New Zealand Society of Industrial Designers

The New Zealand Society of Industrial Designers, known as NZSID, formed in 1959, was a professional body for designers in New Zealand. Its membership was multi-disciplinary, representing designers in all branches of design for industry—interior, product, furniture, graphic, packaging, exhibition, apparel, design education, design management...[2][1] It was rebranded New Zealand Society of Designers (NZSD) and reconstituted on 28 May 1988 with a full-time office, the Designers Secretariat, from 1 August, and The Best New Zealand Graphic Design Awards scheme from 1 October.[3]: 286–287 

New Zealand Society of Industrial Designers
New Zealand Society of Industrial Designers Incorporated
AbbreviationNZSID
PredecessorAuckland Design Guild
SuccessorDesigners Institute of New Zealand (DINZ)
Formation21 May 1959 (1959-05-21)
FoundersPeter Parsons
John Crichton
Hugh Johansen
Jolyon Saunders
Robert Ellis
James Turkington
A. Thompson
Oldfield
Beck
Founded atJohansen Studio
26a Albert Street, Auckland
Dissolved11 August 2000 (2000-08-11)
TypeLearned society
Registration no.223468
Legal statusIncorporated Society
HeadquartersAuckland
Location
AffiliationsICSID (1965–)
Icograda[1]

The Society merged with the New Zealand Association of Interior Designers (NZAID) to form a new society, the Designers Institute of New Zealand (DINZ), in April 1991, which was incorporated on 23 August 1991.[3]: 288  NZSID and NZAID were formally dissolved as incorporated societies on 11 August and 10 October 2000 respectively.[4]

Publications
  • Jackson, Gifford (1972). The Industrial Designer in Practice. Auckland: New Zealand Society of Industrial Designers.

References
  1. Heath, Douglas (November 1965). "Letters: All Embracing". Design. No. 203. London: Council of Industrial Design. p. 73 – via VADS.
  2. Parsons, Peter (1 October 1965). "The Postwar Development of Industrial Design in New Zealand". New Zealand Manufacturer. Vol. 18, no. ID65. New Zealand Manufacturers' Federation (Inc.).
  3. Smythe, Michael (2011). New Zealand by Design: A History of New Zealand Product Design. Auckland: Random House.
  4. "Incorporated Societies". New Zealand Business Registers. New Zealand Companies Office.

Designers Institute of New Zealand

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