Client: MBIE / MoE / NZ Govt

The NZ Government initiated a review of two key sectors: the national science system and university sector. We helped developed the public consultation platforms for both advisory groups, alongside providing communications consultancy.

Client: Te Pūnaha Matatini

Te Pūnaha Matatini is a New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence which uses complex data to develop new knowledge and insights about New Zealand’s environment, economy, and society.
We have worked with them to extend their visual branding and develop a range communications items, including their annual reports. These key documents provide a compelling summary the centre’s research activity and impact.

Client: Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures

Koi Tū is an independent think tank and research centre based at the University of Auckland, and led by Professor Sir Peter Gluckman. It focuses on critical long-term global and national challenges.

The website needed updating and we worked with the comms team to redesign and rebuild the site from the ground up. The revised website is more user-friendly, better showcasing the range of work that Koi Tū undertakes – as well as being more engaging.

We developed a set of promo materials for photographer Stuart Sontier’s gallery exhibition of work exploring the ‘digital sublime’.

Client: Centre for Societal Resilience – Te Toka Rinohea (NZ)

Te Toka is a proposed Centre of Research Excellence focused on enhancing Aotearoa-New Zealand’s resilience in the face of ongoing and rapid environmental, economic, technological and societal change. Headed by Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, it is comprised by a network of researchers across multiple disciplines.

Te Toka’s identity needed to align with it’s mission values, work effectively in local and international social and research contexts, and be visibly distinctive.

Client: NZUni Talent

NZ Uni Talent is nationwide careers service operated collaboratively by seven of the country’s eight universities. The service was rebooting and needed revised branding. I worked worked with the client to develop simple, bold and flexible branding system that can be effectively applied both online and across marketing material.

Client: Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures

Koi Tū is an independent think tank and research centre based at the University of Auckland, and led by Professor Sir Peter Gluckman. It focuses on critical long-term global and national challenges.

We helped the Centre develop stylistic branding and a range of materials ready for a tight launch deadline – as well as a series of discussion papers responding to the COVID-19 crisis. Still a ‘work in progress’, we’ll update it as time allows.

Client: University of Auckland

The University signage required updating to bring it in line with revised branding. We were contracted as lead design consultancy on the project, working with University stakeholders as well as external fabricators to develop an effective solution. The signage update also included developing criteria for bilingual language application, reflecting the University’s committment to cultural diversity.

The project covered both internal and external wayfinding, resulting in the development of detailed application guidelines for the revised system.

Client: Cyber Security Foundry

CSF is a research entity at Auckland University focused on research and development, as well as consulting with government and industry.
We worked with them to develop visual identity and online presence. This included development of a digital strategy, and working with media productions to develop a promotional video. 

Love: Art, ideas, music, politics (Australia)

The ‘Love’ project is community-based collective exploring philosophical, creative, and political themes of love. Activities included an open reading group and multiple community-focused events which culminated in multi-day festivals. These comprised varied workshops, which included group discussion, shared activities, and performance.
Justin served as a collaborator, working with the organising committee and helping with communications.
The ‘Love’ book documents outcomes of the project, housing a compilation of essays, songs, poems, and activities, for which we provided design and production expertise.

Client: University of Auckland Service Excellence Team

I worked with the University’s service team to develop a badging system for their different service areas. This had to work under and alongside top-level University branding but be a little more flexible for simple in-house production.

Also developed were a series of internal promotions to market the team’s work to staff across the University.

Client: Global Climate Change Week

GCCW is an Australian-led campaign encouraging academics globally, and across all disciplines, to support the social movement for stronger action on climate change. By sharing ideas within and across disciplines and engaging more effectively with students, policy-makers, and the wider community the campaign aims to help mobilise urgently needed action at all levels.

We developed a simple but bold visual branding for the project, along with an interactive website, and advised on campaign strategy.

The website was developed as an information portal where people could find out more about the campaign, and importantly sign on to be involved. A key feature was an interactive map that allowed users to browse and connect with participants and activities in their local area.

In its first year the campaign mobilised over 300 initiatives in 80 countries around the world.

Client: New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists

NZAP’s identity and website required updating. We worked with the client to lead them through the consultative process, refreshing their existing logo to retain legacy symbolism but give it a more contemporary feel. We did the same for the associated Maori collective of psychotherapists, creating brand consistency across marks.

The member website was fully redesigned and restructured. Using a combination of WordPress and Wild Apricot, we expanded the site’s functionality and enhanced user experience, making it a much more useful and friendly site to use.

Client: Greenpeace NZ

We helped Greenpeace update their new members welcome booklet. We kept it simple and bold, aligned with overarching Greenpeace branding, and used some of the organisation’s striking campaign imagery throughout. The end result is an effective device that welcomes newly-signed members to the Greenpeace community.

Client: Greenpeace NZ

Greenpeace NZ wanted to revamp their member’s magazine ‘kakariki’. We worked with them develop a simple layout and style slightly different to the wider Greenpeace brand, but with a underlying ‘kiwi’ flavour and ultimately more user-friendly.

Centre for High Value Nutrition

Role: creative director/designer

HVN is a multi-million dollar government-funded research grouping (NZ National Science Challenge) with a focus on nutritional health. The centre required visual brand development, as well as production of basic communications collateral. I developed a simple modular style that could be easily templated and subsequently managed by the comms officer.

Client: Brain Research NZ

Being Brainy is an education programme that helps students understand how the brain works. Developed by Brain Research NZ it comprises four sets of teaching resources, which include teacher files, presentation PowerPoints, and student activities. The programme is distributed via a web platform which houses the resources and allows tracking of resource distribution.

We worked closely with the client to design the resources which were trialled through in-classroom testing before finalisation. A simple brand style was developed, incorporating a friendly brain character, who was employed to narrate aspects of the teaching resources.

Client: Te Pūnaha Matatini

Te Pūnaha Matatini is a New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence which uses complex data to develop new knowledge and insights about New Zealand’s environment, economy, and society.

We have worked with them to extend their visual branding and develop a range communications items, including their annual reports. These key documents provide a compelling summary the centre’s research activity and impact.

We worked with the Society to develop modern styling for its promotional collateral, and helped produce display items for the 90-year celebratory event. This included large-format banners and informational material.

Client: Liggins Institute

The Liggins Institute is a leading research centre based at the University of Auckland, which focuses on improving health through research into early-life events. We worked with them to produce promotional collateral aimed at attracting post-graduate researchers.

Client: University of Wollongong

This toolkit aims to strengthen the preparedness and resilience of refugees and humanitarian entrants to natural hazards in Australia. The resource is the result of a collaborative research project, conducted by the University of Wollongong, Australia with local institutions, councils and communities.

We worked with the researchers to design the toolkit resources, developing a large custom set of resilience-related icons, a summary booklet, downloadable templates, and a project infographic.

Client: Career Development and Employability Services / University of Auckland

CDES serves students at the University of Auckland. We helped them revise their visual brand, which operates as a University sub-brand. The visual identity, is designed to have a contemporary edge which can easily be rolled out across a wide range of communications and marketing collateral needed for event promotion.

Client: Early Start Research Institute / University of Wollongong

Lead my Learning is an Australian-based campaign focused on early-childhood learning, inviting parents and caregivers to become more active in turning everyday activities into learning opportunities. The campaign was a research project of the Early Start Research Institute, University of Wollongong, and was trialled in NSW, and developed using a participatory design process with local communities.

We assisted with the development of the campaign branding – taking the logo concept from artwork supplied by indigenous artist Johnno Johnson. This involved developing the visual branding strategy, and applying this across a range of collateral templates.

Client: NZ Film & Video Technicians Guild

We worked with The Techos Guild for some 10 years, helping to consolidate branding and communications. We redesigned and built custom-CMS websites: redeveloping the main members sites, as well as the informational Screensafe website.

We also redesigned key communications, including the quarterly members magazine ‘NZTECHO’, helping to edit and produce some 40 issues.

Client: Papakura District Council

Papakura Arts was a council service promoting community arts and events. We developed visual branding which worked across a website portal and quarterly arts calendars.

Client: Papakura District Council / Papakura Museum

Papakura, a district just south of Auckland, played an important role in the history of New Zealand acting as a gateway to the rest of the country. The local district museum received funding to be relocated and redesigned, which involved a complete overhaul of the public exhibition.

The project involved developing an interpretive display style sympathetic to the interactive nature of the collection, as well as being easily accessible to museum audiences – largely young and the elderly. We worked closely with museum curators, the exhibition designer and council staff to develop almost 100 meters of exhibition display. This involved the scanning and retouching of approximately 100 historic images and documents. Managing the production involved working with the signage fabricator to deliver and install the display to an extremely tight deadline.

The internal building refit undertaken by Jasmax Architects, and including the internal museum exhibition, received a Bronze Award at the NZ Best Awards.

Client: Cycling Advocates Network

CAN, the national voice for kiwi cyclists wanted to upgrade their branding and develop a cohesive set of marketing and communications materials. We worked with them to develop a bold but simple identity system, as well as producing a range of collateral.

Client: School of Psychology / University of Auckland

A major academic research project investigating critical issues within mainstream pornography needed to develop a public arm to the project allowing for engagement and debate.

We worked with the client through a briefing process, and assisted them in developing a portal website to house a range of engagement information and media. The site had standard blogging capability as well as social media integration, but also needed to house a number of associated art projects requiring image and video hosting.

Client: Auckland Regional Transport Authority

ARTA worked with The University of Auckland and AUT University to develop a campaign promoting sustainable transport use. Student participation was invited in its development, for creative ideas and installing ambient advertising. Promotions were run at key moments on campus – posters, display advertising, ambient street chalking as well as social media.

We coordinated the project: creative development, working with students to develop ideas and create final imagery; plan and manage the media run; coordinate the installation of ambient advertising; manage social media; produce an animated spot for the student television networks.

Client: National Research Centre for Growth and Development

The NRCGD brings together leading scientists from across New Zealand to investigate early life development. It is government funded as one of the country’s eight Centres of Research Excellence (CoRE).

The existing branding was dated and needed refreshing. We worked to assess and redevelop the identity and its application across collateral and external communications, including the organisation’s website.

Client: Diabetes Projects Trust

Diabetes is a growing issue within Maori, Pacifica and immigrant populations. DPT works at a community level through a range of initiatives to promote more health-oriented lifestyle choices.

We’ve worked with the client over a number of years to develop resources for some of their initiatives. A series of posters were developed to promote health-positive behaviour for kids and work alongside engagement campaigns within schools. A short tv-gameshow drama was translated into a mini-comic to help kids learn about healthy eating. It was produced in multiple languages: English, Maori, Samoan and Tongan. Information leaflets were designed through community consultation and translated into languages such as Maori, Somali, Dari and Arabic.

Client: 100% Renewable NZ

This nation-wide campaign promoted the target of 100% renewable energy as an achievable goal for NZ.

We helped to develop a flexible branding application for the ‘100%RenewableNZ’ campaign which would easily combine and work with sub-brands. Application possibilities were developed and a range information collateral items were produced for the campaign’s launch.