“In a normal world, the 50th anniversary of Earth Day would see countless projects and initiatives launching to promote us all to make a change in our lives to impact the environment for the better. The current crisis, however, has changed the context. This year’s Earth Day took a different tone, and a different format online, with one of the largest and most globally unifying projects of the day borne out of New Zealand titled — Mate Act Now.” Mate Act Now: a protest for the digital… Show more “In a normal world, the 50th anniversary of Earth Day would see countless projects and initiatives launching to promote us all to make a change in our lives to impact the environment for the better. The current crisis, however, has changed the context. This year’s Earth Day took a different tone, and a different format online, with one of the largest and most globally unifying projects of the day borne out of New Zealand titled — Mate Act Now.” Mate Act Now: a protest for the digital generation. In response to the 2019/20 Australian bushfires, and recontextualised by the global outbreak of COVID-19, MATE ACT NOW is a co-ordinated response of over 200 designers from some of the world’s top creative studios to drive climate action.We know that a poster in itself can't affect change. It is people’s actions that will make a difference. So if the world’s reaction to COVID-19 dispels any doubt we have about our ability to act when needed, the question now is: do we have the willpower to act against this? Show less

Comic Sans for Cancer, was a campaign using the 20th anniversary of Comic Sans (the font we all love to hate) to raise money for Cancer Research UK. The campaign had a global online reach of 13 million people, raised over $12,000 for Cancer Research UK and has been featured in a wide range of publications/blogs such as Mashable, Creative Review, Design Week, Digital Arts, Design Taxi, The Independent and The New Statesman.A mixture of international designers, artists and studios, along… Show more Comic Sans for Cancer, was a campaign using the 20th anniversary of Comic Sans (the font we all love to hate) to raise money for Cancer Research UK. The campaign had a global online reach of 13 million people, raised over $12,000 for Cancer Research UK and has been featured in a wide range of publications/blogs such as Mashable, Creative Review, Design Week, Digital Arts, Design Taxi, The Independent and The New Statesman.A mixture of international designers, artists and studios, along with emerging talent contributed. These include Vincent Connare (Comic Sans creator), his nemesis Ban Comic Sans and many many more. Show less

I co-ordinated a fundraising expedition to climb Mt Kilimanjaro in August 2011. We raised over $20,000 for the Christchurch NZ Earthquake Appeal.