Clark Bardsley Design

Clark Bardsley Design Welcome to CBD. High quality, contemporary design and design consulting from New Zealand. www.clarkbardsleydesign.com

We are experienced in work for cities, manufacturers and service providers, with particular expertise in furniture, urban environments, and domestic products. Our studio is able to deliver a service from strategy to implementation across a range of product and production scales. But first we'll work collaboratively on a tight but unfailingly optimistic brief. The studio was founded in 2012 by Clark Bardsley.

Install day at Te Pae ō Ōruamōkai (Upper Waitematā Marine Centre)
13/04/2026

Install day at Te Pae ō Ōruamōkai (Upper Waitematā Marine Centre)



Tonight at 6pm we close In the Making, an exhibition at celebrating a moment in NZ design.
07/03/2026

Tonight at 6pm we close In the Making, an exhibition at celebrating a moment in NZ design.

Dock arm chair in all its tactile glory📷
12/03/2025

Dock arm chair in all its tactile glory

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A beautiful experience exhibiting our work alongside some Aotearoa's most talented designers and makers at last week.It...
11/03/2025

A beautiful experience exhibiting our work alongside some Aotearoa's most talented designers and makers at last week.

It featured our Dock sheepskin seating bench and armchair and the Broom coatrack, as well as the distinguished company below:


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Exhibited Tyler Street in and photographed by

Thanks to all those that visited!

Our design for Tyler Street has now been complemented with a #4 brushed stainless steel and volcanic boulder-anchored ...
05/03/2025

Our design for Tyler Street has now been complemented with a #4 brushed stainless steel and volcanic boulder-anchored A-board.

The board takes the material from the interior feature wall and adds 30° folds for structure.

Just in time to celebrate our activation in the space: The Made in NZ exhibition! Only 3 days left to visit!

🌞 yellow and macrocarpa 🪵Assembly day in Wellington today.
04/03/2025

🌞 yellow and macrocarpa 🪵

Assembly day in Wellington today.

What does 'Made in NZ' mean today?Next week during I am exhibiting a group of designers that tell a story about making ...
26/02/2025

What does 'Made in NZ' mean today?

Next week during I am exhibiting a group of designers that tell a story about making in New Zealand.

Having visited other Design Weeks in Europe, and experiencing how inspiring they can be, I asked myself - what could I do to bring some of that spirit to the Design Week here?

For me the answer was to put together an exhibition of new work from Aotearoa to capture what I believe is a special moment in the evolution of our own design identity, and to tell the stories of what make our designs unique to an international market.

For the ‘Made in NZ’ exhibition I have curated 8 designers who come from very different backgrounds, and who have created work using a diverse set of processes – from furniture to ceramics to lighting to textiles – all made here.

The big question is, what unites the work? Is it a sense of proportion and palette informed by our wild landscape? Is it the scarcity of resources and skills that drives us to create simple, humble forms? Is it our youth as a nation and freedom from historical style that gives us a raw and naïve sensibility? Is it a connection to handcraft and reverence for local materials that comes from Te Ao Māori? Is it our easy-going, lightness of spirit that results in clever or ingenious solutions?

I think how we make things is strongly connected to the answers.

The exhibition ‘Made in NZ’ sets out to test these hypotheses. I want to tease out, discuss and critique what about these pieces of work might represent a New Zealand design identity. So, let’s celebrate at , then take it to the world and show just what we are capable of!

Made in NZ show 4-8th March
Made in NZ designers talk – 9th March 10:30am (sold out)

At , 52 Tyler St, .

Featuring work by:
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A new in Melbourne designed with
18/02/2025

A new in Melbourne designed with

Broom coatrack is made entirely from Raven brooms. Each component is rearranged to give a new function, with the end res...
30/01/2025

Broom coatrack is made entirely from Raven brooms. Each component is rearranged to give a new function, with the end result being a surreal yet practical product.

The original broom is made locally by Raven Products and resold through hardware stores. The timber is South Island Beech, the bristles are Indonesian arenga fibres and the orange parts are plastic injection moulded in Auckland.

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