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Current Authors:

Carol Green, Auckland

Carol works as a freelancer on whatever she can get her hands on. Recent work has included web design, front-end web development, print design, technical collaboration on large-scale artworks, writing for education, art installation, photography and teaching.

After completing a degree in Contemporary Arts, she has exhibited art work in the New Zealand, UK, Poland, Spain and Greece.

Carol’s own website is always last on her list of jobs.

www.carolgreen.net
@carolgreen

Laura Cibilich, Auckland

Laura is a graphic designer with over 8 years experience. Born and bred in Auckland, Aotearoa, she has worked in both design and advertising agencies coming up with creative solutions for local and international clients. Laura set up her own design studio, Designstein, in 2008 and has a particular interest in branding and typography. She loves the smell of fresh print, enjoys working on her photography skills, is involved in the Auckland art scene, and thinks she was a fish in a former life.www.designstein.co.nz

Emma Parnell, Auckland

Emma is a packaging a brand designer recently arrived on an adventure mission from the UK. Hailing from the rolling hills of the north of England she shunned a part in Coronation Street and turned down the Arctic Monkey’s plee for a front woman in favour of design. After 3 years of working for a top London agency she jumped ship landing on our pristine shores. New Zealand has seen her continue working in design for an international agency. On a mission to promote New Zealand design to the pommies back home, she launched her own blogging website and began freelance writing for various design publications. Recently branching out into travel writing she now divides her time between designing, writing and blogging while continuing her adventures around the country.

www.longwhiteclouddesign.com

Renée Lam

Renée Lam is a graphic designer currently working in Auckland.Beautiful typography and the desire to produce design that speaks both to the heart and mind spurns her on in her work. The tactile object is her passion of late with a constant desire to make and find design that surpasses the usual expiry date of ephemeral objects.

Philip Kelly

Philip Kelly studied Visual Communication Design at Wellington Polytechnic. His working output encompasses graphic design, art direction, typography and photography. His 20 year career has moved him from New Zealand, to the UK, the USA, China and back.Philip’s original typefaces and type direction have graced the pages of a number of publications including Rolling Stone Magazine, Paper Magazine, Communication Arts and the 2004 and 2005 Graphis Design Annuals. His design has garnered numerous international awards and his photography earned him a gold pencil at the 2005 One Show as a contributor to Big Magazine’s Detroit issue. He has exhibited photography in dealer galleries and artist run spaces in New Zealand and New York City.

After 12 years working abroad Philip returned to New Zealand in late 2010 and continues to work for local and international clients.

www.pkwycreative.com

Tamara Nyholt, Auckland
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Tamara is a photographer and graphic designer on permanent loan from Canada. Her youth was frittered away on a number of years creating retail work for companies like Sony, Mulberry, Estee Lauder and Chanel while battling crowds and bad influences in the bright lights of London. She spent a couple of years as a senior designer on government projects and publications back in the homeland before eventually settling in Auckland.

Tamara has been focusing on art directing for magazine publishing for the last five years and has worked with a number of Auckland publishers. She divides her time between teaching graphic design at the Media Design School in Auckland and running her design business, Maisonette Design Studio. (www.maisonette.co.nz)

Raul Sarrot, Auckland

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Raul Sarrot is an Argentinean-born, New Zealand based, designer, typographer & creative director. After working as a CD for Brave New World and Brando, this globe-trotting creative soul launched Freshfish (his own boutique strategic design studio) and the highly rated creative collaboration Argie&Stickman which specialises in advertising campaigns. Since last year, Raul also collaborates with Brian R. Richards as a Creative Leader.

His creative background and deep industry experience has been forged working with a mix of international and local clients across all media.

Raul also has academic experience as a Design and Typography teacher at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and as a Guest Lecturer and Advisory Committee member for AUT.

www.freshfishstudio.co.nz
www.argiestickman.co.nz
www.raulsarrot.com

Lindsay Yee, Christchurch

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At the age of 5 Lindsay had one of his crayon drawings feature in the Christchurch Art Gallery (Robert McDougall), all through primary school his artwork would feature for School fair posters, School productions. But it wasn’t until mid way through a degree in Economics and Management Science that he decided to pursue a career in graphic design. Quitting Canterbury University to study at CPIT.

Completing a design degree at CPIT School of Art and Design in Visual Communication in 2008. Lindsay is currently working as a Graphic Designer at Fuman in Auckland. @lindsnz

Elise Sterback, Auckland

Working as an arts policy researcher and with the champion of Auckland’s creative sector – Creative Coalition, Elise gets most excited when philosophising about the big questions facing creatives – what connects us all? And what does creative thinking have to offer society: cities and their inhabitants? What is the purpose of it all?!

To let off steam and enjoy the lighter side of creativity she runs events under her alias Vibracorp – a cheeky little fun-firm with schemes of transnational domination.

@elisesterback
www.sterback.co.nz

Kaan Hiini, Auckland

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Working freelance as a Graphic Designer and Photographer here in Auckland, Kaan has recently returned from the typical NZ OE in London. The ongoing development of social media, it’s effect on the design community and the changes in html are a few of the topics currently dominating his headspace. Ever on the sidelines of his cerebral landscapes; travel, pop culture and cultural identity.

More info can be unearthed at about.me/kaanhiini

Past Authors:

Lisa Baudry, Auckland

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The illustrator/graphic designer is a reasonably common ‘slashie’ these days and it kind of describes me. I work as a design consultant for my own design practise, Polygon Design, working in both online and offline mediums. I’ve also worked as an in-house designer for a public art gallery and continue to maintain a strong interest in art history and contemporary art.

Andrea Wilkinson, Hamilton

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Andrea Wilkinson was a Senior Lecturer in design at the Waikato Institute of Technology for six years before moving to Belgium to take up a position at the Media & Design Academy in Genk in January, 2010.

Andrea has worked in a variety of design positions, including in-house art departments, agencies and Internet start-ups, as well as utilising design in an arts context. She double-majored in Art and English at university and went on to receive her Post-graduate degree in Transmedia from Sint-Lukas in Brussels, Belgium. In 2004 she moved to New Zealand to lecture in design in Hamilton. Her research interests include: the response/ability of graphic designers to respond to non-traditional design problems, using text as a vehicle/medium for exchange and design process.

www.andreawilkinson.com

Hayden Raw, Auckland

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Educated at Otago University Hayden made the move to Auckland shortly after graduation. His background is in game and interactive design and development. Following recession inspired circumstances he made the move into the world of brand engagement through digital mediums. Hayden now uses tools like social media to create brand association strategies and campaigns that allow his clients to effectively target and interact with their customers.

Hayden is Managing Director of Hamr Ltd and The Common Room Ltd. He works as a digital engagement strategist for The Common Room as well as other advertising, marketing and design agencies.

Twitter: @hamrltd and @commonrm
Skype: haydenraw

James McGoram, Auckland

James is a designer, writer and reviewer living in Auckland. Originally trained as an architect, James turned his passion for words into a job when he created Evasion Arts magazine, and later an associated website, late last century. Editing, designing and producing his own magazine for two years, he learned some valuable lessons about design, the hard way, in a low-budget environment.

Hoping to make a living from his new skills, he formed a specialist website development studio in 2001. Messiah Studio has a track record of high technical achievement, and collaborates with graphic designers to produce beautifully tailored websites, online business applications and more.

He continues to work, intermittently, on various writing projects, snippets of which can be found on his personal website www.paperwords.co.nz

Meena Kadri, Wellington

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When Meena was 6 years old she won a Kentucky Fried Chicken colouring competition and has been involved in visual communications ever since. She has lived in India, China and Berlin and is currently back on home turf in New Zealand working as a communications strategist and researcher.
She explores the intersection of communication, culture and creativity from her blog Random Specific (www.randomspecific.com).She has taught design at universities globally and has written for the Guardian Weekly, Monocle magazine and contributes to Osocio (http://osocio.org/),which aggregates social advertising and non-profit campaigns from around the globe.

Laurent Antonczak, Auckland

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Laurent Antonczak is an Emerging Technology, Visual Communication & Brand’s Strategist. He has an international experience gained as an Art Director & Creative Director in TV, Animation, Corporate Identity, Branding and Marketing. Laurent has managed and coordinated significant communication projects in studios throughout England, France, Luxembourg and New Zealand – where he specialised in developing creative strategies and communications for companies such as Toyota, Arcelor, HSBC, Ford, Exxon Mobile, Goldman Sachs, Vodafone, the French Embassy (Wellington) and RTL (RTL Group part of Bertelsmann Group is the leading European broadcaster).

Currently Laurent lectures New Media and Visual Communication at AUT University’s School of Art & Design in Auckland, playing a key role in managing and leading the Honours and Masters students in the Graphic Strand of the postgraduate department. Laurent also coordinate, with computer scientist Andrew Ensor, CoLab ‘Mobile, Spatial and Locative Media’ research group.

Though involved in education, Laurent still concurrently leads and manages his creative company ATZ119 Limited, founded in 1998. Offering New Technology, Graphic Design & Communication Strategies this facet of his work allows Laurent to keep his hand in his professional practice and maintain strong industry links.