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Lanterns of Hope | 22.1.10

Husk creative clients, staff and family enjoyed lighting their New Year 'Lanterns of Hope'One of our favourite moments during Christmas just gone was putting together our client Christmas campaign called 'Lanterns of Hope'. We assembled packages of 'amazing flying lanterns' and sent them to our clients around the country to release to the heavens on New Years' Eve with their hopes for the 2010 year. The lanterns made for many beautiful, biodegradable and fun experiences and we've heard heaps of stories. Now we just need the rest of the footage for our Husk 'Lanterns of Hope' short film. If you haven't sent yours in yet, please do asap!

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Merry Christmas from HUSK | 23.12.09

Merry Christmas from HUSK creative 2 sleeps till Christmas day! We are EXCITED and hope you're feeling all Christmassy and relaxed! Here are our studio close-down hours for Christmas and summer break:

Last day here 2009 - Wednesday 23 December
First day here 2010 - Monday 11 January

Merry Christmas to you from everyone here at Husk! May you have a wonderful summer break, travel safe and enjoy your holiday! And if you have kids, squeeze them for us! Over and out.

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HUSK Shifting Studios | 23.10.09

Image ALT goes hereOur studio is currently closed while we pack and shift into our new premises on Tuesday 27 October. We will be back in business on Wednesday 28 October.

Our new details are as follows >>
Physical: 69 Malvern Rd, Mt Albert 1022
Postal: PO Box 52140, Kingsland 1352
Phone: 09 9080406
Fax: 09 9080407
Email: as per usual

Please update your records. Thanks peeps!

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Character Office Space Available for Rent | 5.6.09

Character office space available for rent in Eden Terrace, AucklandHUSK are on the prowl for 1-2 freelancers to share a character studio space, situated on the top corner of Mt Eden Rd, Auckland. The space costs $180+gst per week for the full room and this covers rent, building insurance, rates and the use of facilities (meeting area, bathroom, kitchen etc). Lesser expenses are split across a total of 3 businesses and are based on individual business useage (phone, wireless ADSL, power etc).The lease is available from late June and would best suit a creative (design/photography/film/marketing etc) or 1-2 person business. If you or anyone you know might be interested, please forward this on and/or contact Husk. Wanna see some photos?

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Not just a pretty face... | 16.2.09

We've got a new HuskieWith Lou about to bring another mini-Husky into the world, it became clear we were going to need to bring someone else in to share the design load here at Husk. Several worlds collided and taa-daa - mid-February saw Natalie Fejos came on the scene! Moving on from the magazine industry, she jumped at the chance to join the team and has already mastered the Monday morning coffee order and the ways of home-baked carrot cake bribery. You'll no doubt hear from her as Lou and Nat job share the studio management role over the next few months. However, Nat has stated clearly that Lou will be doing all the pushing herself! Contact Nat

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Meri Kirihimete! | 19.12.08

Merry Christmas from HUSK CreativeWe would like to wish all our clients, suppliers and devoted fans a very Meri Kirihimete (Merry Christmas in Maori) and a safe and relaxing new Year. Our studio will be closed from Monday 22 Dec - Sunday 4 Jan.
We're all amped about our summer breaks - Lou is going to Whiritoa in the Coromandel for some serious sun action; Innie is leaving on a jetplane to Sydney for 3 weeks to visit family; Luke is off on a beach-crawl, wave-chasing surfing safari and Janina is 'Thelma & Louise'-ing it, roadtripping from the South Island back up to Auckland. Whatever your plans are, we hope you stay safe, relaxed and happy... and we will catch up again in '09!

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Welcome Luke Darby | 24.9.08

Husk Creative's new designer, Luke DarbyWe are pleased to introduce our latest addition to the Husky design team - Luke 'the Spook' Darby. A mostly self-taught jack of all media, Luke's passion for the creative has seen him produce everything from magazines to websites to corporate videos. He said (without any form of payment) "After seeing the quality of work produced at Husk, I jumped at the opportunity to join the team. It's going to be a big learning curve, but I'm up for the challenge - I'll just need coffee on an intravenous drip!"
True to his word, Luke has produced some scrummy design work, and with a meagre record of only 5 coffees in one day! When not in the studio, Luke can be found hangin' with his kids Sam (4) and Ruby (2) or catching a wave out at Piha.

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Welcome Innie Huh | 17.4.08

Husk Creative welcomes Innie HuhWe are excited to announce the newest (and sweetest) addition to our Husk family - 25-year-old Innie Huh, fresh out of design school with talent to boot. She a very happy kiwi-korean and is the fastest illustrator in the studio (basically way out of our league!). Innie is married to Billy, loves drawing, food and dressing up and slurps the most scary-looking (yet surprisingly tasty) green tea we've ever seen. She also brings her slippers to work - a good sign we think. We look forward to introducing her to your fine selves.

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Welcome to Kinetic Edge | 10.1.08

Kinetic Edge join Studio 3The Huskies extend a warm, gooey New Year's welcome to Amy and Pete from Kinetic Edge, who moved into our studio space in Eden Terrace over the summer break. Kinetic Edge join Sola Fida, TigerTiger and Carista Films, in our little entrepreneurial dent in the business world, known to the locals as Studio 3.

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Shared character space for rent! | 1.5.07

HUSK are on the prowl for a freelancer to share a character studio space, situated on the top corner of Mt Eden Rd, Auckland. The space costs $85+gst per week for the shared room and this covers rent, building insurance, rates and the use of facilities (meeting area, bathroom, kitchen etc). Lesser expenses are split across a total of 5 businesses and are based on individual business useage (phone, wireless ADSL, power etc). You would be sharing with a freelance photographer with the possibility of taking over the full space in the near future. The lease commences 4 June 2007 and would best suit a creative (design/photography/film/marketing etc). If you or anyone you know might be interested, please forward this on and/or email Husk. First in, first served.

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Welcome to Carista Films | 8.4.07

Husk, Sola Fida and TigerTiger are excited to welcome Carista Films and HJ Media into the Studio 3 fold. Alex and Muzz combined have a huge portfolio of experience in filming, editing and tv production and fit perfectly into the professional-creative environment at Studio 3. Thunderbirds are go!

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