Sunday, 16 September 2007

Congratulations

This year has been an exciting one - setting up the Generator and seeing the participants flourish has given all those involved a great sense of achievement.
The Generator is working 24/7 and the fruits of its labour are already hitting the shops and the streets.

Issue 4 of Threaded magazine is in the shops and this issue is without doubt the best yet. Designer Kyra Bradcock and editor Fiona Grieve teamed up with Design Works and......... well why not buy a copy and find out for yourself.

Congratulations to product designer Chris Metcalf. Chris has done it again and this time has landed himself $10,000 for being one of the finalist in the 2007 AMP awards. Chris has developed his folding plywood bowls into an injection moulded plastic version. Available in a multitude of colours the bowl can be purchased from the Eon and Essenze showrooms.

Also many congratulations to Greg Holdsworth who sees his sustainable coffin design as a finalist in two categories of the 2007 Best Design Awards. We wish Greg all the best in the final judging.

Johnny Macdonald has been spending his time perfecting his beautiful light clusters. There are a number of new versions on the market and you can see and buy his lights from Simon James showroom in Aucklands Benedict Street.

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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)