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Monolith, Special Group Special Gothic Design Craft / Typography
Special Group Special X Self Promotion
Special Group Special Multiples Self Promotion
Special Group, Monolith Special Gothic Specimen Editorial and Books
Stack Interiors Special Group Workplace Environments / Over 1000 square metres
Plato Creative Plato Special Sauce Business Communication
Previously Unavailable Special Editions — Salome Tanuvasa Self Promotion
Plato Creative Plato Special Sauce Recruitment Campaign Design Communication
Plato Creative Plato Special Sauce Recruitment Campaign Self Promotion
YoungShand Special Reserve Mānuka Honey: A rare moment of harmony Design Craft / Computer Generated Imagery
YoungShand Special Reserve Mānuka Honey: Taste-Along Meditation Experience Interactive
YoungShand Special Reserve Mānuka Honey: A rare moment of harmony Digital Campaigns
THREADED MEDIA LIMITED Threaded Special Ed.21: The Te Pō & Te Ao Mārama Issue Toitanga
THREADED MEDIA LIMITED Threaded Special Ed.21: The Te Pō & Te Ao Mārama Issue Sound Design & Composition / Cultural
THREADED MEDIA LIMITED Threaded Special Ed.21: The Te Pō & Te Ao Mārama Issue Editorial and Books
Young+Richards, Nigel Rye (Furniture Specialist ) Magistrates - New atelier workplace for brand strategists Richards Partners Workplace Environments / Between 200 and 1000 square metres
Special Group, Special PR KFC Gravy Train Design Communication
Special Group Rockit Apples Design Communication
Special Group Burnett Foundation Aotearoa Small Brand Identity / Cultural
Special Group Tourism New Zealand – Do Something New, New Zealand Long Form
Special Group Mr Vodka Identity Design Small Brand Identity
Special Group Smirnoff Night Project Time Based Graphics
Special Group Gravity Coffee Packaging
Special Group OOB Ice Cream Colour Award Spatial
Special Group City Farmers’ Market / Street Posters Environmental Graphics
Special Group FOUR / Identity Large Brand Identity
Special Group New World Park Safe Environmental Graphics
Special Group Gravity Coffee Roasters: Interpreting Flavour Design Craft
Special Group Ecoya - Just Add Candlelight Design Communication
Special Group, Catch Design 2degrees | Play the Quiz Digital Campaigns
Special Group Quina Fina Tonic / Packaging Packaging
Special Group Garden to Table Design Craft / Typography
Special Group Do Something New, New Zealand Design Craft / Photography
Special Group D.I.Y. Greeting Card Self Promotion
Special Group Meddle in the New Zealand Election Small Brand Identity / Cultural
Gladeye Auckland Airport App Digital Products / Transactional, Services & Utility
Special Group, Flux Animation Partners Life - Unhappily Ever After Business Communication
Alex Walls, Special Projects Island Bay House Residential / Residential Interior Architecture & Interior Design
Special Group Rockit Apples Short Form
Special Group Good Morning World Digital Campaigns
Special Group, Flux Animation Partners Life - Unhappily Ever After Short Form
Special Group, Flux Animation Partners Life - Unhappily Ever After Design Craft / Illustration
Special Group Meddle in the New Zealand Election Social Good Award
Special Group Rockit Apples Large Brand Identity / Commercial
Special Group Meddle in the New Zealand Election Colour Award Graphics
Special Group Citizen Colour Award Graphics
Special Group Citizen Packaging / Boutique
Special Group Rockit Apples Colour Award Graphics
Special Group Citizen Small Brand Identity / Commercial
Special Group Woolchemy Small Brand Identity / Commercial
Special Group Meddle in the New Zealand Election Digital Campaigns
Special Group Meddle in the New Zealand Election Design Communication
Special Group Meddle in the New Zealand Election Short Form
Special Group, Flux Animation Partners Life - Unhappily Ever After Design Communication
Warren and Mahoney Architects La Trobe University Sports Park Private, Public and Institutional Spaces / Public Development - over $10 million
Special Group Tū Ngātahi Design Communication
Special Group Tū Ngātahi Toitanga
Special Group Tū Ngātahi Social Good Award
ThoughtFull, ThoughtFull Kiwibank Rebrand Large Brand Identity / Commercial
Designworks Rocki Character Design Design Craft / Illustration
Designworks Rockit Brand Book Business Communication
Special Group Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa Social Good Award
Special Group Kathmandu - Summer Never Sleeps Filmed Videos (was Cinematography & Editing)
ThoughtFull, ThoughtFull , Ira , Kiwibank Kiwibank Rebrand Toitanga
Special Group Rockit Apple Colour Award Graphics
Special Group Citizen | Happy Bread Design Communication
Special Group Kathmandu - Summer Never Sleeps Sound Design & Composition / Commercial
Special Group, The Glue Society Plastic pile of sh!t Exhibition & Temporary Structures
Special Group Burnett Foundation Aotearoa Colour Award Graphics
Special Group Alta Large Brand Identity / Commercial
Special Group, Kiri Nathan Te Kākahu Hou Toitanga
Special Group Made for Out There Colour Award Graphics
Special Group David's Unusables Social Good Award
BUCK, Special Group Bonds Snoo-Zoo Digital Campaigns
Special Group David's Unusables Digital Campaigns
Special Group, Kiri Nathan Te Kākahu Hou Textile
Special Group, Kiri Nathan Te Kākahu Hou Colour Award Product
Special Group Summer. Finally Design Communication
Special Group Alta Short Form
Outline Design Saint Kentigern’s Specialist Facility and Boy’s School Private, Public and Institutional Spaces / Public Development - up to $3 million
Seachange Bennetts Specialty Range Colour Award Graphics
Seachange Bennetts Specialty Range Packaging / Boutique
Special Group Picker's Pocket Social Good Award
Special Group Made for Out There Design Craft / Computer Generated Imagery
Special Group Smirnoff | Made with Social Ingredients Digital Campaigns
Special Group Rockit Apple Design Communication
Special Group Good One. Colour Award Graphics
Special Group YuleGlide Short Form
Special Group The Violinist Sound Design & Composition / Commercial
Special Group Made for Out There Short Form
Special Group Kathmandu Colour Award Graphics
Special Group, The Glue Society Plastic pile of sh!t Colour Award Graphics
Special Group, The Glue Society Plastic pile of sh!t Social Good Award
Special Group Kathmandu - Summer Never Sleeps Motion Design & Animation
Special Group Picker's Pocket Small Brand Identity / Commercial
Special Group Picker's Pocket Packaging / Boutique
Special Group Picker's Pocket Colour Award Graphics
Assembly, Special Group Otago "Down For It" Motion Design & Animation
Special Group Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa Large Brand Identity / Cultural
Special Group Halberg Large Brand Identity / Cultural
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