Shabnam Shiwan is a designer from Fiji, based in New Zealand.
Early life
Shiwan was born and raised in Fiji, and moved to
Auckland
Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about I ...
, New Zealand, for higher education. She studied at
Auckland University of Technology
Auckland University of Technology (AUT) ( mi, Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau) is a university in New Zealand, formed on 1 January 2000 when a former technical college (originally established in 1895) was granted university status. AUT ...
, graduating with a
Bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...
in Graphic Design in 1995.
Career
Shiwan has worked for
Saatchi & Saatchi
Saatchi & Saatchi is a British multinational communications and advertising agency network with 114 offices in 76 countries and over 6,500 staff. It was founded in 1970 and is currently headquartered in London. The parent company of the agency gr ...
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). Her agency has won 19 awards at the Designers Institute Best Design Awards between 2011 and 2017. She has also won 33 Best Design Awards while working at other agencies.
References
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Living people
Fijian emigrants to New Zealand
Auckland University of Technology alumni
Fijian designers
New Zealand graphic designers
Year of birth missing (living people)