Urbanism 03 September, 2009
Fletcher Systems Giveaway 
New Zealand 3D design and furniture brand Fletcher Systems has recently taken a new direction. Fletcher Vaughan, founder and creative director of Fletcher Systems, believes that there is a lot of design talent in New Zealand and “we should keep it local”. So, rather than have New Zealand designers pitch their work to off-shore furniture brands, Fletcher Systems is focusing its production experience to support and produce other New Zealand designers work under the Fletcher Systems brand.
Urbis has one Twig Coat Stand designed by Jamie McLellan for Fletcher Systems to give away. To enter, email peta.nichols@agm.co.nz telling us what materials the Twig Coat Stands are made from (you’ll find the answer on the Fletcher Systems website). Entries by September 10.
>> Visit www.fletcher-systems.co.nzCanon EOS Photo5 Competition 
Canon New Zealand has recently launched a photography competition – EOS Photo5. The competition’s concept is based on a creative brief centred around five objects that will be sent to registered participants who must use them to shoot a series of imaginative images. Five winners will receive prize packs including an EOS 5D Mark ll Premium kit and a photography safari with professional photographer Chris Bray.
>> Visit www1.canon.co.nz/worldofeos/Photo5/Dual Shows for Dust Collective 
Sixteen artists have joined forces to create the exhibiting group Dust Collective. The collective’s approach is said to be like dust itself – ‘Dust disperses and accretes. It inhabits spaces, settles in odd corners and comes together in unexpected ways. It has a light touch, moving in an out of terrains, driven by and subject to external forces’.
Dust Collective has two show in September: Dust 1.2, at AUT’s St Paul Street Gallery Three, Auckland City, September 17 – 26, and Dust Dispersion at Artstation Gallery, Ponsonby, September 7 – 26.
>> Visit www.aut.ac.nz/study-at-aut/study-areas/art-design/learning-environment/st-paul-street-gallery
2009 World Architecture Festival’s Shortlisted Projects 
The 2009 World Architecture Festival’s shortlisted projects have been released. The projects’ architects will present their designs at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona in November. They’re in with a shot to be named as the “best building in the world for 2009”. The New Zealand projects shortlisted are:
Ironbank by RTA Studio; NZi3 Innovation Institute by Warren and Mahoney; Wilson School by Opus; Wintergarden at The Northern Club by Fearon Hay; Yellow Treehouse Restaurant by Pacific Environments NZ.
>> Visit http://www.worldarchitecturefestival.com/shortlist.cfm
Urbis Pecha Kucha Presentation
Earlier in the year, Urbis editor Nicole Stock presented at Pecha Kucha_Auckland_12. Nicole talked about the lively design scene in Wanganui. For those who missed out on seeing her presentation, you can now view it on Pecha Kucha’s blog.
>> Visit www.pechakucha.co.nz
Spring Celebration 
To celebrate the arrival of spring, homeware designer Andrew Johnston placed this installation in Okahu Bay, Auckland, on September 1. Comprised of oversized plastic budding flowers, the installation was auctioned to raise money for charity.
>> Visit www.thatch.co.nz
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