Urbanism 15 October
Alexander Girard – Doll No.6 Giveaway 
Cite, the exclusive agent for Vitra in New Zealand, has recently launched its new website. The website features separate ‘rooms’ that will be regularly updated with new products, profiles of some of the world-renowned designers who have designed pieces that are within Cite’s collection, and case studies of projects that Cite has been involved with.
To celebrate the launch of Cite’s new website, Urbis has one Alexander Girard – Doll No. 6 to give away. The doll – half decorative element, half toy – is based on an original found in the Girard Estate held by the Vitra Design museum. To enter, email peta.nichols@agm.co.nz, with the name of three designers who feature products in the New Items section of Cite’s website. Entries close 22 October.
>> Visit www.cite.co.nzAuckland Architecture Awards 
On Tuesday night the best architecture projects from the Auckland region were awarded and the standard was incredibly high this year. The big winner on the night was Ironbank, the dramatic RTA Studio design that features in the current issue of Urbis. Jasmax was also well awarded; the big firm picked up a Commercial Award, Sustainability Award, and Interior Architecture Award for the recently completed NZI Centre, as well a Public Architecture Award for bilingual school Te Whanau o Tupuranga and an Interior Award for their own office fit-out. Architects as their own clients was a running theme – architects’ own houses dominated the residential category with some outstanding results. To view all the winners, go to:
>> Visit http://www.nzia.co.nz/content.aspx?c=218&t=Local-Architecture-AwardsDulux 
Established in 1986, The Dulux Colour Awards are designed to foster, acknowledge and showcase the creative use of colour in architecture and interior design. For the first time in its 24 year history, Dulux has chosen to expand the Dulux Colour Awards to professional specifiers in New Zealand. So get colouring.
>> Visit www.dulux.com.au/colourawardsABSOLUT Inspiration 
Auckland’s Western Park in Ponsonby will be transformed this Saturday into a free visual art gallery in a unique one-day event as part of ABSOLUT COLLABORATION. ABSOLUT COLLABORATION involves some of New Zealand’s most innovative artists, spanning several art disciplines. Each artist has been asked to interpret the soon-to-be revealed ABSOLUT VODKA TV campaign Anthem, directed by internationally renowned Rupert Sanders, and to then translate this into their particular art form. The results will then be displayed within and around a giant inflatable cube. Enormous word-art painted by artists from The Cut Collective will fence the perimeter of the park, spelling out the ABSOLUT anthem while selected artists have created their own interpretations of each word in the Anthem: ’Doing things differently leads to something exceptional.’
>> Visit www.absolut.com//Art for a Cure 
The Breast Cancer Research Trust’s has organised a fundraising exhibition, Art for a Cure . The exhibition will present five limited edition sculptures by some of New Zealand’s most celebrated artists who have each specially chosen or created a work. There will also be work by artists who have worked in collaboration with New Zealand singers, songwriters and composers (for example, Peter Stichbury with Bic Runga). Art for a Cure works will be auctioned on Friday 30 October.
The exhibition is on at Hopetoun Alpha, Auckland, from 22 October–1 November.
>> Visit http://www.breastcancercure.org.nz/events?id=eb3e51b8-7cbd-4101-98c4-b5ab062d9541Essenze Rug Exhibition 
As reported in Newsworthy in the current issue of Urbis, New Zealand design store, Essenze, has organised a collaborative project between New Zealand designers and New Zealand rug manufacturer, CRONZ. For the first series, Jo Luping, David Trubridge and Lucy Tupu have each designed a rug. An exhibition showcasing the results will be held at the Essenze showroom in Parnell, Auckland, from 16 October–4 November.
>> Visit www.essenze.co.nz
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