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News
U-Boat Worx Offers Submarine Charters for Tourists
These 'personal submarines for yacht and tourism' are for those people who are desirous of exploring the depths of the ocean but who suffer the misfortune of not being Richard Branson.
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News
A Portable Hanging Herb Garden for Inner-City Dwellers
The dream of any inner-city or spatially-challenged dweller with a green thumb, finely tuned tastebuds and no backyard.
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News
Adidas Unveils Super Intelligent Football Boot
Sporting giant Adidas has outdone itself with the adiZero f50 miCoach, a new soccer boot that boasts state-of-the-art technology.
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News
Hipstamatic’s Digital Disposable Camera for your iPhone
In a bid to regain their popularity and get one up on Instagram, Hipstamatic is offering a new dimension to their faux-analogue photography experience.
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News
Designs That Let You Sleep Anywhere, Anytime
Our society seems to be developing an obsession for sleeping in places that are not our beds.
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News
Google Ventures Into the Physical Realm
Once upon a time, Google was content to rule cyber space. But like most super powers in history, the superpower is getting restless.
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News
Steve Jobs: The Movie
They say sex sells, but according to Sony Pictures, death is where the real money’s at.
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News
Occupy Wall Street Protests Start to Spread Around the World
How the American Dream has turned into a nightmare for a large proportion of U.S. citizens.
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{"id":35591,"type":"design","icon":"newspaper-clipping","info":"","name":"iPhone 4S Fails to Impress","description":"\u003Cp\u003EThe new iPhone's updates are on the inside only.\u003C\/p\u003E","thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/via-telegraph-co-uk-488x300.jpg","photo":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/via-telegraph-co-uk.jpg","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/design-style\/design\/iphone-4s-fails-to-impress","latitude":"","longitude":"","address":"","booking":"","archive":{"title":"News","url":"https:\/\/concreteplayground.com\/auckland\/latest"},"banners":[{"src":"https:\/\/cdn.concreteplayground.com\/content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/via-telegraph-co-uk.jpg","width":460,"height":287,"alt":""}]}
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News
Untappd App Combines Social Networking and Beer
The perfect excuse to drink more beer and check your iPhone.
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News
Message in a Bottle: The Unusual Social Network
Harold Hackett has been sending messages all over the world, but unlike most of us he hasn’t been using a phone or a computer.
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News
A First Look at Amazon’s New Kindle Fire
With the release of Amazon's Kindle Fire, there may just be another serious player in the growing tablet market.
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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.
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News
IPhone Bike Speaker Lets You Listen While You Ride
Play sweet music and use your iPhone as a GPS while riding through the town on your bike.
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News
Slavery Footprint: Calculating How Many Forced Labourers Work For You
Cue the bright-eyed, pigtailed offspring of ethical consumerism and social media, Slavery Footprint.
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News
Curate Fashion Gallery launches
Britomart’s very own mini department store, Curate located at 5a Gore Street, Auckland CBD has officially marked its opening, recently celebrating with a full scale launch event for fashion media, celebrities and VIP’s.
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News
Juliette Hogan and GIBSON Partner with the VNZMA’s
It won’t just be all about the music at the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards this year.
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News
Micro-Hotel Sleepbox Makes Being In Transit Appealing
The pod with bed and drop-down desk may mean the days of sleeping in airport food courts are well behind us.
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Event
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Thursday, May 9 - Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland
More than half a century after the first film, Hollywood's paws are still on this sci-fi franchise — and this is a thoughtful and engaging new instalment.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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News
Germany’s Greenest Little Village
A small village in Germany is leading the way in green living and financial prosperity.
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News
Glassons Cure Shop
The collaboration between Glassons and top New Zealand designers continues this year as they unleash their creativity to help raise awareness for the New Zealand Breast Cancer Research Trust.
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Inspirational Designs for Busan’s New Opera House
A design competition for Busan's new Opera House has inspired some truly amazing submissions.
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First-Ever Space Hotel Set to Open in 2016
Space tourism set to become a reality in the next few years.
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Nike Release Back to The Future Sneakers
Nike has released a near-exact replica of the shoes worn by Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future 2.
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NYC Artist Brings Subway Etiquette to Life
NYC artist Jay Shells' Subway Etiquette Posters pokes fun at commuter pet peeves.
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Swiss Artist Injects Order Into the Everyday
Ursus Wehrli wants to put some order into your life.
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Highlights of New Zealand Fashion Week
Fashion Week has been and gone. Here are some of the highlights that stood out.
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Urban Farming Continues to Grow Around the World
Urban farms offer city dwellers a chance to green up their cities and get their hands dirty in the process.
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Stylish Ways To Save Water
Saving water can be as simple as capturing rainwater in some sort of dispenser to be stored, treated and reused.
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Lego Takes On The World’s Architectural Icons
Adam Reed Tucker has developed a new line of Lego celebrating some of the world's best architecture.
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Rio De Janeiro’s Sustainable Olympic Village Design
The winner of the Rio 2016 Olympic Park Urban Masterplan competition has been announced.
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Bamboo iPhone Covers Handmade By Grove
Eco-conscious designers at Grove create bamboo iPhone covers made with their very own hands.
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Curate
Curate is a fantastic new ‘fashion gallery’ in Britomart set to launch September 9 2011, which will feature a selection of fashion, shoes, accessories and jewellery from the crème de la crème of New Zealand designers.
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Paypal Founder’s Futuristic Floating Island City
The Silicon Valley billionaire is making plans for the project to be launched off the coast of San Francisco next year.
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Apple Unveils Eco-Friendly Campus HQ Plans
Apple's new eco-friendly HQ plans are larger-than-life.
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Japan’s Intelligent Vending Machines Know Your Type
Thinking machines are already among us, watching us, and telling us what to drink.
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Aleksander Krasinki’s Futuristic Floating Island City
Architect Aleksander Krasinski has developed and designed a futuristic island concept.
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Design Similarities That Will Have you Seeing Double
Bob Caruther's collection of images will leaving you wondering just how 'new' a new idea really is.
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The London Riots: The Impact on Creative Communities
While London was engaged in a process of repeatedly kicking itself in the face, some of those hardest hit have been independent artists and small businesses.
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The Ajiro Bamboo Velobike: Grown Not Made
Design student Alexander Vittouris' all-bamboo velobike will keep both the hipsters and eco-conscious happy.
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