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NewsCharred 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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NewsNike 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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NewsThe World’s First Inflatable Concert Hall Tours Japan
Arata Isozaki and Anish Kapoor design a remarkable portable music venue.
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NewsYour Guide to Auckland Art Week 2013
Eat your heART out at Auckland's most expansive art festival
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NewsFloating Apartment Block Under Construction in The Netherlands
If you can't beat the water, how about joining it?
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NewsTravelling ‘SUN’ Sculpture Lights up the Scandinavian Winter
Two Scandy designers brighten up the dark Norwegian winters with their light sculpture.
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NewsA Synesthete Maps the London Underground
Ever wondered what the names of stations taste like as they roll off the tongue?
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NewsWatch Perfectly Innocent Pairs of Sneakers Get Slaughtered
Joining the bandwagon of destroying things artistically because well, it looks cool.
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NewsConcrete Playground meets artist Melissa Sharplin
Artist Melissa Sharplin talks about her inspiration behind her pop-realist portraits of beautiful women, working for charity and the importance of dreams.
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NewsConstruction to Start on the World’s First Invisible ‘Anti-Skyscraper’
Move over vertical gardening.
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RestaurantOdette'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.
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NewsWin One of Four Andy Warhol x Perrier Water 12 Packs
As part of its 150th anniversary this year, Perrier has released limited edition bottles inspired by pop artist Andy Warhol.
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NewsNike Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Just Do It
Nike have come out with their latest campaign "Possibilities" to celebrate 25 years of just doing it.
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NewsSydney Businessmen Successfully Crowdfund Booze Startup
Mr Black takes two of Sydney's favourite vices and combines them in one delicious, stylishly packaged drink.
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NewsTen Reasons to Visit the Auckland Art Fair 2013
From monkeys painting to glamorous opening parties, Concrete Playground chats with Jana Beer, publications editor for Auckland Art Fair 2013, for the ten best reasons to visit the 2013 Auckland Art Fair.
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NewsQuickboat Ushers in a New Era of Ultra-Convenient Boating
From your car to the water in one minute.
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NewsWorld’s First Shark Deterrent Wetsuit Developed in Australia
Who's volunteering to test it out?
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NewsElectric One-Seater Built for Urban Delivery
Is your package too big for a bicycle, but too small for a truck?
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NewsNew Hybrid Backpack Transforms into a One-Person Tent
Making life easier for both keen hikers and the homeless.
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NewsIntroducing e-David: The Latest in Robotic Artists
What would Michelangelo have to say about this?
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NewsIBM Billboards Double as Street Furniture
Billboards create 'Smarter Cities' by functioning as benches, rain shelters and ramps.
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NewsJewellery So Green It Grows
Mr Lentz creates growing jewellery from sustainably-sourced wood, grass and moss.
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NewsWaiheke Island Yacht Club in San Francisco
Anyone who thinks that the America’s Cup and Louis Vuitton Challenger Series is just yacht racing should think again.
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NewsPower Nap Incognito with the Ostrich Pillow
Take a micro-sleep in privacy and comfort - anywhere, anytime.
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NewsArt Installations in Hotel Rooms
A French architectural collective is bringing installations - and private light shows - to hotel rooms.
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NewsElectronic Bag Tags on Trial in Airports
British Airways' latest product aims to boost the confidence of bag-bereft passengers.
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NewsBath Tub-Hammock Takes Luxury to a New Level
Splinter Works' latest invention could easily have been designed for a Lana Del Rey film clip.
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NewsFirst Dine-Alone Restaurant in the World Pops up in Amsterdam
Table for one? Amsterdam's latest pop-up is all about removing the stigma from dining solo.
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NewsModular BUILD Blocks Create Unique and Flexible Shelving
This honeycomb-inspired design solution allows the user to create a completely unique shelving space.
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NewsThe Zoomable Paper Map
Based on what must be Origami origins, Map2 is a smartly designed paper map that lets you zoom without going digital
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NewsHangTable Doubles as Workspace and Hanger
Based on a pulley and counterweight system the HangTable provides a workspace and a hanger for small spaces
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NewsRevolutionary Doghouse Designs for your Pooch
Mexican exhibition presents palatial doghouse designs for your greedy chihuahua
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News$9 Cardboard Bike Could Be ‘Game Changing’
Now the inventor has launched an Indiegogo campaign to bring it to people around the world.
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News‘i Backpack’ Gives New Communication Powers to Cyclists
Could this put an end to cyclist-motorist road rage?
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NewsRecord the Smell of Your Memories on ‘Camera’
Designer Amy Radcliffe has created a scent 'camera' that could make us all into amateur perfumiers.
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NewsBinary Portraits of Famous DJs
A new series of portraits explores two sides of some of electronica's most famous faces.
