We Are
Meet our collective. Our complementary skills and varied personalities come together to create cohesive design solutions.
You may not always find us in the studio - maybe we're surfing, working on-site with our clients, or having a roll down at the Ahuriri Bowling Club, but you can guarantee our brains are ticking over 24/7 because we live design.
Al
Up until the age of 30 I’d never lived anywhere for more than 2 years.
Rather unsettling in some respects, but the constant moving taught me how to quickly adapt to new situations, and blessed me with an open mind and listening ears – an advantage in the creative industry. I trained in London back in the 80’s giving me about 25 years experience (crickey, doesn’t feel that long)
Tom
Design naturally mixes in with my lifestyle.
I love the spontaneity, the interaction, the mixing, the journey and the unique result. I’ve been fortunate enough to grow up in a classic kiwi rural environment.
I always enjoy the challenge of working with limited resources to come up with the best solutions. I believe in changing my perspective as much as possible to source inspiration, getting amongst our natural playground where exploration is always the driver.
Max
I arrived at Band from a background in art, exhibition design and freelance graphic design.
The Band experience manages to combine all 3, plus you can walk to the beach for a swim at lunchtime.
Jayme
After starting my creative career as a photographer, and then lugging my camera around to every country my wallet would take me, it was time for a change.
So after returning home and completing a design degree I’m now moving into the new experiences and challenges of graphic design. Although my camera is still never far from reach, but then its nice to be able to add my own little skills to an already versatile team!
Nath
I have been traveling the design world for 14 years, having worked both in New Zealand and a couple of stints in the UK.
For the last 2 years, I was living in Exeter, Devon working as senior designer for Nexus, and as a photographer for Exesight Photography.
Now back in my home town, I'm enjoying working with a great bunch of people and all that Bay has to offer :)
Kate
the bubble has landed.
and what a place.
friendly creatures, blue ocean and exciting creative thinkers.
wow.
Snowboarding, fine art, house-bus living, 2 whippersnippets, mt biking, design, thinking, drawing, wakeboarding, yoga, slow food and light living...
Di
I love working with people.
Getting a feel of who they are.
What they stand for. Where they want to be.
I've been in the industry for more than 20 years (taking a little time out to create two yummy little boys).
I'm back! and more excited than ever. My strengths are intuition, vision and passion for design.
