Design
Growing a brand in a fickle digital world
Kelly Thompson is the ultimate multi-tasker. The former Wellington makeup artist and photographer is based in Melbourne and is best known for her beautiful fashion illustrations and personal style. Audio, Gallery
Imagination Lego - How the internet cultivates creativity
The internet, oft-maligned, has ushered a new era in human creativity, argues David Gauntlett, allowing the like-minded to foster niche, but nourishing, online communities. Video, Audio
The Importance of Well Made Clothes
Courtney Sanders is a Melbourne-based Kiwi and co-founder of Well Made Clothes. She talks to Sonia Sly about setting up an online ethical clothing business and a movement towards slow fashion. Audio
Pearly Wong's International Minimalism
Pearly Wong is a fashion designer based between Malaysia and Berlin. She talks to Sonia Sly about catering to an international market place and the realities of the industry for Malaysian designers. Audio, Gallery
Juliet Arnott: waste and re-use
Kim Hill talks to occupational therapist Juliet Arnott, who is the founder and director of Christchurch reuse business Rekindle. She is currently driving the Design for Reuse - Resource: Rise Again… Audio
Chris Moller: houses and designs
Kim Hill talks to Wellington architect and urbanist Chris Moller, who is the presenter of the television programme Grand Designs New Zealand which is just starting its second series. Audio
Cities of Tomorrow: Smart Hubs
We know that connectivity and mobility facilitates innovation and creativity but what makes a really buzzy city, both economically and culturally? A panel discussion about how being a smarter city can… Audio
Franco Lora: images of Colombia
Kim Hill talks to Colombian student Franco Lora, who has just completed a Masters degree in Design at Massey University's College of Creative Arts in Wellington. As part of his degree he has produced… Audio
Catwalk comeback with a bang!
The return of WORLD to NZ Fashion Week was all about show-stopping, otherworldly looks, writes Sonia Sly. Gallery
Designs on Auckland
With the recent sign off of Auckland's development blueprint, the heat is on to get the planning and design stages right. Auckland now has a new single set of planning rules to manage the city's… Audio
WORLD returns to New Zealand Fashion Week with New York Twang
Well-established and new names sit side-by-side in the line-up at New Zealand Fashion Week 2016, while more of the familiar designers plan to show during the public weekend shows, rather than the… Audio
Chinese design show cutting-edge coolness
Sustainable, biodegradable and cutting edge technology is put to the test in an exhibition of internationally award-winning utilitarian designs by globally renowned designers from Zhejiang Province… Gallery
Chinese design show cutting-edge coolness
Sustainable, biodegradable and cutting edge technology is put to the test in an exhibition of internationally award-winning utilitarian designs by globally renowned designers from Zhejiang Province…
AudioThomas Thwaites: acting the goat
Kim Hill talks to designer Thomas Thwaites, whose new book, GoatMan, tells about how he took a holiday from being human by becoming a goat in Switzerland, using special prostheses and attempting to… Audio, Gallery
Chinese designs show cutting-edge coolness
Sustainable, biodegradable and cutting-edge technology was put to the test in a recent Wellington exhibition of world-renowned designs from China.
Taniwha - the human-powered submarine
Team Taniwha, from the University of Auckland, has designed and built a human-powered submarine, that has borrowed ideas from leather-jacket fish, and currently holds the world record for a… Video, Audio
Taniwha - the human-powered submarine
Team Taniwha, from the University of Auckland, has designed and built a human-powered submarine, that has borrowed ideas from leather-jacket fish, and currently holds the world record for a…
Video, AudioPeter Haythornthwaite: design, spifes and San Diego
Kim Hill talks to celebrated product designer and design integration consultant Peter Haythornthwaite, who was awarded an ONZM in the 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours. Audio
Sir Richard Taylor on concept designer Gus Hunter
Skull Island in the Peter Jackson movie King Kong was a pretty daunting location. Even more daunting was the fact that it's not real. Much of it was the work of Samoan-born concept designer at Weta… Audio, Gallery
Sit on your art: 2D to 3D furniture
You see some attractive objects hanging on an apartment wall, and assume they're purely ornamental. But what's this? Your host is taking the artwork down, and folding this two dimensional object into… Video, Audio, Gallery
