Type Here Aotearoa

Type Here Aotearoa Typography Exhibition

Snackabet! A few 📸 from the type workshop with and by .aotearoa hosted Hope you had fun!Thank you .powley from for h...
05/03/2026

Snackabet!

A few 📸 from the type workshop with and by .aotearoa hosted

Hope you had fun!

Thank you .powley from for helping us organise the workshops. 🍎

Thank you for supporting this event. ✨✨✨

🙏🏾 and for the delicious drinks ✨✨✨

The Fabric of SocietyWinner Type Here 2025Designer: Sonia Mijatov A giant plastic plaid bag. Our coming-of-age totem. In...
05/03/2026

The Fabric of Society
Winner
Type Here 2025

Designer: Sonia Mijatov

A giant plastic plaid bag. Our coming-of-age totem. In the face of moving houses, cities & lifetimes - these bags carry us. Despite the flimsy exterior they’re a manifestation of our & ‘she’ll be right’ attitude and a bit of dumb luck. We ignore bulging zips barely holding our worldly possessions together, or the fabric threatening to rip, schlepping our baggage place to place.

Built by sewing letters hand cut from the bag itself, this entry shines a light on a humble staple in kiwi culture, whether crumpled at the back of a cupboard or a proud tapestry in our garages.

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📸 .chloe

Kiwi CulchurType Here 2 Exhibition 📸 19 Sep - 4 Oct 2025Te Wai Ngutu Kākā GalleryType Here is an Aotearoa typography pos...
05/03/2026

Kiwi Culchur
Type Here 2 Exhibition 📸
19 Sep - 4 Oct 2025
Te Wai Ngutu Kākā Gallery

Type Here is an Aotearoa typography poster competition, focused on contemporary and expressive typography.

Aotearoa is a place rich in storytelling, from epic mythologies to emotional journeys, our stories carry the very DNA of our nation. Type Here celebrates these personal stories, expressed through language, culture and typography.

📸.chloe

New theme coming soon 👀✨

Land Is LifeDesigner: Hannah SmallLand Is Life rotates the landmass of Aotearoa around an axis. I’ve overlaid multiple c...
01/10/2025

Land Is Life
Designer: Hannah Small

Land Is Life rotates the landmass of Aotearoa around an axis. I’ve overlaid multiple colours to create a kind of detail effect that reminds me of the fine linework used in passports and banknotes. As the geographic forms rotate, the words Island Life and Land Is Land appear and disappear.

This shifting visibility builds a layered meaning around the importance of land, and Aotearoa’s unique identity as an island nation, distant and distinct at the bottom of the world.

FROM fromDesigner: Mark WilsonBut where are you FROM from?
01/10/2025

FROM from
Designer: Mark Wilson


But where are you FROM from?

StinkDrongoEggDesigner: Nina VasiljevicMy posters are my love letters to New Zealand slang, and particularly our quirky ...
01/10/2025

StinkDrongoEgg
Designer: Nina Vasiljevic


My posters are my love letters to New Zealand slang, and particularly our quirky and charming swears. Moving to New Zealand as a teenager in the late 90s meant having to learn lots of new things, and mastering cool slang was a total rite of passage.

These words are satisfying to say, mutter and shout (and also to typeset) and to me they represent Kiwi culchur to the max. Chur!

Filth: Mid-Winter KanikaniDesigner: Sheahan HuriClient: FilthMassey UniversityPoster for Filths’ Mid-Winter Kanikani wit...
01/10/2025

Filth: Mid-Winter Kanikani
Designer: Sheahan Huri
Client: Filth
Massey University


Poster for Filths’ Mid-Winter Kanikani with a nod to Joseph Churchward and the Pacific. Founded by JessB (Jess Bourke) and Half Queen (Shaquille Wasala), Filth is a ＆QTPOC prioritised club night in Auckland dedicated to creating a safe and inclusive space for dancing.

By the BeachDesigner: Michelle LinLecturer: Caroline PowleyAUTdsgn_My posters capture childhood memories by the beach. T...
01/10/2025

By the Beach
Designer: Michelle Lin
Lecturer: Caroline Powley
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My posters capture childhood memories by the beach. The phrases ‘sand in our hair’ and ‘salt on our skin’ express the physical experience of growing up in Aotearoa where we are connected to the ocean. My letterforms are created directly from sand and salt, highlighting their gritty and organic textures.

The compositions reflect the movement of the waves, creating visual movement. The colours used give a nostalgic feel, connecting the viewer to the ocean.

By the BeachDesigner: Michelle LinLecturer: Caroline PowleyAUTdsgn_My posters capture childhood memories by the beach. T...
01/10/2025

By the Beach
Designer: Michelle Lin
Lecturer: Caroline Powley
AUTdsgn_

My posters capture childhood memories by the beach. The phrases ‘sand in our hair’ and ‘salt on our skin’ express the physical experience of growing up in Aotearoa where we are connected to the ocean. My letterforms are created directly from sand and salt, highlighting their gritty and organic textures.

The compositions reflect the movement of the waves, creating visual movement. The colours used give a nostalgic feel, connecting the viewer to the ocean.

¡Súbete, Bájate! / Get On, Get Off!Designer: Lani Soleil Aguilar BojorquezLecturers: Caroline Powley, Shabnam ShiwanAUT“...
01/10/2025

ÂĄSĂşbete, BĂĄjate! / Get On, Get Off!
Designer: Lani Soleil Aguilar Bojorquez
Lecturers: Caroline Powley, Shabnam Shiwan
AUT


“Get On, Get Off!” explores the differences in urban life between my home city, Lima, and my new city, Auckland, through a bus ride. The design is tight and compressed so as to resemble a cramped bus ride. It was inspired by music posters seen throughout Lima, and the type is hand-drawn using techniques similar to sign painting seen on buses.

The first poster is loud and brash and the second calmer, though not by much. Because although a bus ride here may be quieter, there is no escaping that messy, vibrant chaos that is inherent to every city.

Te Tiriti TakeawaysDesigner: Léon BristowContributors: Reks Kok – Creative RetoucherWhat do fish and chips and Te Tiriti...
01/10/2025

Te Tiriti Takeaways
Designer: LĂŠon Bristow
Contributors: Reks Kok – Creative Retoucher


What do fish and chips and Te Tiriti have in common? I wanted to highlight our tendency to often bury hard truths beneath laid-back appearances. The result? A simple composition, with subtle nods to the dominion of sovereignty, 48 days of unpaid labour for wāhine Māori, and Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti - all tucked beneath the familiar comfort of classic Kiwi fish and chips.

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TDC Auckland - March 2020

World’s Best Typography exhibition features award-winning work of the club’s 65th Annual Communications Design and 2019 Typeface Design competition. The exhibition displays typography in a wide range of categories including books, posters, corporate branding, logos, web graphics, film and TV titles, products, and magazines from many countries including the United States, France, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the People’s Republic of China, South Korea, and others. The World’s Best Typography exhibition includes over 280 selections of winning work from the TDC’s annual international typeface design competition and communication design competition selected by an international jury of top designers.