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Meet Nic Burnham
What path did you take to become a lighting designer? As with most lighting designers, the path I took was long and roundabout. Originally, I did industrial design at RMIT and while graduating with d ...
Meet Chris Cody
What path did you take to become a lighting designer? After completing an apprenticeship as a structural and mechanical draftsperson, I decided to focus my efforts on combining my newly gained techni ...
Meet Sharbel Dammo
Why lighting? Lighting was never really something I considered as a career. It was during my engineering degree where I was first exposed to lighting as a career path. Prior to this my understanding ...
Meet Matthew Johnson
Why lighting? By the end of my degree in industrial design, I’d established an interest in interactive technologies. This included interactions between humans and technologies that especially related ...
Meet Danah Gochman
Why lighting? After studying interior design at RMIT, I fell into lighting. I think studying interior design gave me a framework for appreciating lighting – how it interacts with surfaces, the epheme ...
Meet Chris Alexander
Why lighting? Lighting wasn’t something that I was really aware of until later in my studies. I started designing a number of fixtures during that time and got fascinated with using light as a design ...
March 2023 Appointments
Auckland Stephen began his career over 40 years ago in the UK as an engineer apprentice in ship building and repair, going on to gain an honours degree and becoming chartered. He transferred his sk ...
What our mechanical engineers have taught us this week
You know you’re meant to be a mechanical engineer if… you like to tinker you fix things that don’t need fixing solving problems is what makes you get out of bed in the morning you love engines an ...
International Women’s Day 2023
To mark International Women’s Day 2023, NDY’s Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Auckland and Wellington teams hosted a unique hybrid panel event on Thursday 2 March 2023, celebrating the official United Nati ...
International Day of Women & Girls in Science 2023
11 February is The International Day of Women and Girls in Science (IDWGIS), which highlights sustainable and equitable development for women and girls around the globe. As our way of joining the dis ...
