Summary of the Fashion Residency project:

With a theatrical final year collection and a unique business plan to back it, Otago Polytechnic School of Design graduate Siobhán Moroney was the ideal candidate to win the Dunedin fashion incubator’s 3-month residency prize for 2009. Since then, Moroney has showcased “A Blessing and a Disguise” to national and international audiences at both the iD Dunedin Emerging Designer Awards and the main show at the Dunedin railway station.

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Complex Digital Light Box

Emily Hlavac Green needed large scale printing capabilities to complete her final project at the Otago Polytechnic’s School of Art. The newSplash Communication Studio was able to print on transparent vinyl for a 2m x 1.5m photographic installation of overlapping layers challenging the idea of a 2D image. The final piece was embedded into a wall at the 2009 SITE Exhibition.

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Summary of the Van Brandenburg Architects project:

In 2008, Fred Van Brandenburg approached the OID/PDC for assistance with the CAD modelling of his architectural designs for a project in China.

Fred had begun his project using Solidworks, a CAD package designed for engineering/industrial design; but his designs were proving too difficult for the traditional architectural CAD software.  

Fred’s methodology is more aligned to the product design process, where physical prototypes are used throughout the entire design process. The methods and tools at the PDC are therefore ideal for this type of project. The PDC 3D models have also been invaluable in communicating Fred’s designs across the language barrier with Chinese clients, both from aesthetic and structural/engineering viewpoints.

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Summary of the Ozone Project:

When Otago Polytechnic’s School of Hospitality approached newSplash communication design studio for help in improving the look and feel of their Ozone Café, it seemed like an ideal assignment for third year Bachelor of Design (Communication) students Leanne Preston and Kelly Sperling.  With a client who was open to ideas, the pair were inspired by retro diners of the 50s and 60s to give some local icons a Kiwiana twist. From a distance the walls seem to have been decorated in retro wallpaper, but as you draw closer...

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