… or not, and what things might look like post lockdown. Working alongside each other since 2002, they have been through agency life, going out on their own in business, getting married, having 5 kids between them and navigating the challenges that brings. Some tips and insights to h...
Jen Cheyne & Rose Nola - Pros & Cons
May 05, 2020 22:56 - 35 minutes - 32.1 MBLong time colleagues, Jen Cheyne (Jen Cheyne Design Ltd) and Rose Nola (Logic Design Ltd., Ngā Puhi/Ngātiwai) talk about their experiences and the pro’s and cons of home vs studio. Ways to make it work for you… or not, and what things might look like post lockdown. Working alongside each other since 2002, they have been through agency life, going out on their own in business, getting married, having 5 kids between them and navigating the challenges that brings. Some tips and insights to h...