Project Glow on the Runway

A few weeks ago we pre­viewed the gar­ments and acces­sories cre­at­ed for Project Glow, a fash­ion com­pe­ti­tion for reflec­tive gear. Last Sat­ur­day evening we attend­ed the Welling­ton show (the Auck­land show is on Sat­ur­day 26th, tick­ets here). Right now it’s hard to com­pete with all those lus­cious burg­er pho­tos here on The Welling­ton­ista, so we think we […]

Preview: Project Glow

At a pos­si­bly not-that-secret loca­tion in the heart of Te Aro, The Welling­ton­ista was invit­ed to pre­view the entrants for this year’s Project Glow. We had to tap on the win­dow to gain entrance, and while there only man­aged to take the blur­ri­est of pho­tos. That’s because the judges were busy at work; and we […]

Semi-Permanent 2015

Semi-Per­­ma­­nent, the exclu­sive inclu­sive dig­i­tal sym­po­sium returns to Welling­ton on Novem­ber 17th.  The Embassy The­atre plays host to speak­ers from around the globe shar­ing their per­son­al expe­ri­ences, insights and exper­tise in the design, ani­ma­tion, adver­tis­ing, graph­ic and illus­tra­tion worlds. It’s great for stu­dents of design, fans of design and peo­ple who just want to expand […]

Wanted: great T‑shirt designs

wanted - great t-shirt designers

All you bud­ding young clothes design­ers out there should be get­ting what­ev­er it is you use to design clothes ready for The Hini­tia­tive and Welling­ton City Mis­sion T‑Shirt design con­test that kicked off this week.

Open to all Welling­ton high school stu­dents, entries will be judged by a pan­el that includes Welling­ton fash­ion design­er, Robyn Math­ieson, cloth­ing stores Fusion Surf & Skate and Rex Royale, and The Church design com­pa­ny. The first place win­ner takes home $300 in store vouch­ers. Sec­ond, third also get store vouch­ers, but not quite so many. In addi­tion, all four final­ists will have their win­ning designs pro­duced into t‑shirts by The Hini­tia­tive and sold by select­ed stores in Welling­ton to help ben­e­fit Welling­ton City Mis­sion.

Do good, and look good doing it.

More info at the Hini­tia­tive web­site, and here’s a direct link to the design brief. Con­test dead­line is Sat­ur­day 11 August.