Kennedy Brown

Feel free to contact Kennedy for any enquiries regarding commission and one-off designs m 0211653841 e info@kennedybrown.co.nz

Checkout my website www.kennedybrown.co.nz

Key skills: 

Can send complete CV after contact

Education history: 

1996-2001: Unitec School of Design Bachelor of Three Dimension Design

Work history: 

2005-08: (Aug-Present) Running a furniture design and manufacturing business as a Sole trader from Cicada Studios in the Hawkes Bay under the name Kennedy Brown. Revenue has come through sales from one-off designs, small batch runs and through commission work. I was also heavily involved in working alongside other cicadastudio members in exhibitions, tradefairs and marketing and business strategies and projects. Additional income was gained through contract work for David Trubridge which included running his CNC machine and furniture making. I was also involved in Cabinet making and shopfitting installation for other local cicada business's. I have recently moved back to Auckland where I am originally from and have setup a design/make studio on the North Shore.

Creative achievements: 

- Winner of Design/Make: Seated Design Exhibition in 2006 - Selected to Exhibit in Design/Make: Table in 2007 - Selected to Exhibit in Design/Make: Sideboard in 2008 - Have been selected twice for the annual Hawkes Bay review Exhibition held in Napier and Hastings. 2009 and 2010 - selected for the HB invitational

Reviews: 

Exhibitions and Trade shows 2001 Labyrinth, Unitec Graduate Exhibition/Unitec, bldg 1, Mt Albert, Auckland. 2005 Exhibit C, Furniture and Art/ Scott Ormond Gallery, Napier. 2006 Design/Make: Seated /Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Waiheke Island. 2006 Furniture Fashion 2006/ASB show grounds, Greenlane, Auckland. 2006 The Future of NZ Design Furniture Exhibition/ The Urban Lounge, Mt Maunganui. 2006 Beckon Design Exhibition/ Beckon Design Store, Wellington 2006 Hawkes Bay Review/ Hawkes Bay Exhibition Center, Hastings 2007 Design/Make: Table/Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Waiheke Island, Auckland. 2007 Showroom and Showtell/ Objectspace, PonsonbyAuckland - Curated by Katy Wallace and Rigel Sorzano. 2007 Mataariki Puapua Exhibition/ Tribal Fibres Function room, Napier 2007 Hastings Blossom Festival Exhibition/Hastings Community Arts Centre, Hasting 2007 Hawkes Bay Review/ Hawkes Bay Exhibition Center, Napier 2007 Room to Move/ Hawkes Bay Exhibition Centre, Hastings 2008 Rare Creations Furniture Exhibition 2008/ Rare Creations, Mapua, Nelson 2008 Design/Make: Sideboard /Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Waiheke Island.

References: 

Can send complete CV after contact

Contact details: 

m +64 021 1653841

e info@kennedybrown.co.nz

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