With design awards season in full swing we’re proud to share that we’ve been recognised alongside Australasia’s best, with nine finalists for the AGDA Design Awards 2023.

Last week we received three awards, two Highly Commended for Best Illustrated Book and a Highly Commended for Best Typography, at the PANZ Book Design Awards for Carly Johnson's design for Making Space and Gideon Keith's work on Needles & Plastic.

South Island of New Zealand from the Road, an iconic book, was recently republished and Seven had the pleasure of designing the latest iteration.

’23 Finalists were announced yesterday. We’re amongst the best in New Zealand (and Australian) design across four categories.

Let’s be honest. Conversations about funerals and loss are hard ones to have. A lot of decisions often have to be made during a time of turmoil and grief and it can be a difficult experience for all involved. We didn’t appreciate the importance of having expert guidance through the process of farewelling a loved one until we worked with Davis Funerals to deliver them a new brand strategy and identity.

As a B Corp, we’re part of a global community of businesses that meet high standards of social and environmental impact. We’re super proud to be counted among businesses that are leading a global movement for an inclusive, equitable, and regenerative economy.

We've picked up two awards for our work on the Samson Corporation rebrand at the 69th TDC awards in New York.

Our work has been recognised alongside Australasia’s best, with 10 finalists for the AGDA Design Awards 2022. With the 12th of November pencilled in for the awards, we wait with bated breath and …

It’s a great showing for our team at this year’s Best Awards with 11 finalists across 7 categories. Only possible in partnership with our incredible clients, a special thanks to PPG, Play it Strange, …

We’ve been trialing a new initiative in the office. Come mid afternoon on Fridays, the team down tools and use the time to do whatever they please. With initial workload management concerns quickly …

This year we got to take the reins on the 2022 Best Awards campaign. A labour of love, the five-month campaign culminated in our campaign video. A big collective effort from the creative team. …

We've been a little judgemental recently. With awards season upon us, our Creative Director, Gideon Keith FDINZ, and Design Director, James Powell, have been recognising and celebrating the work of …

As luck would have it, the Seven team spent a day at the Te Tahawai Marae Komiti during Māori Language Week. Guided by our cultural advisors, Trent Hoaia and Grace Allen, we had many kōrero …

This month we’re celebrating Gideon Keith, who has been recognised as a Fellow of The Designers Institute of New Zealand (DINZ). Fellowship is granted to Professional members who have given …

Today's our birthday. If you hadn't guessed from the ingenious graphic, it was our 25th. A silver anniversary if you will. And no quarter-life crisis in sight. There were only two of us, a blue …

At Seven, we're partial to a hot cross bun. So much so that we'd even argue the hot cross bun season should be longer. However, the one thing we can't agree on is what bun beats the bunch. Dense and …

If you’ve been in the office recently, you would have noticed a couple of new mainstays within the office.

We’ve had two new team members join the crew. What could be deemed ironic, what was seven is now nine. Meet them below

We recently wrapped up 2021 with a celebration of our team. They're an excellent bunch who deserve a decent holiday after all the hard work they've put in this year. So we're downing tools tomorrow, …

Though Creative Partner Gideon Keith may liken designers to toddlers (they’re creative and love to break the rules), we’re apparently good enough at this gig that the industry is willing to formally …

In 1998, France enacted the first of its two “Aubry” laws that reduced the national workweek from 39 to 35 hours. The French embraced this and spent their extra leisure hours in pursuit of pleasure. …

We nabbed a coveted Distinction award for Fable along with four Merits and nine finalists at this year's AGDA Design Awards. Congrats to the team, our clients, and all the other winners.

2021 Best Award Finalists Last week saw the announcement of the DINZ Best Awards finalists for 2021. Our work gleaned 10 finalists for Seven, across five categories and seven clients. Thanks to our …

  B2B advertising has gone deep Rational Business Value arguments and outcome based communications are being outperformed by a Personal Value approach. We now know audiences need more than the …

Why you should fire your agency Just like any relationship, an agency-client partnership is a multi-faceted dynamic that takes effort to get the best from. At Seven we have a number of practices we …

  Insights, Solutions and Shaping Change You can’t solve what you can’t see. So without insights, you can’t solve anything. Insights are fuel for the solution engine. But solutions don’t equal …

Globally there is a drive for organisations to behave more sustainably and to have a more positive impact on people and the environment. Here at Seven, we’ve been on that journey for a few years and …