Wednesday 6 June 2007

Mitre 10 Mega Henderson sponsors the Generator

Mitre 10 Mega Henderson are sponsoring the Generator by providing furniture for 8 residents.

This is great news. Some of these incubees are already know to Mitre 10 because Mitre 10 sponsored their end of year graduate show in late 2006. Mitre 10 stepped forward last year supporting young designers and they are doing it again this year.

The residents went on a spotting spree at the Henderson Mitre 10 looking for ready made products which could be turned into studio furniture. The end result will provide a semi industrial/DIY feel.

Young Designers Into Industry

Second year Unitec School of Design Product Design student Glenn Bromell was announced as the winner of the 2007 Unitec/Goode Industries Scholarship. The scholarship is set up to support young designers over two semesters by:

  • contributing $4,000 to their studies and
  • by offering paid design work throughout the summer break.

The Scholarship supports students who:

  • Are all round top achievers.
  • Have personalities characterised by drive, enthusiasm, integrity and commitment.
  • Possess excellent communication skills.
  • Work well in teams.

Glenn will be working on designs for Goode with the view to unveiling them in early 2008. Well donme Glenn and watch this space for updates.

http://www.goode.co.nz/


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"For me a business plan is a road-map to make your idea happen. Nothing more, nothing less. I’m not sure creatives should be talking about revenue streams and supply chains when they mean income and a network of friends and contacts in various creative fields. "I met this guy and he knows someone who can help out." That’s so underplayed and yet it’s so important to successful business. Terms like ‘supply chain’ are only so much alienating jargon.”

Hugo Manassei
Director, NESTA Graduate
Pioneer Programme

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"Barbara made business seem so relevant. And that made it immediately interesting to me. I really felt that I wanted to understand it better because it’s related to what I am doing"

(Generator resident post Waitakere Enterprise/Generator Business Courses)