Auckland Design & Style News

News
Modular Bike Tracks Take Cycling into the Future

This design by Ines Le Bihan is proving a viable alternative to our current bike paths.

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News
Interview /// Voyurl Looks Closer at the Murky World of Web Analytics

Voyurl breaks down your browsing behaviour in attractive graphs.

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News
Facebook Launches a Free SMS App

Deactivating your Facebook account might become harder with the launch of Facebook Messenger, a free standalone SMS app.

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News
The World’s Largest Wooden Structure Appears in Seville

The recently completed Metropol Parasol marries aesthetics and functionality.

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News
Interview /// Concrete Playground meets Ooby Ryn

Concrete Playground caught up with Robyn Brooks to unravel the daily grind behind life as a fashion designer.

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News
Interview /// Concrete Playground meets webuyyourkids

Kirstie Sequitin talks to Sonny Day head of their appearance at Semi-Permanent.

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Latest Guides

News
Eleven Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month

Spend your couch time watching Andrew Scott step into Tom Ripley's shoes, a shattering docuseries about Nickelodeon's kids TV hits and Colin Farrell as a PI.
Guide
Must-Stream TV: All the Best Shows You Should Be Watching From 2024 So Far

Don't spend hours scrolling through streaming platforms — here's 2024 standout shows that you need to see.
News
Eleven Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in March

Spend your couch time watching Adam Sandler in space, a stunning Oscar-winning documentary, girl group-fuelled sitcom hilarity and Noel Fielding's latest show.
News
Hop to It: 16 Classic and Eclectic Films You Can Stream This Easter Long Weekend

Some feature bunnies. Some include eggs or chocolate. Some have provocative takes on religion.
News
Nine 2024 Oscar-Winning Films That You Can and Should Watch Immediately

'Oppenheimer', an astonishing Ukraine-set documentary, a Wes Anderson short, Emma Stone's most-spectacular performance yet: they each won 2024 Oscars, and you can check them them all now.
News
Say Cheers to Hollywood's Night of Nights: Concrete Playground's Oscars 2024 Drinking Game

Whether you're hoping that 'Oppenheimer', 'Barbie', 'Poor Things', 'Past Lives' or something else picks up Academy Awards, here's how to sip along.
News
Predicting the Oscars: Who Should, Could and Will Win at the 2024 Academy Awards

Will 'Oppenheimer' sweep the Oscars? What else will win? What should but won't? Here are our predictions.
News
Here's Where You Can Watch 32 of 2024's Oscar-Nominated Movies in New Zealand Right Now

From 'Barbenheimer' and twists on 'Frankenstein' to animated 'Spider-Man' antics and devastating documentaries, here's where to watch 2024's Oscar contenders.
News
Ten Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in February

Spend your couch time watching the new 'Mr & Mrs Smith', one of this year's Oscar Best Picture nominees and a stellar new space thriller.
News
Ten Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in January

Spend your couch time watching an Oscar-nominated true tale, the 'Boy Swallows Universe' TV series and the stunning return of 'True Detective'.

News
Ecohol: Sustainable Alcohol Packaging Design

A German designer has developed a series of eco-friendly alcohol products made from Tetra Pak cartons.

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News
Apple Has More Money in the Bank than the US Government

Recent figures show that Steve Jobs is richer than the US Government.

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News
Tequila Could Fuel Cars as Well as Parties

Don't drink and drive. Pour it in the tank instead.

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News
Three Ideas Shaping the Future of Music

Technology is changing the way music is made and consumed.

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News
Realise Your Childhood Dreams with O2 Treehouses

An American company is bringing award-winning design and sustainable practices to the humble treehouse.

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News
The Most Unforgettable Space Shuttle Pictures

National Geographic has compiled a photographic retrospective of the shuttle's colourful history.

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Latest Places

Restaurant
This That

57 Lorne St , Auckland City

A glimmer of hope for what the rest of Lorne Street could soon become.
Bar
Scarlett Slimms & Lucky

476 Mt Eden Rd, Auckland

Scarlett Slimms and Lucky is a haunt for the modern day Raymond Chandler.
Bar
Cassette Nine

Vulcan Lane, Auckland

Any place that can pull off jeans as wallpaper has two thumbs up in my book.
Restaurant
Miss Clawdy

12 Jellicoe Street, Auckland

There is a sassy new lady in town ready to serve you some good ol' fashioned soul food. Introducing Miss Clawdy, the newest feather in Wynyard Quarter's culinary cap.

News
Chris Jordan’s Rubbish Photography

Artist Chris Jordan takes everyday items and scary statistics to make some thought-provoking digital photographs.

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News
Kagi Jewellery Brings Paua to the People

Five years on and inspiration is still yet to run dry for Kagi jewellery designer Kat Gee.

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News
Up Bracelet Records Your Everything

Jawbone's new piece of wearable tech will keep tabs on your health.

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News
60 Internet Seconds Around the World

How much do you get done in a minute?

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News
Coke Creates World’s First Carbon-Friendly Billboard

Coke's advertising goes green.

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News
In The Black – Ketz-ke new season collection

CP Fashion Reviewer Christina reviews NZ Fashion label Ketz-ke new season release

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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’.

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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.

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Weird And Wonderful Phone Chargers

Need to keep your phone charged at a festival?

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Google Insights Helps Predict The Economy

What does the average person do when confronted by something new in their life? Google it, of course.

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Creative Art Shelves Combine Form and Function

Creative modular shelf units that can fold up against a wall, revealing artwork on the underside.

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Prison Populations Going Through The Roof

A prison in the sky wins the 2010 Skyscraper Competition.

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Iceland’s Crowdsourced Constitution. Like.

Iceland use social media to get the people's input for their new constitution.

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David Lynch Opens Mulholland Drive Inspired Nightclub

A new nightclub designed by David Lynch and inspired by a fictional venue from his film Mulholland Drive is set to open in Paris.

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Artist Designed Hotel Without Staff Opens in Paris

Designed by artist Matali Crasset, Hi-Matic is a self-service hotel completely devoid of staff.

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Students Create Futuristic Two-Wheeled Vehicle

Adelaide University students have created an inventive two wheeled contraption that could solve inner city transport issues.

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Vizualize.Me Livens Up Your LinkedIn Info

Turn your life's work into an infographic.

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Luna Ring Could Power the World

Solar power from the moon could power the world.

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Kaiser Chiefs Want You to Make Their Album

Design and sell the new Kaiser Chief's album and earn a quid.

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Steve Jobs Announces Plans for Apple’s New Mothership

Apple's new campus is a giant glass ring.

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Coke Gets Greener With ‘Give It Back’ Racks

Coke take the cola green wars beyond the bottle.

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Ice-Cream On A Boat

How did the Brits beat us to this idea?

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Recycled Cycles and Bamboo Bikes

How green is your cycle?

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Going Gaga for Google Chrome

The internet goes Gaga for Google Chrome.

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Shade Cloths that Generate Solar Power

Super solar solutions for your backyard.

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Control Mood Lighting and More with WiFi Connected Lightbulbs

Control mood lighting, your electricity bill and much more with these WiFi connected light bulbs.

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Shell Begins Construction on World’s Largest Floating Object

An energy crisis is looming. In light of this, Royal Dutch Shell are constructing the world’s largest man-made floating object.

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Discover the Beautiful World of Fonts with New Typography Application

Eye. Aperture. Descender. Spine. A weird collection of words, but for a typographer, a publication nerd like me or the owner of this new app they make perfect sense together.

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Turning Trash to Gas in a Powerful World of Waste

A small-scale device created by Agnion could be used by supermarkets, hospitals and shopping centres to make the most of the waste they create.

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Branding That’s Friendly First Thing in the Morning

Branding to make you smile, even before your morning coffee hits home.

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Highly Efficient Aero-Train Prototype that Actually Flies

A new prototype that would eliminate the problem of friction between a train and its tracks by flying extremely close to the ground.

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Open Source Classrooms Provide Ivy League Education for Free

Fancy a free Ivy League education? Open Culture will teach you everything you need to know.

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