Monthly Archives: November 2009

Where we Work

November 19th, 2009
For­ging On – A Steel­works Home for a Graphic Foundry (and its sneaker collection). Words: Michael Bar­rett. Pho­to­graphy: Phil­lip Simpson. Ok, call me totally super­fi­cial. The reason I really like Switch's new work­space at the Steel Works is because it has really cool stools. Yes, those ones –the Pantone-referencing custom-made wheelie stools that glide so eas­ily across the über-smooth, newly [...]
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Shang­hai to Ohakune

November 19th, 2009
Some of the life and times of illus­trator Den­nis Beytagh Words: Ham­ish Thompson My first encounter with Den­nis Beytagh was a poster all blue and green and busy – pro­mot­ing New Zealand’s tour­ist delights to weary Lon­don com­muters in the 1960s. The design cap­tiv­ated me, with its feel-alive mix of good humour and acute obser­va­tion. It turned out [...]
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News: Char­iTee Design

November 6th, 2009
Designs on a Good Cause A couple of months ago Shine, ProDesign and Hal­len­steins had the idea that it would be nice to har­ness the cre­at­ive powers of New Zealand's design­ers to raise a bit of cash for Make-A-Wish. (Gal­lery of designs and more info after the jump) … . After all, Glas­sons has its breast can­cer aware­ness [...]
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Product Design: Fink by Fletcher Systems

November 6th, 2009
A New Slant Des­pite it's quite un-Nordic name, Fink is a chair that seems to live up the essence of Scand­inavian mod­ern design prin­ciples. It's sur­feit of style is a dir­ect response to the sim­pli­city of the concept, the choice of mater­i­als and the qual­ity of con­struc­tion. It's a chair that looks well bal­anced and firm on its feet. There's [...]
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