Meet the Designers at Corporate Culture

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" id="id_4ffe046810f437164224368" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Auckland design fans, take note: Our friends at Corporate Culture are inviting HOME readers to a very special 'Meet the Designers' event next Wednesday 18 July from 6-8pm at the Corporate Culture showroom (73 The Strand, Parnell). <br /><br />You'll <span class="text_exposed_hide">...</span><span class="text_exposed_show">hear designers Nathan Goldsworthy, Emma Hayes, Tim Webber and Christopher Johnson speak about their latest work. Emma and Tim were finalists in this year's HOME Design Awards, and Nathan has been a finalist on a number of occasions before. Entry to the talks is free. <br /><br />Entry to the talks if free. If you're keen to attend, please RSVP to Christine Lawton, christine@corporateculture.co.nz. It's going to be an enjoyable and informative evening!</span></span></div><div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" id="id_4ffe046810f437164224368"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE0pnI2EUHtsbX6aKmHmfxyuYjV4x5UcBJ0SO22WwjsNYfQPnwBolmfDjQunp8NyMPtIUjJVHdFWufRApnKCPI1VAmXZWB9rjT30Wk4Ds_AIQUucTcTru-WxvXXeg6yMAUiO4sMmMS4L5U/s1600/Design+Awards+Nathan+Goldsworthy+%27Adjutant%27+table.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE0pnI2EUHtsbX6aKmHmfxyuYjV4x5UcBJ0SO22WwjsNYfQPnwBolmfDjQunp8NyMPtIUjJVHdFWufRApnKCPI1VAmXZWB9rjT30Wk4Ds_AIQUucTcTru-WxvXXeg6yMAUiO4sMmMS4L5U/s400/Design+Awards+Nathan+Goldsworthy+%27Adjutant%27+table.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Above: The 'Adjutant' table by Nathan Goldsworthy, from our Design Awards 2011. Photograph by Toaki Okano, styling by Jessica Allen and Tanya Wong.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicrrJiExe8vybP59JBuv9jr71D9LXadaYRB1Nb0CqWlbZ97CI_7wAIYdj3AutHOkXyFdO9byYyQF1f28h9CNrltD3kgjyBTt9qeNIURl0McEawKZM_XRRqA059O0MzjhZnpdmMy3jn9Mlq/s1600/Fabric.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicrrJiExe8vybP59JBuv9jr71D9LXadaYRB1Nb0CqWlbZ97CI_7wAIYdj3AutHOkXyFdO9byYyQF1f28h9CNrltD3kgjyBTt9qeNIURl0McEawKZM_XRRqA059O0MzjhZnpdmMy3jn9Mlq/s400/Fabric.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Designer Emma Hayes' 'River Print' fabric series (above) was a finalist in our 2012 Design Awards, as was Tim Webber's series of 'Y' stools (below). Both photographs by Toaki Okano, with styling by Juliette Wanty and Alicia Menzies. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglLi38TN0oPqqt-AlONOIViIUGrMa_lj-lmw1mzEtv_HKPye3DRY0_fl-hc5UavUCC5LXb8IAy2KiLcWqidt5uAh9jyyyhdWef77L-yG7qP84eNoCb1Qbyk4jBiU_xQimA4M2Wwpovvwmm/s1600/Stools.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglLi38TN0oPqqt-AlONOIViIUGrMa_lj-lmw1mzEtv_HKPye3DRY0_fl-hc5UavUCC5LXb8IAy2KiLcWqidt5uAh9jyyyhdWef77L-yG7qP84eNoCb1Qbyk4jBiU_xQimA4M2Wwpovvwmm/s400/Stools.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br />

Meet the Designers at Corporate Culture

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Our Design Awards winner

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsMNc2ZpfB76omrzwUGpo0UwRzpDSCbctEOnX5vsaW8-BlYQF53-kVyMZ1I1OvTBx_fiQ-ecBPetLZDODSsBXFA3F-RrVkQMC0kUIUsBlIPSdLaBHdRosI7joNFyrX-f3ucimKFXMg7bTA/s1600/Faceture+vases+by+Phil+Cuttance.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266px" rba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsMNc2ZpfB76omrzwUGpo0UwRzpDSCbctEOnX5vsaW8-BlYQF53-kVyMZ1I1OvTBx_fiQ-ecBPetLZDODSsBXFA3F-RrVkQMC0kUIUsBlIPSdLaBHdRosI7joNFyrX-f3ucimKFXMg7bTA/s400/Faceture+vases+by+Phil+Cuttance.jpg" width="400px" /></a></div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Congratulations to Phil Cuttance, whose 'Faceture' vases are the winner of our 2012 Design Awards. </span></div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Our awards recognise excellence in New Zealand furniture and homeware design. This year's judge, Christian Rasmussen of Denmark's Fritz Hansen, praised Phil's creations for the way they blur the boundaries between digital and hand-made objects by creating an interplay between craftsmanship and technology. "They feel like something special that I haven't seen before," Christian said when he examined the vases on a recent visit to Auckland. (In the image above, the vases sit on a 'Gallons' table by Holly Beals, one of our 2012 Design Awards finalists. The photograph is by Toaki Okano, styled by Alicia Menzies and Juliette Wanty). </span></div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The vases are made from water-based resin using a polypropylene mould. You can see Phil make them on a machine he created in the short film below. Our congratulations to Phil and the other finalists in our 2012 Design Awards.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/35912908?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="400"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You can see full coverage of the awards in our June/July issue, on newsstands from Monday June 4. </span></div></div></div>

Our Design Awards winner

Congratulations to Phil Cuttance, whose 'Faceture' vases are the winner of our 2012 Design Awards. Our awards recognise excellence i...

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Design Awards 2012 - the finalists

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We're delighted to reveal the finalists in our 8th annual furniture and homeware Design Awards. The winner has been selected by our very glamorous judge, Christian Rasmussen of Denmark's Fritz Hansen (who was in New Zealand recently), and will be revealed in our June/July issue, which is on newsstands from Monday June 4. All the photographs are by Toaki Okano, styled by Alicia Menzies and Juliette Wanty. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here are the finalists, in no particular order. First, London-based New Zealand designer Jason Whiteley's 'Studio' chairs for Resident, made from blockboard wood sheets (created from the waste of other industrial timber processes).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_j60Zq9hEERrwZXJxMmPKYSxShyGSTAColfAKW46XOv-v0p3su6n8440CQ6lPTz_RvBjj8ojSPwLkLJnnKjCa73Ii61WXHLiB8tB9vyD8eijboCY3nlRxL001Wqpx__OAeahCJ6FEOWdt/s1600/Chairs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_j60Zq9hEERrwZXJxMmPKYSxShyGSTAColfAKW46XOv-v0p3su6n8440CQ6lPTz_RvBjj8ojSPwLkLJnnKjCa73Ii61WXHLiB8tB9vyD8eijboCY3nlRxL001Wqpx__OAeahCJ6FEOWdt/s400/Chairs.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Next, David Moreland's 'Pendant 45' light, made of spun aluminium and spun copper. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0OLB6XIRDXdbk1l9r1rBvtEjGwx8xcIJHBN0Tcp_CsLRuRDy3gF7SupYqtZGBDduvBeFRsqAL7HocavBmffDYCwfCmIZ3u1bmNl4Qg_761Wga9pfbFtMmodt9FL79eVrNlCQKgo6BzVEM/s1600/David+Moreland's+light.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0OLB6XIRDXdbk1l9r1rBvtEjGwx8xcIJHBN0Tcp_CsLRuRDy3gF7SupYqtZGBDduvBeFRsqAL7HocavBmffDYCwfCmIZ3u1bmNl4Qg_761Wga9pfbFtMmodt9FL79eVrNlCQKgo6BzVEM/s400/David+Moreland's+light.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Emma Hayes designed the 'River' print and fashioned it into silk throws, cushions and pillowcases for her firm MM Collections. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfwCY-AFciYvS5PcnU-j6GCqXsSsXVkZJFEJifdoZIc1ZJAuJZDrvkvySJzW7MeCzim1yRyb1FIliPYHXfHBbDcaK_awZ_FLNk-EJTNerD8TEzziLBC2lo0jL3TbKyXgVAujg4ovTonF4J/s1600/Fabric.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfwCY-AFciYvS5PcnU-j6GCqXsSsXVkZJFEJifdoZIc1ZJAuJZDrvkvySJzW7MeCzim1yRyb1FIliPYHXfHBbDcaK_awZ_FLNk-EJTNerD8TEzziLBC2lo0jL3TbKyXgVAujg4ovTonF4J/s400/Fabric.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">London-based Phil Cuttance's 'Faceture' vases are made from water-based resin in a polypropylene mould, using a machine Phil made himself. Also in this shot is Design Awards 2012 finalist Holly Beals' 'Gallons' table. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghFAhwMn_kr5UywE005A9z3FD0IdTfRYAOHoD3JlNUYhB3LtDdADMj9UPV7zgRKpzzY-4sl1sPTDnhHT6v2AoYfYP-MbfcEpfXJUdJqw-2afxVmb8EUDdkN-zyI4QwDpPcfxCjxy7eJMaP/s1600/Faceture+vases+and+Gallons+table.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghFAhwMn_kr5UywE005A9z3FD0IdTfRYAOHoD3JlNUYhB3LtDdADMj9UPV7zgRKpzzY-4sl1sPTDnhHT6v2AoYfYP-MbfcEpfXJUdJqw-2afxVmb8EUDdkN-zyI4QwDpPcfxCjxy7eJMaP/s400/Faceture+vases+and+Gallons+table.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Nathaniel Cheshire's 'Oud' lamp for Resident is a homage to JJP Oud's 1928 Piano lamp, as well as incorporating references to Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion and OMA's CCTV Tower. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7bHIwqB4UUZMfDX5TKbBz5IianMZ92Wy24-SoWCMm817dj0jwNLVBdUwbgqxZpPJxdXRKmt0cKzd1h0YuHVsw2yGXCNbtlfmI4zhGXnD0XQb5ZBLBPsPw9fG-dGznKduG_mffwKM_Pck/s1600/Oud+lamp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7bHIwqB4UUZMfDX5TKbBz5IianMZ92Wy24-SoWCMm817dj0jwNLVBdUwbgqxZpPJxdXRKmt0cKzd1h0YuHVsw2yGXCNbtlfmI4zhGXnD0XQb5ZBLBPsPw9fG-dGznKduG_mffwKM_Pck/s400/Oud+lamp.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Two-time Design Awards winner Jamie McLellan's 'Spar' floor lamp for Resident was designed as a contemporary alternative to Achille Castiglioni's 'Arco' light in the way it cantilevers illumination into the centre of a space.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl0evABDu_gVld8It73-qzdwYPBjG0ryx1G6F9ANg-m3drYkneezqVpz7yf9AXCRVga8y7CtrskQAOV2GW6HBIo77SSGYiiKN0-fESF_Cnx-rIOynCOcb6-H4lpCot8tm6ca1LhWqzaXlT/s1600/Spar+floor+lamp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl0evABDu_gVld8It73-qzdwYPBjG0ryx1G6F9ANg-m3drYkneezqVpz7yf9AXCRVga8y7CtrskQAOV2GW6HBIo77SSGYiiKN0-fESF_Cnx-rIOynCOcb6-H4lpCot8tm6ca1LhWqzaXlT/s400/Spar+floor+lamp.jpg" width="292" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Tim Webber's 'Y' stools are elegant combinations of wood and powder-coated, primary-coloured steel. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzBk353KtDMYi5hPjU9qZBZ9d4iYDMqY13Az3_iLeZzHS1DG-9to4KjJTSQQ2hAU2vn1jKHtm51vsaszepc1eNO0k5qiWzxoUFM1bnpxzOvXgccQ7diTkRfgSin0-m76ha0c-_29zraisc/s1600/Stools.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzBk353KtDMYi5hPjU9qZBZ9d4iYDMqY13Az3_iLeZzHS1DG-9to4KjJTSQQ2hAU2vn1jKHtm51vsaszepc1eNO0k5qiWzxoUFM1bnpxzOvXgccQ7diTkRfgSin0-m76ha0c-_29zraisc/s400/Stools.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our lineup of Design Awards finalists appears to grow more impressive every year, a vote of confidence not only in the increasing appreciation for local design here in New Zealand, but the ingenuity of our designers in creating export-ready objects. Our congratulations to all the designers whose work appears in our June/July Design Awards issue. We look forward to revealing the winner to you on June 4.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>

Design Awards 2012 - the finalists

We're delighted to reveal the finalists in our 8th annual furniture and homeware Design Awards. The winner has been selected by our very...

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