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Welcome to We Like. This section of our website is a blogging platform for contemporary art and visual expression that explores a range of creative disciplines. Our website design studio celebrates the work of both emerging and established artists through ongoing allegiances to make art and design accessible to everyone. In the brief articles below, we explore design culture through the latest in fine art, graphic design, publishing, street art, photography, illustration, music and animation. Enjoy!

How graphic design saved NZ from COVID-19

12/05/2021

The NZ COVID-19 communications logo is nothing flash. It did not need to be. Just a simple logo with support elements deployed at speed....

Make Macintosh HD – Data files available on desktop

05/01/2021

Updated your Mac OS and want to put your HD root files back in a desktop folder? Here's your solution. With 30 Years of...

The Arab of the Future

19/01/2020

A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978–1992 The Arab of the Future is a touching memoir by talented illustrator and storyteller Riad Sattouf. Published...

Permanent Record by Edward Snowden

26/09/2019

First published 2019 by Metroplitan Books I have just finished reading Permanent Record by Edward Snowden. Wow. Written with wit, grace, passion and unflinching...

Amiga: a Visual Commpendium

31/08/2019

Launched in 1985, the Amiga ushered in a new age of home computing. With its powerful 16-bit Motorola CPU and custom graphics and audio...

Triennial exhibition Melbourne

08/03/2018

Triennial is a stunning exhibition of installations by over 100 artists and designers from 32 countries. It was on show at the National Gallery of...

This is Colossal

15/02/2018

Launched in 2010 by writer and curator Christopher Jobson, Colossal is one of the largest visual art, design, and culture blogs on the web...

Reflection on 2017

24/12/2017

Listening to relaxing music and informative podcasts on a daily basis form an important part of the creative process here at Envisage Design. 2017...

Teenage Engineering OP-1

11/05/2017

I purchased my OP-1 at Rubber Monkey. They are hard to find, and even sell for almost RRP 2nd hand. With the OP-Z due to...

Method Design

12/06/2016

Motion capture, procedural animation and dynamic simulations combine to create a milieu of iconic pop dance moves that become an explosion of colorful fur,...

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