Shabnam Shiwan Explained
Shabnam Shiwan is a designer from Fiji, based in New Zealand.[1]
Early life
Shiwan was born and raised in Fiji, and moved to Auckland, New Zealand, for higher education. She studied at Auckland University of Technology, graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design in 1995.[2]
Career
Shiwan has worked for Saatchi & Saatchi advertising agency and Alt Group. Shiwan is currently creative director at Osborne Shiwan, in partnership with Lloyd Osborne.
Recognition
In 2010, Shiwan's agency won Australasian Design Agency of the Year. Shiwan's work has also won awards at the Red Dot Awards (Germany), ADC (USA), TDC (USA), AIGA (USA), AGDA (Australia) and One Show (USA).[3] Her agency has won 19 awards at the Designers Institute Best Design Awards between 2011 and 2017.[4] She has also won 33 Best Design Awards while working at other agencies.[5]
Notes and References
- News: 5 mins with... Shabnam Shiwan. 4 August 2016. The Big Idea. 15 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171015150152/https://www.thebigidea.nz/stories/5-mins-with-shabnam-shiwan. 15 October 2017. en.
- News: Shabnam Shiwan: The strong and silent type. Walker. Zoe. 20 June 2010. NZ Herald. 15 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171015153558/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10652306. 15 October 2017. en-NZ. 1170-0777.
- Web site: AGDA – AGDA Design Awards Jury / Shabnam Shiwan. AGDA. www.agda.com.au. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20171015150555/http://www.agda.com.au/inspiration/articles/2015/07/agda-design-awards-jury-shabnam-shiwan/. 15 October 2017. 15 October 2017.
- Web site: Osborne Shiwan Best Awards. bestawards.co.nz. https://web.archive.org/web/20190204095620/https://bestawards.co.nz/studios/osborne-shiwan-2/. 4 February 2019. 15 October 2017.
- Web site: Best Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20171015202046/https://bestawards.co.nz/search?q=Shabnam+Shiwan. 15 October 2017. 15 October 2017.
