Reply To: Business Plus review by Gilbert Peterson

15 September, 2011 at 2:43 pm #210

Participant

Just a note of clarification – Arthur Radford was speaking “in defence of New Zealand furniture manufacturers”, ie: the great Kiwi culture of DIY design which did not involve using designers like Rudi Schwarz.

About DesignArc

Designarc is an embryonic concept of potential benefit to all participants in the design process. Financial support from sources valuing its existence is required to make this happen.

The Book - New Zealand By Design

Product design is what we make of ourselves. It shapes and shows who we are. It is the manufactured manifestation of our culture. NEW ZEALAND BY DESIGN richly illustrates the way product design has been formed by the isolation of the country most recently inhabited by 'tool making animals'. It will inform, entertain, intrigue and surprise readers interested in Kiwi heritage, creativity, culture, economics, politics, technology, industry and the deeply driven need for human beings to design better lives.

Contact

c/o 59 Queen Street, Northcote,
Auckland 0627, New Zealand.

P: +64 9 418 2348
M: 027 240 6853
F: +64 9 480 5972
E: michael@designarc.org.nz

design archive and research centre

Reply To: Business Plus review by Gilbert Peterson

What was New Zealand’s first industrially manufactured* product? Please help us dig deeper to answer this question.

About DesignArc

The Book - New Zealand By Design

Contact