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ETHAN SHEAF

Kia ora, I'm Ethan

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.

LOCATION

Designer & Researcher based in Pōneke, Aotearoa

FOCUS

Indigenous storytelling, critical cartography, and digital world-building

STATUS

Currently working on mapping projects and data visualization

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KIA ORA, I'M ETHAN

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.

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ABOUT

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.

EXPERIENCE

Teaching Fellow, Victoria University — 2025

Research Assistant, Victoria University — 2021–

Design Tutor, Victoria University — 2021–

Summer Research Scholar — 2022–2023

EDUCATION

Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University
Master of Design with Distinction, 2024

Bachelor of Design Innovation, 2023