about me.
I’m a New Zealand Product Designer - I’ve been creating commercial physical products for manufacture since 2017.
I graduated as the Head of School from AUT, and have since worked across a mix of consultancies, in house roles and advanced manufacturing environments.
This had led to an ecletic portfolio of experience across homeware, consumer goods, large-scale public installations, industrial electrical equipment, medical products and agritec.
I’m currently working on the future of outdoor play equipment at Jumpflex in Hamilton, NZ.
In my spare time I sketch people’s SH*T IDEAS.
For any collaborations or opportunities please contact me:
Featured Awards & media.
Australian Good Design Awards
NZ Best Awards
Gold:
Micropod (Packaging) (Blender Design)
Silver:
Sitemate (Non-Consumer) (Blender Design)
Bronze:
Dyson Award (Runner up, 2017)
Dubai Design Week (Global Grad Show Exhibitor, 2017)
References
“Haydn was the lead designer on a startup project that I was involved with. The original design was critical to get 100% as this was the birth of a family of similar projects.
Haydn’s professionalism towards this project and the way in which he dealt with my ever changing requests made working on this project a total pleasure.”
— Dean Lipscombe, Sitemate
Personally I feel Haydn is one of those rare individuals that ‘has it’. He is thoughtful in his craft and every decision made is calculated, carefully considered and intuitive.
I have worked with some fine craftsmen over the years. Albeit in a different industry but I can recognize Haydn’s level of professionalism and craftsmanship in his field of design.
— Regan Low, The Good NZ
“Haydn is a competent designer and was very professional in his dealings with clients and other colleagues and collaborators.
Haydn has developed a good design eye and through his time working in consultancies he has developed an efficient process and exceptional presentation & communication skills.”
— Oliver McDermott, Blender Design