ABOUT IDC

One vision.
Two disciplines.

IDC — Imagine, Design, Create — brings a shared standard of design, care and collaboration to Auckland Architectural Builds and High-End Renovations, to concepts and materials through IDC Studio, and to commercial places designed to work beautifully.

Contemporary architectural extension, concept imageryIDC VISUAL CONCEPT
THE IDEA BEHIND IDC

People first.
Always.

We believe exceptional interiors begin with listening: to the people behind the brief, the existing or proposed architecture and the practical realities that make a space truly work.

Our Auckland-based creative partnership works with project authors, consultants, craftspeople and specialists. We take a considered approach from early direction to detailed selections; responsibilities are agreed for each appointment.

THE PRINCIPALS

Two perspectives.
One accountability.

Nicola and Graham bring different disciplines to the same table: design and commercial direction held alongside the experience to carry complex work through programme, coordination and handover.

Nicola Kock, Director of IDC
Director / 01

Nicola Kock

Design direction · commercial discipline · client leadership

A client is not simply buying an interior. They are buying confidence in the outcome.

What the work is held to—and who holds it.

Nicola’s background is in national and multinational businesses where volume, margin and delivery were held to account. Her experience spans procurement, logistics and distribution across two countries, alongside an established Australasian consumer-health business serving retail and health channels.

At IDC, Nicola leads the relationship with clients, developers and hospitality operators. She holds design direction, project positioning and the brief in one clear conversation—connecting material language, practical decisions and the experience of the finished space.

  • 01Commercial discipline
  • 02Property & development
  • 03Material, styling & staging
  • 04Client direction
Graham Kock, Director of IDC
Director / 02

Graham Kock

Project delivery · construction coordination · programme

A project is not handed to a company. It is handed to the people who answer for it.

Three decades of delivery, across three continents.

Graham has delivered large-scale residential, commercial and hospitality developments across South Africa, the Middle East and New Zealand. In 2010, he founded and ran a turnkey construction and project-management company, carrying work from feasibility through construction management and completion.

After moving to New Zealand in 2014, Graham delivered capital works across a national grocery network and later held a Project Director role at a national commercial construction business focused on hotel fitouts. He brings that delivery lens to programme, coordination, prototype review and handover at IDC.

  • 01Feasibility & programme
  • 02Construction coordination
  • 03Hotel & retail fitouts
  • 04Prototype & handover

Profiles adapted from IDC’s 2026 studio and hospitality capability documents. Project roles and responsibilities remain appointment-specific.

OUR SHARED STANDARD

The principles stay.

The way we apply them changes with the brief. A private home and an operating commercial environment have different demands—and deserve thinking specific to each.

01

Considered design.

Light, proportion, flow, materials and furniture that answer how a space is lived in or operated.

02

Clear collaboration.

Respect for existing design authorship, operator requirements and the specialists appointed to the project.

03

Defined roles.

Open conversations, documented decisions and an agreed boundary between design, fitout, procurement and specialist responsibilities.

01 / IDC RESIDENTIAL

For living well.

Architectural Builds · High-End Renovations
02 / IDC COMMERCIAL

For what’s next.

Hospitality · Food & beverage · Retail · Senior living
RELATED BUSINESSES · DISTINCT CONTRACTS

The right specialist
for the brief.

CRAFT and The Sourcerer have their own identities, services and contracting boundaries. Neither is presented as an IDC Residential or IDC Commercial service.

CRAFT Commercial Interiors
CONTRACTOR-FACING · COMMERCIAL FITOUT

Integrated finishing trades.

CRAFT coordinates commercial interior packages spanning wall and ceiling linings, stopping, painting, wall protection, specialist and cold-room panelling, and joinery.

One contract. One programme. One accountable partner.Website link pending · View CRAFT
The Sourcerer: global sourcing, procurement and supply
GLOBAL SOURCING · PROCUREMENT · SUPPLY

Products sourced separately.

The Sourcerer is the distinct home for global sourcing, procurement and supply. Product-led enquiries sit here—not within IDC or CRAFT’s contracted construction scope.

A separate brief, commercial relationship and supply pathway.Website link pending · View The Sourcerer
OUR NEXT CONVERSATION

What do you imagine?

Get in touch