Design

Games, film and television and publishing industry professionals with a love of sci fi and fantasy are gathering to swap notes and help the next generation to realise their dreams. 'Art and Industry… Audio, Gallery

Jim Mora explores the history of car logos with a creative director at Auckland agency Brandspank. Audio

At iD Fashion Week 2016 New Zealand designer Kate Sylvester showed her AW16 collection 'A Muse' inspired by the work of Picasso. She also presented a talk at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery about her… Audio

New Zealand fashion designer Sean Kelly is launching his own label in New York this year. He thanks American TV show host Tim Gunn for much of his success. Sean won Project Runway a couple of years… Audio

This year iD Fashion Week is in its 17th year. Thirty-nine emerging designers from 15 countries will have the opportunity to show their work before a panel of local and international judges. The… Audio

Michela Magas, founder of Stromatolite and the #MusicBricks project, and Andrew Dubber, founder of digital music consultancy group New Music Strategies. Together they run the Berlin Music Tech Fest. Audio

Design shapes our world, our environments, and our everyday. Where is design going, what's interesting and exciting about it, what's working, what's not? For The Weekend's design panel Lynn Freeman is… Audio, Gallery

Jane Ussher photographs New Zealand's newsmakers, personalities, politicians and quiet achievers - she also enjoys taking photos of buildings and coastlines. She's best known for her many years… Audio, Gallery

A big push against technology, stress and mass production has seen the rise of movements like slow cooking, adult colouring, and the demand for handmade and bespoke arts and crafts. Craft remains a… Audio

Are 3D printers and other new technology a threat to traditional Maori crafts - or the way of the future that allows more people to be creative? Architecture student James Durcan is working with iwi… Audio, Gallery

As apartments get smaller and smaller, how can we make them more livable and even attractive? We look to a New York example for guidance. Audio

From complete flatpack houses sold by Japanese boutique retail chain Muji to houses that float on water - are we turning our backs on the traditional foundation as the base of our houses? Audio

New Zealand has plenty of design talent and no shortage of innovative ideas, but what opportunities exist for our emerging designers, especially in the area of textiles? Sonia Sly headed to Massey… Audio, Gallery

Tutus add to the spectacle of classical ballet and are equally as important as the set design. This August, the New Zealand School of Dance launched an appeal to raise $9,000.00 towards the… Audio, Gallery

Associate professor in the School of Design at Massey University, and former Curator of History and Textiles at Te Papa. Her new book is a history told through objects and images, Real Modern… Audio

Product Design Director at Xero, and Creative Director for the last twenty years. He was the founder of early 21st century online community NZMusic.com, built SmokeCDs.com into New Zealand's leading… Audio

Space Between is a sustainable zero waste fashion design project run through Massey University. Sonia Sly meets the designers and team behind the project to look at why they're reconstructing… Audio

Wellington typeface designer whose Klim Type Foundry sells a range of typefaces internationally. Financier, his new typeface for the Financial Times, won him a Purple Pin for graphic design at this… Audio, Gallery

Designer Simon James discusses a couple of his favourite furniture designs. Audio