the origin of popcorn

Popcorn started in 2011 as a collective with a vision to coalesce the best minds in design and engineering for Aotearoa. Hanna joined forces with three product designers from the BizDojo community because she supported design-led thinking and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Popcorn has since transformed from a design collective to consultancy, and now as an agency that invests, supports, and educates around impact. Showcasing what is possible when smart, passionate people work together in a meaningful way. It has methods on how to initiate a venture, how to coordinate and mobilise teams, and how to manage and fund the resources so they are able to survive.

Popcorn is one aspect of a shift in the way we go about climate solutions. So many passionate people attended the climate march in 2019. Yet only a handful of meaningful changes arose. This is not enough to overcome the threat of climate change.

There is massive potential lying dormant in the community. The hope is to activate and empower this talent, the social entrepreneurs, the activists, the creatives and inventors. and build new capability with it.

If Covid-19 taught us anything, it is that the future is here today, and radical global change is possible. It is now the time to take Popcorn learnings out live to the community. We don’t have the time to do otherwise.

If you are keen to join forces, please engage us at one of our channels, (web, social, or directly to popcorn.innovators@gmail.com)