Design Agenda: Make Something - A Collection Of Collaboration
New Zealand Creative Industries Mash-Up
In the creative industries, collaborations exist for the most part within the confines of one discipline – whether that be graphic design, architecture, fashion or music and rarely is there the opportunity for it outside of commercial parameters. MAKE SOMETHING was established to provide Graphic Designers a chance to change that with a group exhibition of non-commercial, cross-genre New Zealand creative industry collaborations.
Originally founded in 2010 the event threw 6 New Zealand Graphic Designers a challenge; given absolute free reign, who would you choose to work with and what would the results of that mash-up be? The results saw the likes of Fur Patrol’s Julia Deans, a former Visual Effects producer with Oscar Winning VFX company The Mill and an Amazon crowd-sourcing platform form a collection of collaboration that blended a mix of New Zealand creative talents. It then returned in 2011 with a fresh set of pairings, again lead by Graphic Designers, that included an industrial designer from Fisher & Paykel, a mixologist from Stolen Rum and artist Billy Apple®.
After a four-year hiatus the event returns boasting the same cross-section of creative collaborations which this year includes, among others, a racing car driver and Chef Michael Meredith.
ENTRY: Free
WHEN: NOVEMBER 19 - 21 (8am - 2.30pm)
WHERE: Allpress Gallery, 8 Drake Street, Auckland City
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The 2015 collaborative partnerships are:
Kyra Clarke (Graphic Designer & founder - Threaded Magazine)
and Amy Clarke (Fashion Designer - Mylarke)
Sarah Melrose (Graphic Designer - Designworks)
and Michael Meredith (Chef & owner – Merediths)
Jenny Miles (Graphic Designer - Hardhat)
and Thing Industries (Product Designers)
Clem Devine (Graphic Designer - Richards Partners)
and Jodie Salmond (Artist)
Sam Trustram (Graphic Designer - Saatchi & Saatchi Design Worldwide)
and Steve Rasmussen (Racing Car Driver)
Toby Curnow (Graphic Designer - Inhouse)
and Sam Haughton (Product Designer & founder - IMO)
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For more information or an interview with any of the 2015 MAKE SOMETHING collaborators, please contact the Event Directors or visit www.makesomething.co.nz