LAWA: Land, Air, Water, Aotearoa

Launched in 2014, the site’s overarching goal is to improve the collection, accessibility and presentation of environmental data in New Zealand. Each topic is initiated with a facilitated workshop and ongoing consultation with the project teams to develop environmental indicators, standardise data collection methods and present the data and information in a meaningful user-centred way. Councils then set up their databases using a consistent approach so the data can be accessed by LAWA.

We have been collaborating with LAWA for over 7 years and Open Lab plays an integral part with shared business knowledge and in-depth understanding of the subject matter. To date, we have designed 7 modules which present data for different environmental topics. We conceptualised LAWA’s visual identity and played a very important role in establishing the look and feel for their social media summer swim campaign.