Open Lab

We are a design studio within @toi_rauwharangi. Design professionals, academics & student designers collaborating to solve organisational and business problems.

[Open Lab @OpenLabNZ]

Our Creative Director (Michael) & designer (Connah) developed a rapid ideation workshop for @coca222417. It included 6 activities, 30min time limit, 15 creative teams across 2 days. We got the teams to think about their central idea through the lens of a sensory brand experience

[Image & Identity @coca222417]

@FlyAirNZ @jamesmbull @universalevery @TweetsByTBI @CubaDupa @cocamassey @REBRANDing @pentagram @DixonBaxi @StudiodotBuild @erretres_design @brucemaudesign @toormix @Brand_Brothers @mubi @itsnicethat @prophetstrategy @placidadesign @CatoPartnersNZ @GRETEL @LavaDesign @movingbrands @saffronbc @manualcreative @FutureBrand @OpenLabNZ "Thanks" Michael & Connah – @OpenLabNZ rule! #coca4brand

[Open Lab @OpenLabNZ]

14 | Industrial grad who has the industry by the tail

Hear Lisa talk about her award-winning project, SWITCH, and the challenges she faces when large companies start asking to buy her design.
https://t.co/1Jqnx9EQIl
#podcast #design #coca4

[Open Lab @OpenLabNZ]

13 | Fashion grad who never stops

Hear about Anna’s experience of being a finalist in WOW with her garment Bloom. She also talks about her busy lifestyle, influential student exchange & her start-up #fashion lines Anna lee & Syko.
https://t.co/pSruFxgTwq
#podcast #design #coca4

[Open Lab @OpenLabNZ]

We just reached over 1K of downloads. Thanks to all our listeners & the amazing #artist we've had on our show. Here's a gif to celebrate some of them. Our podcast interviews young #creatives about their journey into the creative industry, give it a listen. #podcast #coca4 #design

[Open Lab @OpenLabNZ]

We were named a finalist in the @ecentre Grand Ideas $5k challenge for Open Lab The Podcast. Unfortunately, we didn’t win, but the judges were very impressed with our pitch. 'Great presentation ... the concept is serving a well-identified need' #designer #podcast #Creative #coca4

[Open Lab @OpenLabNZ]

12 | Music grad making magic
Join us on a spiritual, empathic & emotive convo with Michael (Sutherland Sounds). He tells us how practicing the foundation learnt at uni helped him to invite chaos into his music production.
https://t.co/3looiWWiSb
#podcast #music #design #coca4

[Open Lab @OpenLabNZ]

11 | Photography grad to professional
Olivia’s has been in constant record mode since starting at Capture Studios. Her honours year helped her grow as a confident creative & form a new mindset to trust herself
https://t.co/55zP0EtlrS
#podcast #design #coca4 #photography #fashion

[Open Lab @OpenLabNZ]

Thanks to our friends at #JustSpeak & #ActionStation for allowing us to bring their vision to life. Collectively, we created a powerful & emotional story for the people of Aotearoa to start visualising & sharing vulnerable discussions for a better future.
https://t.co/wmwqABC6fS

[Open Lab @OpenLabNZ]

Nathan walks us through his 4th year/major project. We talk #inclusivedesign #prototyping project milestones & how industry night at Exposure #EXP19 connected him with a job at Diagram. Open Lab The Podcast (S1, Ep08) on YouTube.
https://t.co/pRjrXye95y
#coca4 #designer #podcast

[Brian Lucid @brianlucid]

Congratulations to today’s Ngā Pae Māhutonga Wellington School of Design graduates! https://t.co/Hr6e5mIql0

[Open Lab @OpenLabNZ]

Some wise advice to current 4th years at @cocamassey from @naaanz

[nanz @nanz_nair]

@OpenLabNZ Design(ing) is never neutral. Values, ideologies, histories, politics are embedded in our designs, whether we intend them or not. So design mindfully, with intention.

To quote Anne-Marie Willis:
“Design designs. We design our world, while our world acts back on us and design us”

[Open Lab @OpenLabNZ]

@naaanz Loving that quote

[Open Lab @OpenLabNZ]

Mette dives deep into the Open Lab experience & opens up about major project. A raw & emotive interview that gives insight for any current 4th-year. Open Lab The Podcast (S1, Ep 07) now on YouTube. Go sub & join the conversation.
https://t.co/kwVQD0Iwtr
#coca4 #designer #podcast

[Open Lab @OpenLabNZ]

@hollie_arnett We're getting you on all our channels! So good giving this episode another listen – great gold nuggets of advice in there.

[Open Lab @OpenLabNZ]

Hollie at 22 went freelance full-time, with no $ saved & only ever freelanced part-time. She now celebrates the success that she made it all work. Open Lab The Podcast (S1, Ep 06) is now on YouTube. Go sub & join the conversation.
https://t.co/THBmlp42tf
#coca4 #designer #podcast

[Open Lab @OpenLabNZ]

Find out how Alesha applied for a role as a Digital Designer in government on the day of her Major Project presentation. Open Lab The Podcast (S1, Ep 05) just dropped on YouTube. Go subscribe & join the conversation.
https://t.co/s0RHRdSmvb
#coca4 #designer #podcast

[Open Lab @OpenLabNZ]

New episode alert!!

10 | Spatial graduate doing it all.
In this episode, we talk with Spatial graduate Oscar Keys. Find out how he started collaborating with brands such as Red Bull & Rhythm and Vines.
https://t.co/xAByB0CaiX
#podcast #podcastonspotify #design #coca4

[Open Lab @OpenLabNZ]

Sophia had 6 interviews to land her first job & crushed the myth that women apply only if they meet 100% of the quals. Open Lab The Podcast (S1, Ep 04) just dropped on YouTube. Go subscribe & join the conversation.
https://t.co/bkdYe1vCYO
#coca4 #designer #podcast

[Open Lab @OpenLabNZ]

A bathroom power pose helped land a 6mth internship! Open Lab The Podcast (S1, Ep 03) just dropped on YouTube. It explores the mindset shifts you take as you transition into a new design role. Go subscribe & join the conversation. https://t.co/nPrnutbxU2
#coca4 #designer #podcast