Kia ora and welcome to the DA Field Guide 2020 Podcast series. This is a special limited edition podcast series of four interviews commissioned by Creative New Zealand as a part of the DA Field Guide 2020 - An exploration of NZ’s post Covid design practice.

In this special series we’ll hear from leaders in the NZ design community and further our discourse around the creative and economic wellbeing of our community, identify opportunites for positive change, speculate on the future of our practice and critically examine the post Covid design landscape in Aotearoa.

Tēnā koutou I’m Louise, Design Assembly Founder and Director and today I’m talking to Eddy Royal.

Eddy is the director of Curative - a creative agency inspiring social change. Founded in 2012 Curative has been committed to finding interesting new ways to inspire change since day one. Leading an experienced team of creative thinkers, who are passionate about creating beautiful work that makes real impact. Eddy draws on her years of commercial experience in PR and Advertising to use her practiced strategic thinking and ideation to help respond to complex social issues.