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Meet Tom Kundig

“I often work with elemental materials such as steel, concrete, wood and glass in their raw states,” says Tom Kundig, Principal / Owner / Founder of bi-coastal US design firm, Olson Kundig.

“You win gold medals by recovering better, not by working harder.”

“I’m a motivational speaker, executive coach and habit change expert,” says entrepreneur, consultant and self-proclaimed “serial job-crafter”, Duncan Young.

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“I’ve always loved solving problems and finding patterns.”

“I find it quite empowering to be a part of something bigger than myself; a small cog in a larger machine,” says Chiara Shim, Architectural Graduate at Warren and Mahoney.

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“The floor is where life happens.”

“Our whole business purpose is to inspire better spaces for life,” says Jacobsen’s newly minted CEO, Renee Jacobsen.

Design

“We make roofing as easy as possible for both industry professionals and occupants.”

“When I started out 12 years ago, one of the hardest things was accessing information and ensuring that your product was getting used correctly,” says David Eccleshall, Architectural Manager of Roofing Industries.

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“It’s about creating realism with a necessary sprinkle of fantasy.”

“Our designers are not just architects; they’re also film designers, game designers, lore and storytelling designers,” says Architect Director of Wilder World and metaverse designer, Mariana Cabugueira.

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“There’s a lot of obsessive thought that goes into trying to capture the essence of a place.”

Ian describes the LOHA team as being “productively restless with curious, wandering minds and a range of fascinations, which are both a reflection and extension of contemporary culture.

Architecture

“I’m interested in design that expresses the tectonics of materiality.”

“I often work with elemental materials such as steel, concrete, wood and glass in their raw states,” says Tom Kundig, Principal / Owner / Founder of bi-coastal US design firm, Olson Kundig.

“Every board equals 25 kilos of waste diverted from landfill.”

“99% of each board we make is waste product; our input materials have no natural home and can’t be recycled through traditional recycling measures,” says saveBOARD Co-Founder and CEO, Paul Charteris.

Architecture

“You have to make sustainable technologies a no-brainer.”

“So much of the environmental and decarbonisation space is filled with messages like ‘you should’, but willpower can only take you so far".

Design

“We want to be the best, not the biggest.”

“Our team shares a common goal of becoming New Zealand’s waterproofing market leaders because of our superior products and our stand out service, not because of our size,” says Allco Waterproofing CEO, Dean Harper.

Architecture

“It’s what’s inside that counts.”

“No one looks at a cabinet and sees the screws or the hinges. They see the pantry that’s making life easier for their family and they feel that emotional benefit,” says GM of Sales and Marketing for Häfele, Simon Lount.

Design

“Now is our time.”

“There’s a huge demand for plasterboard in New Zealand right now,” says Elephant Plasterboard owner and Managing Director, Kevin van Hest.

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