• News

    World’s Tallest Skyscraper to House a City

    Could this be the face of cities of the future?

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    How Much Can Google’s Self-Driving Car See?

    360 degree vision and a one gigabyte per second data processing rate are promised with Google's latest.

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    Parisian Artist Transforms the Streets with Ink and Wheatpaste

    Levalet explores the boundaries between reality and fiction.

  • News

    Lilliputt Launches Lost in Time

    The new 18 hole Mini Golf course is an interactive and sensory journey through the history of New Zealand.

  • News

    Donate Your Desktop to Charity

    Saving the world, one desktop at a time.

  • News

    LED Lighting to Cultivate Fruit and Veges in Space

    Thought you’d be eating vacuum packed meals in space? Think again. Fruit and veges could now be part of everyday space cuisine

  • News

    How 3D Printing Can Help Your Herb Garden

    The planter system can be set up in an array of configurations so you can construct your living wall to complement your living space.

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    A Bike That Unlocks The Pedal Power In Your Hands

    Get your hands in on the action with the new 4 Strike Bike.

  • News

    Singapore Stunning Garden Hotel Opens

    Singapore's new Park Royal takes green living to a whole other level.

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    Change Your Mood with your Mobile Phone

    Are your mood swings getting the better of you? Take control with this new app.

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    How Glowing Plants Could Replace Light Bulbs

    Bioluminescent plants and crowd funding are set to save the world from the carbon monster.

  • News

    Catwalk Fashion and Font Design Combine

    Every year, Paris-based designer Yvette Yang immortalises changing trends with her annual 'fashion font'.

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.

  • Bar

    Everybody’s

    7 Fort Lane, Auckland

    This pun will write itself. Everybody's has something for everybody. But mostly, it's got a jaw-dropping array of modern European fusion and cocktails made to measure.

  • Restaurant

    Better Burger

    31 Galway St, Britomart

    An instant classic.

  • Bar

    The Cav

    68 College Hill, Ponsonby

    A low-key, relaxed pub that's a great spot to meet friends and share an ale.

  • Restaurant

    The Botanist

    90 Wellesley Street, Auckland

    City Works Depot's cafe/bar/plant nursery fusion cafe.

  • Restaurant

    Burger Burger

    136-138 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby

    It seems the world of the burger has seen the line between professional eatery and burger takeaway joint become blurred.

  • Restaurant

    Giapo

    279 Queen Street, Auckland

    Auckland's favourite "haute ice cream".

  • Restaurant

    Hallertau

    1171 Coatesville Riverhead Highway, Riverhead

    A country restaurant in the best sense of the word.

  • Restaurant

    Mexico Ponsonby

    164 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby

    If you put ‘Mexico’ into Google maps you might be told that you’re approximately 11,000km away. The great news is Google maps are wrong.

  • Restaurant

    Masu

    90 Federal Street, Auckland

    Contemporary Japanese restaurant Masu proves a culinary force to be reckoned with.

  • News

    The Giant Paper Clip Handbag

    Designer Peter Bristol has brought a new perspective to the humble paper clip.

  • News

    Designer Carpet Critters Auctioned For Charity

    How carpet art raised money for AIDS research.

  • News

    Google Faces Finds Smileys on the Earth’s Surface

    It's human to see faces everywhere; now it's an algorithm, too.

  • News

    Lululemon launches in New Zealand with Aotearoa Asana

    Yoga and running gear brand Lululemon lands on New Zealand shores.

  • News

    Singles to Get Train Carriage for Flirting on Prague Metro

    One way to spice up your workday commute.

  • News

    What Your Sleep-Talk Reveals About You

    If only this app had been around in Sigmund Freud's day.

Latest Events
  • Event

    A Quiet Place: Day One

    Thursday, June 27 - Wednesday, July 17, 2024

    Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

    The always-excellent Lupita Nyong'o and 'Pig' writer/director Michael Sarnoski take this hit horror franchise back to the alien invasion's beginning in a thoughtful Big Apple-set spinoff.

  • Event

    The Promised Land

    Thursday, June 13 - Wednesday, July 3, 2024

    Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

    More than a decade after 'A Royal Affair', Mads Mikkelsen and filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel have made another grand and gripping drama set in Denmark's past.

  • Event

    Inside Out 2

    Thursday, June 27 - Wednesday, July 24, 2024

    Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

    Amy Poehler still brings joy in this nine-years-later sequel to one of Pixar's best films, which proves as emotionally intelligent as its predecessor.

  • Event

    The Taste of Things

    Thursday, June 27 - Wednesday, July 17, 2024

    Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

    This Oscar-shortlisted, Cannes Best Director-winning French delight simmers up a 19th-century romance between a cook and a gourmand.

  • News

    The $125,000 3D Pizza Printer

    Great for astronauts, great for the home?

  • News

    How iPad Stories are Changing Writing (and Reading)

    The Silent History creator and ex-McSweeney's editor Eli Horowitz shares his digital lessons.

  • News

    A Dress Shirt that Doubles as a Screen Cleaner

    Dress to kill and keep your screen clean with this new multi-tasker from Japan.

  • News

    Nike, NASA and the Unsustainable Future of Fabric

    Nudity, hypothermia and the end of fashion: a life without fabric doesn't sound like much fun.

  • News

    The World’s First 3D Desktop Printer

    Enjoy full-colour 3D printing in the privacy of your own home.

  • News

    Kite Photography: Up Where The Air Is Clear

    With a long piece of string and a strong wind Kite Aerial Photographers bring an extraordinary dimension to the ordinary.

  • News

    Fashion News

    From I Love Ugly Suits, G_Shock watches, Ruby, Glassons through to Peroni collaborations, we wrap up the latest in Fashion News.

  • News

    Drinking Pays for Public Transport with the Beer Turnstile

    Don't drink and drive; drink and catch the train

  • News

    Get Out of Great Gatsby Limbo: Play the Video Game

    Experience a Gatsby party firsthand with this addictive 8-bit game

  • News

    Buildings Grow a Skin in the Name of Sustainability

    House too hot? Cool it down with a whole heap of wood.

  • News

    Google Unveils A Brand New Music Streaming Service

    Google has revealed all of the new things for you to Google on their Google.

  • News

    Day to Night Transformation Easy with Removable Heels

    A shoe that comes with five different pairs of heels, enabling comfort during the working day, and an optional dash of glamour during the evening.

  • News

    Transforming Modern Waste into Architecture

    'Waste not, want not' is the catch-cry of Dutch design and architecture studios, Superuse.

  • News

    Gourds Transformed into Building Blocks

    Does one of the world's oldest cultivated plants hold the key to sustainable construction?

  • News

    Brothers Launch Travel Clothing Line with a Suitcase Pop-Up Shop

    If The BFG had been written in the 21st century, Swedish fashion retailer Brothers’ vintage trunk is the suitcase he’d likely have carried.

  • News

    A Sustainable Alternative to Leather

    The Netherlands-based Studio Tjeerd Veenhoven has recently developed a new vegan textile from the Areca palm.

  • News

    D.I.Y. Paper Watches

    SUCK UK's paper watch enables consumers to take matters into their own hands and design an accessory that is uniquely theirs.

  • News

    Pumpkin Pop-Up Inspired by Louis Vuitton

    This dreamlike pumpkin pop-up shop is an example of what happens when fashion and art collide.

  • News

    Reykjavik’s Concert Hall Wins Major EU Prize for Architecture

    Reflective of both light and water, the building scatters the harbour surface with dancing, incandescent rainbows.

  • News

    A Crowd Funding Proposal to Impress Jack Sparrow

    Do you think your breakfast might taste better served with a piratic touch?

  • News

    Life in Five Seconds Depicts History Through Design

    Why use 770,000 words (the Bible’s approximate length) when you can tell the story with none at all?

  • News

    2013: A Space Oddity as Astronaut Sings Bowie in Space

    Social media darling and astronaut Chris Hadfield takes David Bowie to new, dizzying heights.

  • News

    The House That Fits on a Tricycle

    Maybe you can't afford to buy a house. So how about a trike?

  • News

    Window Socket Will Power You Up Anywhere

    Charge your appliances with the sun and save the world one plug socket at a time.

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