Make Something: creative collaboration

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2011 Make Something event: Arch MacDonnell (graphic designer) and Billy Apple® (artist).

2011 Make Something event: Arch MacDonnell (graphic designer) and Billy Apple® (artist). Image: Phil Simpson

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2010 Make Something event: Xanthe Harrison (graphic designer) and Anja Harrison (fashion designer).

2010 Make Something event: Xanthe Harrison (graphic designer) and Anja Harrison (fashion designer). Image: Phil Simpson

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2010 Make Something event: Tana Mitchell (graphic designer) and Julia Deans (musician).

2010 Make Something event: Tana Mitchell (graphic designer) and Julia Deans (musician). Image: Phil Simpson

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2011 Make Something event: Joanna Alpe (graphic designer) and Rebecca Mills (sustainability strategist).

2011 Make Something event: Joanna Alpe (graphic designer) and Rebecca Mills (sustainability strategist). Image: Phil Simpson

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2011 Make Something event: Edgar Melitao (graphic designer) and Chris Stevens (interior designer).

2011 Make Something event: Edgar Melitao (graphic designer) and Chris Stevens (interior designer). Image: Phil Simpson

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Originally founded in 2010, the Make Something event threw six 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.

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)

The exhibition is free and runs from 8am - 2.30pm at Allpress Gallery. See the Make Something website for more information.


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