[About]
Dan Newman. Dog Dad. Creative Director. List Maker.
(^_^)/~ I’m Dan, a designer who’s been building brands, teams, and online/offline things since the early 2000s.
Over the past two decades I’ve led design teams and worked hands-on at startups like Axiom, Stedi, and Xero; as well as at agencies, designing award-winning work for the likes of Klim and Te Papa Tongarewa (Museum of New Zealand).
Making authentic and aesthetically unique work with talented colleagues/friends is one of my favourite things.
Bonus points for [mono] fonts, glyphs, pixels, patterns, puns, and alliteration.
I have a Master’s degree in Computer Graphic Design from the Whanganui School of Design, which included a scholarship to study at Nottingham University (England), and FH Oberösterreich (Austria).
These days, I live in Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington), Aotearoa (New Zealand) with my partner, Noush, and our dog, Ada, a black/chocolate labradoodle who loves sticks, fetch, and the beach. Together we run Knolling, a family office and design studio focused on making our own products.
I love fonts, ASCII, the Internet, lists, black/white photography, watching cricket, and taking the dog to the beach.
I’m currently building [REDACTED] and advising/designing for a small number of startups.
If youʻd like to get in touch, you can send me an email.
You can view my portfolio, and read a longer bio on
dan.newman.is →
[Currently]
| Knolling | Co-founder / Director | |
| ⌙ Startups | Advisor / Designer | |
| ⌙ Unlimited Editions | Shop Proprietor | Coming Soon |
| ⌙ **** | Subscription | |
| ⌙ *********** | Vibe Coder |
[Previously]
| Axiom | Head of Design |
| Stedi | Design Lead |
| Springload | Creative Director |
| Koordinates | Head of Design |
| Xero | Creative Director |
| Tigerspike | Creative Director |
| Flightless | Designer / Frontend Engineer |
| The D.A. | Co-founder / Designer |
[Education]
| Masters (MCGD) | Waikato University | |
| Scholarship | Nottingham University | |
| FH Oberösterreich | ||
| Bachelor | Whanganui School of Design |
[Awards]
| Red Dot Award | Best of the Best(2) |
| Type Directors ClubTDC | Certificate of Typographic Excellence |
| AGDA Awards | Pinnacle(1) Distinction(3) Merit(2) |
| Finalist(4) Judge’s Choice(6) | |
| Communication ArtsCA | Award of Excellence (Typography Annual) |
| D&AD | Shortlist(2) |
| DINZ Best Awards | Gold(2) Silver(6) Bronze(5) |
| Finalist(14) Judge(1) |
