Upcoming Events — 2025

The Best of the Best Designers Speak® series represents the highest calibre of design craft and provides the opportunity to kōrero - sharing knowledge that uplifts and connects our community.

Talking to the values - Whakamana Te Toi, Whakamana Te Tiriti, Whakamana Te Ao, Whakamana Te Tangata.

This event is brought to you by Resene

Designworks; University of Ōtākou

Gold Pin

Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka - Hone Paul, The University of Ōtākou; Jef Wong, FDINZ & Mike Pepper, DINZ, Designworks.

Tuakiritaka. Restoring pride in identity, and pride in Ōtākou as a place of many firsts.

Alongside mana whenua and The University of Otago, Designworks set out to co-design an identity and brand that would speak to the present, be sensitive to and honour the true past, and provide clear momentum to navigate a path into the future.

DDMMYY & Klim Type Foundry

Gold Pin

American Grotesk - Kelvin Soh, FDINZ, DDMMYY; Kris Sowersby, FDINZ, Klim Type Foundry.

A campaign for the launch of American Grotesk®, a reprisal of Franklin Gothic, which has staked its place as a key part of American graphic vernacular history, notably in persuasive communication.

Like Bollywood in relation to Hollywood, this is an America seen from a non-American perspective, an outsider's cocktail of cultural deconstruction and satire — commentary and comedy — inspired by Colors magazine, Adbusters and S.N.L.

TASKA Prosthetics

Purple Pin

CX Myoelectric Prosthetic Hand - David Lovegrove, PDINZ, TASKA Prosthetics. 

Since its launch in early 2023 the TASKA CX Hand has established itself globally as the market leading premium prosthetic hand.

Klein Architects & Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora

Gold Pin

Hillmorton Specialist Mental Health Services - Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora; Ricky Lam & Sam Paterson, Klein Architects.

Two stunning new buildings now house Hillmorton’s specialist mental health services, supporting recovery of NZ’s most vulnerable community.