Header image: © FolkYEAH! photography from MOD2019 – Are personas problematic? session at Springload Tell us about FolkYeah. I started FolkYeah to be able to do what I love – photography and videography, and design. Being pigeonholed in a role with only one of these creative outputs doesn’t suit my personality, so FolkYeah allows me …
Tell us about Hype Entertainment. We design and produce immersive audiovisual events that connect and captivate people. Combining projection mapping, prop design and interactive tech, our creative team work behind the scenes to engineer mesmerizing experiences. Then, it’s up to our awesome crew to bring those environments to life on the night. From concept to …
Tell us about Hummingly Jolie Wills my fab co-founder and I have worked disasters the world over and came to realise that helping one person, one community, one disaster at a time wasn’t enough. Climate change was bringing more disasters and they were becoming more monstrous so we got cracking designing easy to use tools …
Tell us about the Big Picture. We are a unique young team of creatives who help people print stuff! All kinds of cool stuff! We offer everything from design, business cards, flyers and booklets through to outdoor signage, event signage, decals, and vehicle graphics. Back in 2008, two guys started printing for their fellow uni …
Tell us about Z Energy. Where to start? Lots of you will know our official sounding line – “Z is a Kiwi transport fuel company, supplying fuel to nearly half the market. We’re locally operated with a network of around 200 Z Stations…. “ but, that’s not all that we do. What you mightn’t know is that we’re also a …
We’re excited to have Out of Office join MOD as venue partners. We’ve caught with the Out of Office team to find out more about them and why they support human-centered design. Tell us about Out Of Office. Put simply, Out Of Office is a workshop space for hire. However it’s how the space …
We’re back in 2020 for another year of MOD! We chatted with Emily Dwyer, our MOD Festival Director, to get the scoop on what’s in store for this year’s festival. Tell us about MOD 2020. At the start of 2020, we were all geared up to run the biggest MOD yet and we still …
The spirit of MOD Wellington is people. It’s about embracing, exploring and learning from the experiences and mindsets of the diverse population of Wellington city. During this year’s festival the Asia New Zealand Foundation and Creative HQ partnered for a session focused on tech innovation in Asia. Featuring a panel of five entrepreneurs who …
PRESS RELEASE It is a little cliche to say that technology is a big, inescapable part of modern life. Stats NZ data shows that published software in this country is increasing significantly year on year, while IT services are in decline. MOD Wellington wants to put the requirements of real people back at the centre of …
Fostering the human-centred design community Experience Week was founded by Springload, wheretofromhere?, and Creative HQ. The idea was to bring together people passionate about the human-side of technology and design. With no shortage of creative, innovative, and inspiring minds in New Zealand, we knew this event would be met with enthusiasm – and we wondered why it didn’t …
