NZ Ballet - Alice posters

A series of posters for a modern dance interpretation of 'Alice in Wonderland'.

NZ Ballet - Swan Lake poster

A multi award winning poster for the classic ballet.

Changing Spaces

A Festival of the Arts and Origin-sponsored event celebrating New Zealand sculptors. The booklet was partially conceived as a sculptor's workbook and partly as a profile of the sculptors and their work. For us, the book itself needed to be a work of art.

Contact

Brand development, signage, brochures, website and intranet.

d-cypha rocket invite

To celebrate d-cypha's 4th birthday Origin was commissioned to create a memorable invite that would grab people's attention and sit on desks as a constant reminder. A rocket was chosen to support the party's theme of Guy Fawkes and required assembly to engage the receiver.

DiscoverNZ

Promoting NZ produce to chefs in the USA. Website and promotional print work.

Eichardt's Hotel

Pure luxury. Elegant and sophisticated with an exquisite attention to detail, Eichardt's hotel is an ideal place to stay - and a wonderful client to do work for.

Fuel poster

This poster was designed to help promote awareness of Fuel's new espresso bar at Wellington's International Airport. A Concorde was chosen for brand parity and reflects Fuel's supersonic perfect espresso.

Icebreaker

An integrated communications campaign that emphasised the natural beauty, silky sensuousness and rugged durability of Icebreaker's merino wool clothing. This phenomenal product is an ideal natural 'partner' for the human body in any environment. It works best when worn in layers. Illustrating how the layers work together was a key objective for the communication.

Jeff Thomson concertina cards

A showpiece for Jeff Thomson's astoundingly delicate work with corrugated iron. It's a bit hard to gauge online, but the beautifully tempered colour palate offsets the singular beauty of the pieces.

Millie Smith paper art

Simple, quirky and sophisticated, Millie Smith is a range of premium paper-art products with a strong New Zealand theme. The product mixes a modern and traditional graphic style, using simple New Zealand iconography, that always raises a smile.

Origin flip book invite

A fun invite to the openning of Origin's new studio.

Origin Xmas gifts

Yes - we like to surprise our clients and have fun at the same time.

Origin Xmas 2001 - Jeff Thomson house

We like to intrigue and surprise our clients with our Christmas gift - it's our turn to have some fun. The gift this year was a Jeff Thompson original sculpture of roofing nails - where better to 'hide' them than in some houses.

Origin virgin olive oil

Only the best for our clients 2003 Christmas gift. We chose Dry Rock Olive Oil, from Martinborough, Supreme Winner NZ Culinary Olive Oil Awards 2003, and packaged it to make the most of the elegant bottle shape and deep green lustre.

OSH

Objectives: Brand and design communications to introduce the new Health and Safety in Employment Act

Design Response:

• Use colour, layout and illustrations to "brand" the publications as ERS/OSH
• worked in consultation with Trade Unions, Employers Federation, OSH & DOL
• illustrations depict realistic "safe" work situations in a quirky manner

Resene adverts

To help promote Resene Paints new 2003 colour selection, Origin designed a series of adverts to show the diversity and modernity of the new range. Everyday interior and exterior situations were photographed and colours depicted were assigned to a colour in the Resene range. This reflected the contemporary edge and breadth of new paint colours.

Telecom payphones

Environmental graphics system for the telecom payphone network nationwide.

Transpower Signage

Objective: Provide impactful signage and way-finding in Transpower's new premises using the brand resources of photography, metallic colours and "grid" styling.

Design Response:

• Impressive landscape signage designed for each lift foyer using blocks and squares offset from the wall to complement the interior design detailing
  
  
• Reception and Foyer brand walls use strong black and white asset/grid operator images to communicate Transpower's business

Winning Worldwide

Employee communication on Dairy Board's world-wide restructuring. An interesting, and involving piece which creates a sense of adventure and purpose. The four different communications pieces of various sizes were packaged together to create interest and give a sense of story.