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    Man Flies Using Custom-Built Wings

    Jarno Smeets achieves his life-long dream of flying by creating a bird-like contraption.

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    Gypsy Wagons Offer a Bohemian Home Design

    Get away from it all with a romantic and whimsical home-on-wheels.

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    Building Design Created with Post-it Notes

    Yo Shimada and students construct a massive building-like design made entirely out of neon Post-it Notes.

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    Go Glamping in a FieldCandy Tent

    These tents feature a wide range of designs, each with its own personality.

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    Nokia Seeks Patent for Phone Feedback Tattoo

    Nokia may soon introduce tattoos with magnetic ink to alert the user to incoming phone messages.

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    Jung Von Matt’s Minimalist Lego Cartoon Characters

    Some of the world's most iconic cartoon characters receive a wonderful makeunder in Lego form.

Latest Guides
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    Tiniest House in the World to be Auctioned on eBay

    Jay Shafer's Tumbleweed XS House, now available through online auction, squeezes full domestic functionality into an incredible 6 square metres.

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    IKEA Launches Fully Furnished Prefab Homes

    IKEA and Ideabox, a U.S. architectural firm, have teamed up to create a line of fully furnished, prefabricated houses.

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    Iconic Brand Logos Reworked by Hipsters

    Ever wondered what the world would look like if it was run by hipsters?

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    Pee-Powered Restaurant Pops Up in Melbourne

    Joost Bakker introduces Greenhouse, his 100% recyclable restaurant to Melbourne's Food and Wine Festival.

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    An American City Hoping to Change its Fortunes with a Font

    In an effort to create a new visual brand for Chattanooga, Tennessee, the city considers adopting a custom typeface font for city media and signage.

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    Robots Provide Sweet Rewards for Social Media Popularity

    When you receive a mention or a retweet, Olly and Molly will release a treat or a scent, respectively.

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    Unfold Your Own Personal Island

    A folding, portable recreational island, designed by Henry Ward, is being brought to life by British naval architects.

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    The Ten Best Markets in Brisbane

    With the weather getting milder every day now, there is no better time to discover some of the best markets around without the fear of being baked alive in the process.

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    The World’s 11 Most Colourful Cities

    Many charming little towns throughout the world have put this idea into practice, painting their buildings in bold and bright colours.

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    A Bookmark Which Follows Your Reading

    For the inner bookworm in all of us, French designer and inventor Oscar Lhermitte has come up with a way to make torn, dog-eared pages a thing of the past.

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    The Sydney Opera House Now Comes In Lego Form

    As part of their Architecture Series, Lego has released a model of the Sydney Opera House for you to build yourself.

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    Mercedes-Benz to Integrate Apple’s Siri Technology in Vehicles

    Mercedes-Benz drivers will soon be able to send text messages, listen to music, change radio channels and update their status on social networks.

Latest Events
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    Vegan/Vego Laneway Fest

    Friday, May 24, 2024

    South City Square, Woolloongabba

    Plant-based and gluten-free eats are on the menu for a Friday night feast at this Woolloongabba precinct.

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    Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

    Thursday, May 23 - Wednesday, June 19, 2024

    Various cinemas in Brisbane

    Enlisting Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth on a prequel to 'Fury Road', George Miller has made another 'Mad Max' franchise marvel.

  • Event

    IF

    Thursday, May 16 - Wednesday, June 5, 2024

    Various cinemas in Brisbane

    Instead of aliens in 'A Quiet Place' and its sequel, John Krasinski ponders a world where imaginary friends are real in this warmly whimsical family-friendly fantasy.

  • Event

    Spanish Film Festival

    Thursday, June 13 - Wednesday, July 10, 2024

    Select cinemas in Brisbane, Various locations

    Say hola to the Brisbane's annual showcase of Spanish and Latin American movies — including a celebration of Salvador Dalí in cinema.

  • Event

    The Made Local Market — Winter

    Saturday, June 15 - Sunday, June 16, 2024

    Brisbane Showgrounds, Bowen Hills

    This market is like Etsy IRL, complete with over 120 local makers, designers, artists and creators selling their wares.

  • Event

    Lifeline Bookfest — Winter

    Saturday, June 29 - Sunday, July 7, 2024

    Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane

    Your twice-yearly excuse to boost your reading list is back, this time with more than 10,000 comics — and the usual million-plus books.

  • Event

    Grease

    Saturday, January 4 - Sunday, January 26, 2025

    QPAC Lyric Theatre, South Brisbane

    It's electrifying: the 50s-set, five-decade-old show has scored a brand-new stage production, and it's rolling into Brisbane from January 2024.

  • Event

    Seasonal Fruit Festival — Winter Edition

    Sunday, June 16, 2024

    Felons Barrel Hall, Brisbane City

    Catch Tirzah, Glass Beams, Bonny Doon and more at this riverside festival curated by Jet Black Cat Music at Felons Brewing Co.

  • Event

    West End Solstice Market

    Friday, June 14, 2024

    Davies Park, West End

    The longest night of the year is on its way — and you can celebrate with 120-plus stalls, pop-up bars, glühwein, bonfires, live music and fire twirlers.

  • Event

    Monster

    Thursday, May 9 - Wednesday, May 29, 2024

    Select cinemas in Brisbane, Various locations

    Hirokazu Kore-eda's first Japanese film since 'Shoplifters' is yet another of the great director's deeply empathetic masterpieces.

  • News

    Design The New Durex Condom Pack

    Design Durex's new condom pack and you have the chance to be seen by naked people around the world.

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    The Aquaria Grande’s Luxury Balcony Pools

    This new apartment development in Mumbai allows residents to plunge off their balcony into a luxury pool.

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    Ten Incredible Prefab House Designs

    Architects and designers around the globe are fusing creativity with the latest technology to build unique homes at a fraction of the price.

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    Moss Poetry Appears in Sydney’s Paddington Reservoir Gardens

    The walls of Sydney's historic reservoir are currently playing host to obscurely profound pieces of moss poetry.

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    Domsai by Matteo Cibic

    Forget the electronic beeps and constant attention needed by a Tamagotchi and buy a handcrafted Domsai instead.

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    The Bubble Calendar

    A poster-sized calendar with a bubble to pop every day.

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    Marc Newson’s Riva Aquariva

    The Australian designer has unleashed what may be his most awesome creation ever - the Riva Aquariva.

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    Rich Neeley’s Book Chargers

    In a delightfully clever combination of old and new, Rich Neeley has been taking actual vintage books and giving them new lives as iPhone chargers.

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    Cufflinks That Double as USB Drives, Wi-Fi Spots

    In what may be the ultimate fusion of practicality and style, Brookstone are now selling cufflinks that offer both Wi-Fi and data storage.

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    3D Printer Makes Cupcake in 60 Seconds

    Most of us associate printers with ink and paper, but a new 3D printer has more to do with chocolate cupcakes and other delicious desserts.

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    Ikea Builds Apartment in Paris Train Station

    The Swedish design giants are turning more heads with their latest advertising stunt in France.

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    The Song Map

    This is what the world would look like if you could build a city from your iTunes library.

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    The Blackbox Mobile SMS Message Printer

    A nifty little mobile printer that produces your text message conversations on paper.

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    Make Food Not War

    Stage a war in the kitchen and attempt to replicate these deliciously evil masterpieces.

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    Trot Around Your Own Globe

    These do-it-yourself kits allow you to customise your own vintage globe with different travel routes, photos, banners and travel stickers.

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    Create Your Own Personalised Soft Drink

    Online users change the percentages of whatever ingredients they choose to go into the drink, and can further determine the drink's colour, name and label.

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    Bernardo Bajana’s Offensive Police Shield

    Bad news for Occupy protesters: Bernado Bajana has created a new riot shield which does much more than just shield officers.

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    How Happy is Your City?

    A giant emoticon erected above this Bavarian city is set to measure the general mood of the people below.

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    Rooftop Farming in Berlin

    Fish frolicking in beer barrels and a vegetable patch atop an old malt factory in Berlin enjoy the ultimate symbiotic relationship.

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    Wake Up to the Muppet Crew

    Imagine waking up, and the first thing you saw was this wall decal. There is just no way you could ever start the day in a bad mood.

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    A Beer Cooler that Doubles as a ‘Photoblocker’

    A product that will soon solve the first-world problems faced by many party animals.

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    Vending Machine for Welcome Home Signs

    Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport Bannerxpress allows people to print welcome home signs from a vending machine at the airport.

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    The World’s Funkiest Contact Lenses

    The Japanese have a particular skill when it comes to making useful objects much more compact and convenient.

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    The World’s First Functional Painting Typewriter

    To the delight of fetishists of redundant technology, an American artist has created a typewriter that paints.

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