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Ethiopia’s WarkaWater Towers Gather Drinking Water from the Air

An ingeniously simple way to boost access to clean drinking water.

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Nike Football Launches “Risk Everything” Campaign

Nike delivers again.

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Meet Ooho, the Water Bottle You Can Eat

Reduce landfill with your stomach.

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Glimpse the Future of High-Rises in the International Skyscraper Competition

Groundbreaking visions for vertical living.

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Mexican Artist Saner Makes His Mark on Auckland

Watch a time-lapse video of the street graffiti installation from Saner at a prominent Newton location.

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Artist Transforms Everyday Wooden Objects into Art

Yes, his name is Maskull Lasserre. What a dude.

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Solar-Powered Desk Charges Devices Through Photosynthesis

New technology can even make use of solar power indoors.

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Ten Years of Nike Free

We look into ten years of Nike Free

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New York Reimagined as a Self-Sustaining City

It's futuristic New York, but not as Ridley Scott would imagine it.

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Beyonce Just Got an Emoji Makeover

The visual album taken to its logical conclusion.

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This Hoverboard Hoax Will 100 Percent Toy with Your Emotions

Doc lied to us!

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Lineup of Speakers Announced for Semi Permanent 2014

The event is surrounded with exhibitions, workshops, parties and a festival style conference.

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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.

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Ten Incredible Home Hacks

Interior design is one thing. Home hacking is quite another.

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Turning Damaged Christchurch Homes into Art Projects

If you had all the material from one house at your disposal, what would you create?

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Snore-Activated Pillow Gives Noisy Bedfellows a Nudge

Because love might be blind, but deaf it is not.

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More Astounding Sandcastles from Sculptor Calvin Seibert

Way to intimidate the kids, guy.

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Take a Peek at Frank Gehry’s BioMuseo, Opening After Ten Years’ Construction

The story of a nation, in shapes.

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Five Inspired Tiny Houses You’ll Want to Call Home

Life. In five square metres.

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Use Your Mobile Phone Wallpaper To Help Support Charity

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Raise the Stakes in Your Pretentious Convos with New Metagame

A game that asks the eternal question, 'Which feels like first love: Pride and Prejudice or Hungry Hungry Hippos?'

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Mystical Mirror House Appears in the Mojave Desert

Is it a mirage, a vision, a portal to another world?

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Stay in Africa’s First Underwater Hotel Room

Sleep in subaquatic comfort.

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Balance Bookshelf Literally Weighs Up Your Literary Knowledge

Storage innovation stacks up your unread books against your just-read books; magic ensues.

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Not Just a Tree-house but a Tree-in-the-House

Could this be the most impressive tree-house ever?

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Win One of Two $350 Chelsea Golden Syrup Artist Collector Packs

Fond memories of Anzac biscuits, dripping spoonfuls of liquid sugar and the inevitable sticky fingers; where would we be without Chelsea Golden Syrup?

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15th-Century Dutch Church Converted to Epic Bookstore

This must be one of the world's most gorgeous bookstores.

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Charred Wood Makes Great-Looking, Fire-Resistant Interiors

Charcoaled cedar inspired by traditional Japanese methods is built to last and looks beautiful.

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Nike Launches Air Max Glow Collection, Night Joggers Rejoice

By day you are an ordinary Jerry Seinfeld in smart white sneakers. By night? You're high tech, high octane and highly visible.

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