New Zealand Society of Industrial Designers explained

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...^{[1] [2]} 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]

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] NZSID and NZAID were formally dissolved as incorporated societies on 11 August and 10 October 2000 respectively.^[4]

Regional groups

Three regional groups (branches) were established on 18 February 1967—two in North Island, following the boundary of Auckland Province, and one in South Island:

• New Zealand Society of Industrial Designers, Northern Region (Auckland)
• New Zealand Society of Industrial Designers, Central Region (Wellington)
• New Zealand Society of Industrial Designers, Southern Region (Christchurch)

Officers

Presidents

• 1959–1959: Hugh Johansen (Provisional Chairman)
  • 1959–1960: Robert Ellis 1960–1962: Peter Parsons †
• 1962–1963: Paul Beadle
• 1963–1965: Keith Mosheim
• 1965–1969: Douglas Heath
• 1969–1971: Noel Tritton
• 1971–1973: Don Haynes
• 1973–1977: Keverne Trevelyan
• 1977–1981: Michael Smythe
  • 1981–1984: Peter Haythornthwaite 1984–1986: Monica Schaer-Vance
• 1986–1988: Rudi Schwarz
• 1988–1992: Mark Adams

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† Unconfirmed

Vice-presidents, councillors, secretaries and treasurers (A-Z)

Some members serving various terms, 1959–1992, with indication of office (VP, C, S, T):
Mark Adams (C), Maurice Askew (VP, C), Paul Beadle (VP, C), Jan Beck (C), A. J. Bisley (C), Frank Carpay (C), Mark Cleverly (C), James Coe (VP, C), Kate Coolahan (C), John Crichton (C), Gary Couchman (C), K. Crook (C), John Densem (C), W. J. E. Dodds (C), Gray Dixon (C), Robert Drake (C, S), H. B. Ellis (C), B. Ellis (C), E. Fox (C), Hamish Keith (C), Stephen Green, Peder Hansen (C, S), Don Hatcher (C), Don Haynes (VP, C, S, T), K. Hawkins (C), Max Hailstone (C), Peter Haythornthwaite (C, S), Douglas Heath (VP, C), Gifford Jackson (C), J. Laird (C), Don Little (C, S), Gerry Luhman (C), Clive Luscombe (C), M. J. Mason (C), Stan Mauger (C), Lindsay Missen (C), Keith Mosheim (VP), Geoff Nees (VP, C), Michael Penck (C), Peter Parsons (C, S), G. Percy (C), Mark Pennington (C), Ben Petts (C), G. Preston (C), Don Ramage (C), P. Richings (C), Jolyon Saunders (VP, C, S, T), Monica Schaer (C), Rudi Schwarz (C), Ann Shanks (C), Graham Simpson (C), Michael Smythe (C, S), Richard T. Te One (C), Ray Thorburn (C), Keverne Trevelyan (C), Noel Tritton (VP, C), Bill Tunnicliffe (C), Rowland Walsh (C), Elly van de Wijdeven (C), Erwin T. Winkler (C), Tony Winter (C, S), John Woodruffe (C, T), B. Yap (C), Edward J. Zagorski (C)
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Executive Director, Designers Secretariat

• 1988–1992: Michael Smythe

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Publications

• Book: Jackson, Gifford . The Industrial Designer in Practice . New Zealand Society of Industrial Designers Incorporated . Auckland . 1972 .
• SID Scene (1970–). Nos. 1–. Christchurch: New Zealand Society of Industrial Designers Inc.; Designprint Press Ltd. Bi-monthly membership newsletter.
• Designz (November 1973–November December 1985). Original series nos. 1–39. Auckland: New Zealand Society of Industrial Designers Inc. – via Auckland Libraries; National Library of New Zealand.
• Designz: Magazine of the New Zealand Society of Designers Inc. (September 1988–December 1990). New series nos. 1–7. New Zealand Society of Designers Inc. ISSN: 1170-6686 – via Auckland Libraries; National Library of New Zealand.
  • Book: New Zealand Society of Designers . 'The Best' New Zealand Graphic Design Awards . 1988 . Artspec . Auckland . Auckland Libraries.

External links

• Designers Institute of New Zealand

Notes and References

1. Parsons . Peter . The Postwar Development of Industrial Design in New Zealand . New Zealand Manufacturer . 18 . ID65 . New Zealand Manufacturers' Federation (Inc.) . 1 October 1965 .
2. Heath . Douglas . Letters: All Embracing . Design . 203 . November 1965 . Council of Industrial Design . London . 73 . VADS.
3. Book: Smythe, Michael . New Zealand by Design: A History of New Zealand Product Design . Random House . Auckland . 2011 .
4. Web site: Incorporated Societies . New Zealand Business Registers . New Zealand Companies Office .
5. New Zealand Society of Industrial Designers . Designscape . 2 . New Zealand Industrial Design Council . Wellington . April 1969 . cf .
6. News: Society of Industrial Designers . The Press . 109 . 1960 . 11 April 1969 . 12 .
7. News: Design Officers . The Press . 112 . 32878 . 29 March 1972 . 22 .
8. The Faces of Design . Designscape . 38 . New Zealand Industrial Design Council . Wellington . July 1972 . 1:8 .
9. News: Industrial Design . The Press . 113 . 33189 . 31 March 1973 . 7 .
10. News: Industrial Designers . The Press . 114 . 33516 . 23 April 1974 . 17 .
11. Book: Centre de Création Industrielle . ICSID International of Societies of Industrial Design . World Design Sources Directory 1980 / Répertoire des Sources d'information en Design 1980 . ICOGRADA International Council of Graphic Design Associations . Pergamon Press . Oxford . 1980 . 107 . Internet Archive.
12. News: Kent Student Design Award . DESIGNZ . 25 . 1982 . New Zealand Society of Industrial Designers . Auckland . 2 .
13. News: NZSID News . DESIGNZ . 38 . 1985 . New Zealand Society of Industrial Designers . Auckland . 3 .
14. Web site: IDSA . Industrial Designers Society of America . Edward J. Zagorski, FIDSA (1921–2021) . IDSA: Industrial Designers Society of America . 24 August 2024.
15. Book: Irvin . Linda . Encyclopedia of Associations: International Organizations. Part 2 Indexes . 25th . Gale Research Inc. . Detroit, MI . 1991 . 1302, 1556 . Internet Archive.
16. News: Matheson . Andrew . Wallingford . Nick . Designer Finders . Buzzwords… . 10 July 1989 . National Beekeepers' Association of New Zealand . Wellington . 1989 . 4–5 . Internet Archive.