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Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

Reinvent the mundane

Emily Rothschild is an industrial designer who keeps on surprising people with her innovative concepts.  Her approach is to spot areas of our lives that are often overlooked and develop new, often humorous design solutions.  She’s probably best known for her design concepts for storing and organizing medications – basically she’s reinventing the medicine cabinet

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Monday, March 26th, 2012

Look for materials with stories

Soon after graduating from design school in Cape Town, Wendren Setzer developed her own designer bag range, inspired by the stories that certain materials inherently have. The resulting range, named WREN, includes a laptop bag made from...

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Thursday, March 15th, 2012

From glass to furniture, from London to Shanghai

Kirsty Whyte began her design career with a specialisation in kiln formed glass and since then has diversified in furniture, lighting and homewares, winning numerous awards along the way.  Kirsty founded her own London-based design studio in...

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Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

At the interface of design and art – Joe Doucet

New York designer Joe Doucet illustrates how rich and varied a designer’s career can be. Starting out as a graphic designer in advertising, Joe has since then achieved recognition in the fields of industrial design, furniture design,...

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Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

Auckland designer dreams about Hot Wheels

Aaron McTurk is clearly doing what he loves. The images say it all. Aaron recently graduated from Massey University’s Design School in Auckland. As he states it, his ultimate goal is to work for Hot Wheels, the...

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