19 October 2009Congrats Neogine!

Jane and I attended the Designers Institute of New Zealand Awards as guests of  Cam McDuff of Neogine on Friday night. A great occasion, held this year at the Auckland Museum Events Centre in the Domain.
Nice to mingle with with the best and brightest, sip bubbly and enjoy the sunset over the city.  The show was MC'd by Dai Henwood - he is one funny dude, and great at herding a gathering of design types! 
The category in which Neogine was a finalist for the 36 bottles Identity Development must be important - it was saved for near the end of all the proceedings.  So by that time the suspense was getting to all of us.
Neogine's reward for the great Identity Development for our brand was a Bronze Award. Pretty amazing within a category of very outstanding work.  A different colour would be nice but as with the Oscars / Academy Awards simply being nominated was a clear statement by Cam's peers of the quality of the Neogine team's creative vision & execution. 
Thanks to everyone at Neogine for the work on our Brand Identity, to us it is the absolute best.  We are stoked that your work has been recognised by DINZ.
We also get to learn about the industry's ultimate Britten and Stringer Awards!  There are some seriously talented people in New Zealand, especially Joseph Churchward who has designed over 600 unique type fonts!
The after party was also lots of fun, we had a great time. 
So thanks Cam for the great time we had; maybe we can come up with something new for you and the team to work your magic on in the future and we will see your nomination turn to Gold!