I'm a designer and researcher based in Aotearoa New Zealand. My practice blends indigenous storytelling, critical cartography, and digital systems thinking to reimagine how we visualise land, data, and identity.
Designer & Researcher based in Pōneke, Aotearoa
Indigenous storytelling, critical cartography, and digital world-building
Currently working on mapping projects and data visualization
I'M A DESIGNER AND RESEARCHER BASED IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND. MY PRACTICE BLENDS INDIGENOUS STORYTELLING, CRITICAL CARTOGRAPHY, AND DIGITAL SYSTEMS THINKING TO REIMAGINE HOW WE VISUALISE LAND, DATA, AND IDENTITY.
Ethan Sheaf-Morrison is an independent designer, researcher, and developer based in Aotearoa New Zealand. Grounded in his Māori whakapapa (Te Whānau-ā-Apanui), his work intersects indigenous storytelling, critical cartography, and digital world-building. He creates poetic, technically rigorous responses to social and environmental systems through data visualisation, mapping, and typographic experimentation.
Teaching Fellow, Victoria University — 2025
Research Assistant, Victoria University — 2021–
Design Tutor, Victoria University — 2021–
Summer Research Scholar — 2022–2023
Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University
Master of Design with Distinction, 2024
Bachelor of Design Innovation, 2023