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NewsRyosuke Fukusada’s Wooden Light Bulb
Using an ancient technique called 'rokuro', the bulb features an LED light wrapped in a thin layer of wood.
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NewsJapanese Firm Designs Mobile Pod Home
Calling all nomads and avid campers: a Japanese company has now designed a mobile pod home that will fit in a mini van and can be assembled on any terrain.
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NewsAn Umbrella That Makes 8-Bit Sounds in the Rain
Ever wondered what the rain sounds like in an 8-bit form?
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NewsConcrete Playground Meets Adele Frost
From the camera to the catwalk to the clothing rack, Ms. Frost has all layers of the fashion industry covered.
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NewsInfamous Dictators Get Hipster Makeovers
Ronallman's illustrations prove that hipster wardrobes might be better suited to conservative nutjobs.
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NewsTEDxSydney Speakers Talk Robots, Quantum Computing and Imaginary Friends
TEDxSydney speakers explain if we should feel safe around robots, where to get an imaginary friend and how to explain quantum computing to children.
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News12 Bike Racks You Don’t See Everyday (But Should)
With the increase in bike paths and subsequent riders around our cities, cyclers need more options when it comes to storing their bikes.
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NewsConcrete Playground Spends 18 Minutes with Curator of TED, Chris Anderson
TED's Curator answers a TED Talk's Worth of Questions.
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NewsThe Best Designer Homewares Stores in Sydney
Beachside hut, slick city unit or terrace house in the leafy 'burbs - whatever your style, Concrete Playground has the pick of Sydney's best interior design stores.
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NewsSydney’s Streets Set to Bloom Under New Gardening Initiative
Sydney residents will be donning their gardening gloves and taking to the streets in an attempt to vivify the city.
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NewsBeautiful Glass Houses from Around the World
Architects across the world are adopting the age-old Egyptian ritual of exhibitionism in their design of some very 'open' houses.
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NewsReviving Dead Words with Beautiful Typography
A blog called The Dead Words is using thematically appropriate typography to breathe new life into, well, dead words.
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NewsFive Emerging Australian Fashion Designers You Need to Know
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia wrapped up last Friday after showcasing the best of local fashion design against the backdrop of Sydney Harbour.
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NewsWin Tickets to 7 Kinds of Happiness
Seven seminars with major industry heavyweights explore how happiness impacts the practice of leading local and international designers.
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NewsA Glamping Guide for Music Festivals
Gear up for all of winter's festivals with 10 glamping necessities.
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NewsThe Very Best of Sydney in 2013
Concrete Playground's shortlist of the best places, experiences and events in this fine city.
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NewsMonorail: Demolish or Recycle?
It goes round and round, and no one ever really liked it. So what now?
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NewsHuge Rubber Duck Invades Loire River in France
After making appearances worldwide, Florentijn Hofman's rubber duck sculpture has appeared in France.
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NewsWool Modern Showcases Australia’s Top Designers
From the Campaign for Wool, Wool Modern brings avant garde wool design to Sydney.
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NewsMoleskine’s ‘SMS’ Notebooks Shoot Messages to Friends
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the text message, Moleskine introduces a new notebook.
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NewsLego Forest Sprouts Up in Martin Place
An installation of large-scale Lego trees and flowers has brightened an otherwise grey Martin Place.
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NewsAmplifiear Magnifies iPad Volume
A simply designed clip-on Amplifiear can increase the volume of your iPad.
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NewsSydney Entertainment Centre to Undergo $1 Billion Makeover
Plans were announced to today for the demolishing and rebuilding of the Sydney Entertainment Centre.
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NewsHangover Heaven Buses Treat Your Hangover with an IV Drip
Get in. Get out. Go rage. This fleet of Hangover Heaven buses can erase your hangover in 45 minutes.
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News10 of the World’s Most Blinged-Out Buildings
These 10 jazzy architectural designs celebrate all that glitters.
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NewsPixel Table Inspired by Jenga
This cubical table can be pushed or pulled to create extra space, much like a Jenga game.
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News10 Quirky Decals for your Macbook Pro
Let your Mac stand out in a sea of anonymity with one of these decals.
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NewsIKEA Plans to Construct an Entire London Neighbourhood
Having conquered furniture and then houses, IKEA has its sights set on building an entire suburb.
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NewsBeautify Your Refrigerator with Magnet Panels
Get rid of your ho-hum fridge magnets and snap on one of Kudu's magnetic fridge panels.
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NewsMake Music with Homemade Jellies
The Noisy Jelly game contains a mini chemistry lab that allows players to make musical jellies.
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NewsGoogle Launches ‘Project Glass’ in Beta
Google's Project Glass launches augmented-reality glasses in beta.
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NewsTurn your iPhone into a Classic Rangefinder Camera
This case transforms your iPhone into an iconic rangefinder camera of a bygone era.
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NewsUpcycled Beds for your Four Legged Friends
Upcycled iMac and vintage suitcase Cat Beds are a sure way to keep your itteh bitteh kitteh stylishly comfeh.
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NewsThe Ubi-Camera Lets you Take Photographs with your Hands
Imagine taking a photo with your fingers. A prototype for a new type of camera has been created by researchers allowing you to do just that.
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NewsStreet Furniture Transforms Infrastructure into Seating
Oliver Show's utilitarian yet comfy furniture designs are created around existing city structures.
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NewsPrice of Chocolate: One Good Deed
A Danish chocolatier seeks to generate generosity with his pop-up chocolate shop.
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NewsGoogle Puts a Blind Man in the Driver’s Seat
Automated Google cars provide Steve Mahan, a blind man, the opportunity for hands-free, and sight-free, driving.
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NewsMelbourne Architect Perches ‘Hill House’ on a Slope
Melbourne architect Andrew Maynard plays with the concept of landscape in this house design.
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NewsListen to Music Safely While Bike Riding or Running
There is no longer a need to sacrifice your music for safety's sake while biking or jogging.
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NewsIf Facebook Had Been Invented in the ’90s
This video imagines Facebook if it had been invented in the '90s, horrible computer graphics and all.
