Auckland Design News

News
An American City Hoping to Change its Fortunes with a Font

In an effort to create a new visual brand for Chattanooga, Tennessee, the city considers adopting a custom typeface font for city media and signage.

{"id":51449,"type":"design","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"An American City Hoping to Change its Fortunes with a Font","description":"\u003Cp\u003EIn an effort to create a new visual brand for Chattanooga, Tennessee, the city considers adopting a custom typeface font for city media and signage.\u003C\/p\u003E","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/full_1329418157bike-lane1-488x300.jpeg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/full_1329418157bike-lane1.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/an-american-city-hoping-to-change-its-fortunes-with-a-font","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/full_1329418157bike-lane1.jpeg","width":450,"height":250,"alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/full_1329418307chatype-so-far-1.png","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/full_1329418072signage-2.png","alt":""}]}
News
Robots Provide Sweet Rewards for Social Media Popularity

When you receive a mention or a retweet, Olly and Molly will release a treat or a scent, respectively.

{"id":51559,"type":"design","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"Robots Provide Sweet Rewards for Social Media Popularity","description":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen you receive a mention or a retweet, Olly and Molly will release a treat or a scent, respectively.\u003C\/p\u003E","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/olly2-488x300.jpeg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/olly2.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/robots-provide-sweet-rewards-for-social-media-popularity","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/olly2.jpeg","width":600,"height":372,"alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/olly1.jpeg","alt":""}]}
News
Unfold Your Own Personal Island

A folding, portable recreational island, designed by Henry Ward, is being brought to life by British naval architects.

{"id":51424,"type":"design","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"Unfold Your Own Personal Island","description":"\u003Cp\u003EA folding, portable recreational island, designed by Henry Ward, is being brought to life by British naval architects.\u003C\/p\u003E","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/foldingrecreationisland-488x300.jpeg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/foldingrecreationisland.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/unfold-your-own-personal-island","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/foldingrecreationisland.jpeg","width":818,"height":584,"alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/foldingrecreationisland02.jpeg","alt":""}]}
News
The World’s 11 Most Colourful Cities

Many charming little towns throughout the world have put this idea into practice, painting their buildings in bold and bright colours.

{"id":48955,"type":"arts-entertainment","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"The World’s 11 Most Colourful Cities","description":"\u003Cp\u003EMany charming little towns throughout the world have put this idea into practice, painting their buildings in bold and bright colours.\u003C\/p\u003E","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/manarola-488x300.jpg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/manarola.jpg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/the-worlds-11-most-colourful-cities","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/manarola.jpg","width":889,"height":644,"alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/la-boca.jpg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/jodhpur.jpg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Untitled12.jpg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Colorful-Guanajuato-City.jpeg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/san-francisco.jpg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Curacao-Selects-45.jpg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/st-johns-newfoundland-21.jpeg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/it_cinque_riomaggiore_12_e.jpg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wroclaw-poland.jpeg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Untitled18.jpg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Untitled11.jpg","alt":""}]}
News
A Bookmark Which Follows Your Reading

For the inner bookworm in all of us, French designer and inventor Oscar Lhermitte has come up with a way to make torn, dog-eared pages a thing of the past.

{"id":50248,"type":"arts-entertainment","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"A Bookmark Which Follows Your Reading","description":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the inner bookworm in all of us, French designer and inventor Oscar Lhermitte has come up with a way to make torn, dog-eared pages a thing of the past.\u003C\/p\u003E","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/01-1-488x300.jpg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/01-1.jpg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/a-bookmark-which-follows-your-reading","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/01-1.jpg","width":650,"height":433,"alt":""}]}
News
The Sydney Opera House Now Comes In Lego Form

As part of their Architecture Series, Lego has released a model of the Sydney Opera House for you to build yourself.

{"id":49558,"type":"design","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"The Sydney Opera House Now Comes In Lego Form","description":"\u003Cp\u003EAs part of their Architecture Series, Lego has released a model of the Sydney Opera House for you to build yourself.\u003C\/p\u003E","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Picture-1-488x300.jpg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Picture-1.jpg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/the-sydney-opera-house-now-comes-in-lego-form","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Picture-1.jpg","width":605,"height":338,"alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Sydney-Opera-House-by-LEGO-Architecture-1.jpeg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Sydney-Opera-House-by-LEGO-Architecture-2.jpeg","alt":""}]}

News
Mercedes-Benz to Integrate Apple’s Siri Technology in Vehicles

Mercedes-Benz drivers will soon be able to send text messages, listen to music, change radio channels and update their status on social networks.

{"id":49799,"type":"design","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"Mercedes-Benz to Integrate Apple’s Siri Technology in Vehicles","description":"\u003Cp\u003EMercedes-Benz drivers will soon be able to send text messages, listen to music, change radio channels and update their status on social networks.\u003C\/p\u003E","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/01-a-class-iphone-siri-628-488x300.jpg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/01-a-class-iphone-siri-628.jpg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/mercedes-benz-to-integrate-apples-siri-technology-in-vehicles","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/01-a-class-iphone-siri-628.jpg","width":628,"height":471,"alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/crop-03-a-class-iphone-siri.jpg","alt":""}]}
News
New Volvo Designed With Exterior Airbags For Pedestrians

In what they claim to be a world first, Swedish automobile company, Volvo, has created an external airbag on the front of the car to protect pedestrians if there were to be a collision.

{"id":50627,"type":"design","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"New Volvo Designed With Exterior Airbags For Pedestrians","description":"\u003Cp\u003EIn what they claim to be a world first, Swedish automobile company, Volvo, has created an external airbag on the front of the car to protect pedestrians if there were to be a collision.\u003C\/p\u003E","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/e6ec-488x300.jpeg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/e6ec.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/new-volvo-designed-with-exterior-airbags-for-pedestrians","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/e6ec.jpeg","width":608,"height":280,"alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/da75.jpeg","alt":""}]}
News
The Aquaria Grande’s Luxury Balcony Pools

This new apartment development in Mumbai allows residents to plunge off their balcony into a luxury pool.

{"id":50261,"type":"design","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"The Aquaria Grande’s Luxury Balcony Pools","description":"\u003Cp\u003EThis new apartment development in Mumbai allows residents to plunge off their balcony into a luxury pool.\u003C\/p\u003E","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/jameslawpoolbalcony1-488x300.jpg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/jameslawpoolbalcony1.jpg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/the-aquaria-grandes-luxury-balcony-pools","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/jameslawpoolbalcony1.jpg","width":600,"height":415,"alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/jameslawpoolbalcony2.jpg","alt":""}]}
News
Ten Incredible Prefab House Designs

Architects and designers around the globe are fusing creativity with the latest technology to build unique homes at a fraction of the price.

{"id":48471,"type":"design","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"Ten Incredible Prefab House Designs","description":"\u003Cp\u003EArchitects and designers around the globe are fusing creativity with the latest technology to build unique homes at a fraction of the price.\u003C\/p\u003E","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/53076-Origins1-lg-488x300.jpeg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/53076-Origins1-lg.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/ten-incredible-prefab-house-designs","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/53076-Origins1-lg.jpeg","width":800,"height":413,"alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/mccube.jpg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/superbahouse.jpg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/place.jpg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/mklotus.jpg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/thecrib.jpg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/haus.jpg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/housearc.jpg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/loftcube.jpg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/origin.jpg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/zerohouse.jpg","alt":""}]}
News
Become The Face Of Your Furniture

Welcome to the world of egotistical ergonomics. Would you like your mug on that mug?

{"id":48407,"type":"design","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"Become The Face Of Your Furniture","description":"\u003Cp\u003EWelcome to the world of egotistical ergonomics. Would you like your mug on that mug?\u003C\/p\u003E","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/809c-488x300.jpeg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/809c.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/become-the-face-of-your-furniture","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/809c.jpeg","width":608,"height":283,"alt":""}]}
News
Domsai by Matteo Cibic

Forget the electronic beeps and constant attention needed by a Tamagotchi and buy a handcrafted Domsai instead.

{"id":47278,"type":"design","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"Domsai by Matteo Cibic","description":"\u003Cp\u003EForget the electronic beeps and constant attention needed by a Tamagotchi and buy a handcrafted Domsai instead.\u003C\/p\u003E","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DOMSAI_ALL-488x300.jpeg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DOMSAI_ALL.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/domsai-by-matteo-cibic","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DOMSAI_ALL.jpeg","width":670,"height":431,"alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/domsai-GOLDONE.jpg","alt":""}]}

Latest Places

Restaurant
Odette's Eatery

Shed 5, City Works Depot, 90 Wellesley Street

Between the lively chat, the excellent dishes and plotting how to run away with all the tableware, we had a wonderful time.

News
The Bubble Calendar

A poster-sized calendar with a bubble to pop every day.

{"id":47289,"type":"design","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"The Bubble Calendar","description":"\u003Cp\u003EA poster-sized calendar with a bubble to pop every day.\u003C\/p\u003E","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/bubble-calendar-488x300.jpeg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/bubble-calendar.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/the-bubble-calendar","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/bubble-calendar.jpeg","width":600,"height":472,"alt":""}]}
News
Marc Newson’s Riva Aquariva

The Australian designer has unleashed what may be his most awesome creation ever - the Riva Aquariva.

{"id":47587,"type":"design","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"Marc Newson’s Riva Aquariva","description":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Australian designer has unleashed what may be his most awesome creation ever - the Riva Aquariva.\u003C\/p\u003E","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/riva-488x300.jpg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/riva.jpg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/marc-newsons-riva-aquariva","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/riva.jpg","width":604,"height":440,"alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/riva2.jpg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/riva3.jpg","alt":""}]}
News
Rich Neeley’s Book Chargers

In a delightfully clever combination of old and new, Rich Neeley has been taking actual vintage books and giving them new lives as iPhone chargers.

{"id":45858,"type":"design","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"Rich Neeley’s Book Chargers","description":"In a delightfully clever combination of old and new, Rich Neeley has been taking actual vintage books and giving them new lives as iPhone chargers.","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/neeley-488x300.jpg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/neeley.jpg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/rich-neeleys-book-chargers","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/neeley.jpg","width":604,"height":429,"alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/bookcharger1.jpg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/bookchargerstack.jpg","alt":""}]}
News
Design Your Very Own Pumped up Kicks

Converse will offer it's fans the opportunity of designing their own pair of Converse's, and then enabling them to sell these shoes to their own friends, via their own storefront.

{"id":45561,"type":"arts-entertainment","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"Design Your Very Own Pumped up Kicks","description":"\u003Cp\u003EConverse will offer it's fans the opportunity of designing their own pair of Converse's, and then enabling them to sell these shoes to their own friends, via their own storefront.\u003C\/p\u003E","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/converse-488x300.jpg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/converse.jpg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/design-your-very-own-pumped-up-kicks","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/converse.jpg","width":600,"height":380,"alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/converse2.jpg","alt":""}]}
News
Cufflinks That Double as USB Drives, Wi-Fi Spots

In what may be the ultimate fusion of practicality and style, Brookstone are now selling cufflinks that offer both Wi-Fi and data storage.

{"id":44928,"type":"design","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"Cufflinks That Double as USB Drives, Wi-Fi Spots","description":"In what may be the ultimate fusion of practicality and style, Brookstone are now selling cufflinks that offer both Wi-Fi and data storage.","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/cufflinks-488x300.jpg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/cufflinks.jpg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/cufflinks-that-double-as-usb-drives-wi-fi-spots","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/cufflinks.jpg","width":604,"height":307,"alt":""}]}
News
3D Printer Makes Cupcake in 60 Seconds

Most of us associate printers with ink and paper, but a new 3D printer has more to do with chocolate cupcakes and other delicious desserts.

{"id":44966,"type":"design","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"3D Printer Makes Cupcake in 60 Seconds","description":"\u003Cp\u003EMost of us associate printers with ink and paper, but a new 3D printer has more to do with chocolate cupcakes and other delicious desserts.\u003C\/p\u003E","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/3d-printer-essential-dynamics-488x300.jpeg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/3d-printer-essential-dynamics.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/3d-printer-makes-cupcake-in-60-seconds","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/3d-printer-essential-dynamics.jpeg","width":525,"height":351,"alt":""}]}

Latest Events

Event
Boy Kills World

Thursday, May 2 - Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Bill Skarsgård makes a mesmerising action star in this cartoonishly OTT revenge flick that's produced by iconic 'Evil Dead' filmmaker Sam Raimi.
Event
The Fall Guy

Wednesday, April 24 - Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Ryan Gosling is at his most charming — including while batting around screwball banter with Emily Blunt — in this dynamic action/rom-com ode to stunt performers.
Event
Abigail

Thursday, April 18 - Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

The directors of 'Ready or Not' turn their attention to monster movies in this deliciously entertaining heist-meets-vampire flick.
Event
Challengers

Thursday, April 18 - Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

For 'Call Me By Your Name' director Luca Guadagnino, Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist star in a smash of a tennis- and love triangle-fuelled drama.
Event
Back to Black

Thursday, May 2 - Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Amy Winehouse was anything but formulaic, but the same can't be said about this by-the-numbers biopic about the British singer.
Event
Robot Dreams

Thursday, April 25 - Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

This Oscar-nominated animated gem explores love, loneliness, finding a connection and facing fate's chaos through the friendship of a dog and a robot.
Event
Origin

Thursday, April 18 - Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

'Selma' and 'A Wrinkle in Time; filmmaker Ava DuVernay returns with a sensitive, sincere and supremely smart biopic that's also an exploration of caste systems.
Event
Lovers and Castaways

Wednesday, March 6 - Sunday, June 9, 2024
The Pah Homestead, Auckland

This exhibition allows visitors to experience 1980s Aotearoa through the eyes of some of New Zealand's most treasured artists.
Event
The Effect — Auckland Theatre Company

Tuesday, April 16 - Saturday, May 11, 2024
ASB Waterfront Theatre, Auckland

This ethically ambiguous, toxic love story is the work of Lucy Prebble, one of the brains behind HBO’s ‘Succession’.

Buy Tickets
Event
Aotearoa High Tea in The Libraries at The Hotel Britomart

Saturday, March 16, 2024, Saturday, April 13, 2024 and Sunday, May 12, 2024
The Hotel Britomart, Auckland

Enjoy some of Aotearoa's best food in the elegant, heritage spaces of The Libraries.

Buy Tickets

News
Ikea Builds Apartment in Paris Train Station

The Swedish design giants are turning more heads with their latest advertising stunt in France.

{"id":43904,"type":"design","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"Ikea Builds Apartment in Paris Train Station","description":"The Swedish design giants are turning more heads with their latest advertising stunt in France.","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/ikea-488x300.jpg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/ikea.jpg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/ikea-builds-apartment-in-paris-train-station","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/ikea.jpg","width":604,"height":340,"alt":""}]}
News
The Song Map

This is what the world would look like if you could build a city from your iTunes library.

{"id":42927,"type":"arts-entertainment","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"The Song Map","description":"\u003Cp\u003EThis is what the world would look like if you could build a city from your iTunes library.\u003C\/p\u003E","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/the-ultimate-song-map-488x300.jpeg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/the-ultimate-song-map.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/arts-entertainment\/music\/the-song-map","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/the-ultimate-song-map.jpeg","width":600,"height":427,"alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Dorothy_0030b-Song-Map1.jpeg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Dorothy_0030d-Song-Map1.jpeg","alt":""}]}
News
The Blackbox Mobile SMS Message Printer

A nifty little mobile printer that produces your text message conversations on paper.

{"id":43874,"type":"design","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"The Blackbox Mobile SMS Message Printer","description":"A nifty little mobile printer that produces your text message conversations on paper.","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/blackbox-488x300.jpg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/blackbox.jpg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/the-blackbox-mobile-sms-message-printer","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/blackbox.jpg","width":525,"height":351,"alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/blackbox2.jpg","alt":""}]}
News
Make Food Not War

Stage a war in the kitchen and attempt to replicate these deliciously evil masterpieces.

{"id":42948,"type":"arts-entertainment","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"Make Food Not War","description":"Stage a war in the kitchen and attempt to replicate these deliciously evil masterpieces.","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/portfolio-488x300.jpeg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/portfolio.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/make-food-not-war","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/portfolio.jpeg","width":1200,"height":800,"alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/portfolio-1.jpeg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/portfolio-2.jpeg","alt":""}]}
News
Trot Around Your Own Globe

These do-it-yourself kits allow you to customise your own vintage globe with different travel routes, photos, banners and travel stickers.

{"id":42910,"type":"design","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"Trot Around Your Own Globe","description":"\u003Cp\u003EThese do-it-yourself kits allow you to customise your own vintage globe with different travel routes, photos, banners and travel stickers.\u003C\/p\u003E","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Untitled-488x300.jpg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Untitled.jpg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/trot-around-your-own-globe","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Untitled.jpg","width":740,"height":619,"alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/detail_bon_r4_c1a.gif","alt":""}]}
News
Create Your Own Personalised Soft Drink

Online users change the percentages of whatever ingredients they choose to go into the drink, and can further determine the drink's colour, name and label.

{"id":42539,"type":"design","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"Create Your Own Personalised Soft Drink","description":"Online users change the percentages of whatever ingredients they choose to go into the drink, and can further determine the drink's colour, name and label.","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/uflavor-488x300.jpg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/uflavor.jpg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/create-your-own-personalised-soft-drink","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/uflavor.jpg","width":604,"height":438,"alt":""}]}
News
Bernardo Bajana’s Offensive Police Shield

Bad news for Occupy protesters: Bernado Bajana has created a new riot shield which does much more than just shield officers.

{"id":42550,"type":"design","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"Bernardo Bajana’s Offensive Police Shield","description":"Bad news for Occupy protesters: Bernado Bajana has created a new riot shield which does much more than just shield officers.","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/shield-488x300.jpg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/shield.jpg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/bernardo-bajanas-offensive-police-shield","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/shield.jpg","width":604,"height":405,"alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/shield2.jpg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/shield3.jpg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/shield4.jpg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/shield5.jpg","alt":""}]}
News
How Happy is Your City?

A giant emoticon erected above this Bavarian city is set to measure the general mood of the people below.

{"id":42464,"type":"art","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"How Happy is Your City?","description":"\u003Cp\u003EA giant emoticon erected above this Bavarian city is set to measure the general mood of the people below.\u003C\/p\u003E","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/feelometer1-488x300.jpeg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/feelometer1.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/arts-entertainment\/art\/how-happy-is-your-city","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/feelometer1.jpeg","width":600,"height":300,"alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/004-smiley-lindau-richard-wilhelmer.jpeg","alt":""}]}
News
Rooftop Farming in Berlin

Fish frolicking in beer barrels and a vegetable patch atop an old malt factory in Berlin enjoy the ultimate symbiotic relationship.

{"id":42460,"type":"design","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"Rooftop Farming in Berlin","description":"\u003Cp\u003EFish frolicking in beer barrels and a vegetable patch atop an old malt factory in Berlin enjoy the ultimate symbiotic relationship.\u003C\/p\u003E","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fotostrecke-75646-2-488x300.jpeg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fotostrecke-75646-2.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/rooftop-farming-in-berlin","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fotostrecke-75646-2.jpeg","width":600,"height":399,"alt":""}]}
News
Wake Up to the Muppet Crew

Imagine waking up, and the first thing you saw was this wall decal. There is just no way you could ever start the day in a bad mood.

{"id":42098,"type":"design","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"Wake Up to the Muppet Crew","description":"Imagine waking up, and the first thing you saw was this wall decal. There is just no way you could ever start the day in a bad mood.","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/crew_product-488x300.jpeg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/crew_product.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/wake-up-to-the-muppet-crew","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/crew_product.jpeg","width":480,"height":720,"alt":""}]}
News
A Beer Cooler that Doubles as a ‘Photoblocker’

A product that will soon solve the first-world problems faced by many party animals.

{"id":41713,"type":"design","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"A Beer Cooler that Doubles as a ‘Photoblocker’","description":"A product that will soon solve the first-world problems faced by many party animals.","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/norte-488x300.jpg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/norte.jpg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/a-beer-cooler-that-doubles-as-a-photoblocker","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/norte.jpg","width":604,"height":327,"alt":""}]}
News
Vending Machine for Welcome Home Signs

Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport Bannerxpress allows people to print welcome home signs from a vending machine at the airport.

{"id":41739,"type":"design","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"Vending Machine for Welcome Home Signs","description":"Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport Bannerxpress allows people to print welcome home signs from a vending machine at the airport.","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/bannerxpress1-488x300.jpg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/bannerxpress1.jpg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/vending-machine-for-welcome-home-signs","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/bannerxpress1.jpg","width":604,"height":490,"alt":""}]}
News
The World’s Funkiest Contact Lenses

The Japanese have a particular skill when it comes to making useful objects much more compact and convenient.

{"id":41098,"type":"design","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"The World’s Funkiest Contact Lenses","description":"The Japanese have a particular skill when it comes to making useful objects much more compact and convenient.","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/magic-488x300.jpg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/magic.jpg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/the-worlds-funkiest-contact-lenses","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/magic.jpg","width":604,"height":286,"alt":""}]}
News
Sydney: The Summer Guide

Welcome to the inaugural Concrete Playground Summer Guide, a comprehensive shortlist of the best this city has to offer over the next three months

{"id":42438,"type":"art","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"Sydney: The Summer Guide","description":"\u003Cp\u003EWelcome to the inaugural Concrete Playground Summer Guide, a comprehensive shortlist of the best this city has to offer over the next three months\u003C\/p\u003E","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Sydney-summer-guide-bars-488x300.gif","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Sydney-summer-guide-bars.gif","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/arts-entertainment\/art\/sydney-the-summer-guide","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Sydney-summer-guide-bars.gif","width":1000,"height":700,"alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/iphone.jpg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Summer-Guide1.gif","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/5fee12f4262411e180c9123138016265_7.jpg","alt":""}]}
News
The World’s First Functional Painting Typewriter

To the delight of fetishists of redundant technology, an American artist has created a typewriter that paints.

{"id":41506,"type":"art","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"The World’s First Functional Painting Typewriter","description":"\u003Cp\u003ETo the delight of fetishists of redundant technology, an American artist has created a typewriter that paints.\u003C\/p\u003E","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2718-488x300.jpeg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2718.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/arts-entertainment\/art\/the-worlds-first-functional-painting-typewriter","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2718.jpeg","width":640,"height":480,"alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/chome-2-600x450.jpeg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/pic_4ed1764f6d7d0r.jpeg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/pic_4ed177c38f75bb.jpeg","alt":""}]}
News
From Barley to the Bottle in the Heart of the City

Watch your beer 'grow' from start to finish at this temporary inner city brewery.

{"id":41018,"type":"arts-entertainment","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"From Barley to the Bottle in the Heart of the City","description":"\u003Cp\u003EWatch your beer 'grow' from start to finish at this temporary inner city brewery.\u003C\/p\u003E","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/c3b531ca-7514-4691-8bce-47bc48758b78-488x300.jpeg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/c3b531ca-7514-4691-8bce-47bc48758b78.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/from-barley-to-the-bottle-in-the-heart-of-the-city","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/c3b531ca-7514-4691-8bce-47bc48758b78.jpeg","width":716,"height":345,"alt":""}]}
News
The Little Printer

Little Printer partners with Arup, foursquare, Google, the Guardian and Nike to produce itty bitty newspapers to slip into your back pocket and read on the go.

{"id":41030,"type":"design","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"The Little Printer","description":"\u003Cp\u003ELittle Printer partners with Arup, foursquare, Google, the Guardian and Nike to produce itty bitty newspapers to slip into your back pocket and read on the go.\u003C\/p\u003E","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/little_printer1-488x300.jpeg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/little_printer1.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/the-little-printer","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/little_printer1.jpeg","width":605,"height":341,"alt":""}]}
News
Basil Bangs’ Beautiful Beach Brollies

Basil Bangs' beautifully designed beach umbrellas will allow you to spend a sensible day at the beach while still looking hip.

{"id":38660,"type":"design","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"Basil Bangs’ Beautiful Beach Brollies","description":"\u003Cp\u003EBasil Bangs' beautifully designed beach umbrellas will allow you to spend a sensible day at the beach while still looking hip.\u003C\/p\u003E","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Balmy-Origami-Canopy-488x300.gif","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Balmy-Origami-Canopy.gif","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/basil-bangs-beautiful-beach-brollies","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Balmy-Origami-Canopy.gif","width":608,"height":405,"alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Basil-Bangs-team.gif","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/BB-Vevey-Missoni-Canopy.gif","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/CarolineSeabreeze_Canopy.gif","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/DolceMango_Sideview.jpeg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/BB-Campaign-Chaplin-Stripe-Branded.gif","alt":""}]}
News
Adidas to Launch $1 Sneaker in India

Adidas is looking to the subcontinent for its new major growth market.

{"id":40377,"type":"design","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"Adidas to Launch $1 Sneaker in India","description":"Adidas is looking to the subcontinent for its new major growth market.","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/adidas-488x300.jpg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/adidas.jpg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/adidas-to-launch-1-sneaker-in-india","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/adidas.jpg","width":604,"height":488,"alt":""}]}
News
It’s Just a Plant: The Children’s Book on Marijuana

The story of a young girl's educational journey as she comes to understand cannabis, explained to her by her parents, a doctor and a kind gang of Rastafarians.

{"id":39934,"type":"arts-entertainment","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"It’s Just a Plant: The Children’s Book on Marijuana","description":"\u003Cp\u003EThe story of a young girl's educational journey as she comes to understand cannabis, explained to her by her parents, a doctor and a kind gang of Rastafarians.\u003C\/p\u003E","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/its-just-a-plant-488x300.jpg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/its-just-a-plant.jpg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/its-just-a-plant-the-childrens-book-on-marijuana","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/its-just-a-plant.jpg","width":496,"height":370,"alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/cover.jpg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Just_Plant6-thumb-620x596-33741.jpg","alt":""}]}
News
Urban Beekeeping Hits New York’s Rooftops

Philips has tapped into the growing beekeeping trend and designed a sleek looking urban beehive.

{"id":38960,"type":"design","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"Urban Beekeeping Hits New York’s Rooftops","description":"\u003Cp\u003EPhilips has tapped into the growing beekeeping trend and designed a sleek looking urban beehive.\u003C\/p\u003E","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/top2-488x300.jpg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/top2.jpg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/urban-beekeeping-hits-new-yorks-rooftops","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/top2.jpg","width":600,"height":401,"alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/beehive_hr4.jpg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/beehive_hr1.jpg","alt":""}]}
News
Turn Your Smartphone Into a Robot

Romo smartens up your already intelligent smartphone by turning it into a robot.

{"id":38948,"type":"design","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"Turn Your Smartphone Into a Robot","description":"\u003Cp\u003ERomo smartens up your already intelligent smartphone by turning it into a robot.\u003C\/p\u003E","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/top1-488x300.jpg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/top1.jpg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/turn-your-smartphone-into-a-robot","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/top1.jpg","width":600,"height":398,"alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/DSC_0143_21.jpg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/DSC63681.jpg","alt":""}]}
News
Dialug Saves You Time and Power

This clever plug and socket design with in-built timer lets you save power.

{"id":38941,"type":"design","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"Dialug Saves You Time and Power","description":"\u003Cp\u003EThis clever plug and socket design with in-built timer lets you save power.\u003C\/p\u003E","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Dialug2-488x300.jpg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Dialug2.jpg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/dialug-saves-you-time-and-power","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Dialug2.jpg","width":596,"height":333,"alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Dialug1.jpg","alt":""}]}
News
A Finnish Greenhouse Fit for Living

Gardening enthusiasts will be able to spend even more time with Mother Nature in this wonderful garden shed.

{"id":38428,"type":"design","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"A Finnish Greenhouse Fit for Living","description":"\u003Cp\u003EGardening enthusiasts will be able to spend even more time with Mother Nature in this wonderful garden shed.\u003C\/p\u003E","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/gardenshed-488x300.jpg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/gardenshed.jpg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/a-finnish-greenhouse-fit-for-living","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/gardenshed.jpg","width":604,"height":461,"alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/gardenshed3.jpg","alt":""},{"src":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/gardenshed2.jpg","alt":""}]}

Directory

Discover

Search Concrete Playground

Directory

Discover

Search Concrete Playground

Directory

Discover

Search Concrete Playground

Directory

Discover

Search Concrete Playground

Sections

Categories

Discover