Three men pose closely together for a selfie outside a brick building. All wear glasses; two have facial hair, and one wears a cap. The photo is in black and white, capturing members of Assembly, the award-winning design and animation studio based in Auckland—now celebrating the opening of its first overseas office in New York in 2026. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Auckland’s Assembly Expands With New York Office

Assembly, the award-winning design and animation studio based in Auckland, New Zealand, has opened its first overseas office in New York in 2026. [Watch]

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Digging Deep into the “Diary of a Head Injury”

Director Jonny Kofoed at Assembly in Aukland, teams with veteran agency creative Nick Worthington to craft an artful and very personal mixed media short film based on Worthington’s struggle to recover from brain trauma. [Watch]

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Assembly Travels “Lightyears From Home” With Hospitals United for Sick Kids

Director Matt von Trott and the team at Assembly in Auckland craft an emotionally resonant animated odyssey inspired by the challenges experienced by hospitalized children for the Australian charity Hospitals United for Sick Kids. [Watch]

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Assembly and Jonny Kofoed “Find the Point of Change” for Deloitte

With ample helpings of visual wit and style, director Jonny Kofoed and the motion team at Assembly in Auckland, New Zealand, transform dry facts and numbers about corporate change into an engaging message for Deloitte. [Watch]