
Craft Conversation with Desna Whaanga-Schollum
Tue, 20 May
|Micosoft Teams
Conversations with leaders on growing & maturing design practices


Time & Location
20 May 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm NZST
Micosoft Teams
About The Event
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Join us for our next Craft Conversation with Desna Whaanga-Schollum Hon. FRAIC, who across her career has provided pivotal leadership for Indigenous creativity and sovereignty. In this episode, we’ll kōrero about how her work embodies the essence of Indigenous Design Activism and unpack together how her kaupapa (principles and approach) has been shaped through projects working with indigenous communities across the world.Together we'll unpack and reflect on moments of pride and discuss challenges that Desna has experienced while combining her expertise together in collaboration with a wide variety of communities and sectors; including academics, scientists, artists, business, and design professionals. To achieve results that have affected change not only in people but also shifted practice, and created stronger alignment to Place.
What is Craft Conversations?
Craft conversations is a series of conversations with designer leaders about what it means to design…
