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    Fortitude Valley's Fallow Boutique Has Opened an Art Pop-Up

    Brisbane's rejectors of conventional retail have changed things up again.

  • Have a Gander at This Year's Eat Drink Design Award Winners

    Melbourne's Dinner by Heston and Higher Ground, and Adelaide's Pink Moon Saloon are among the awarded.

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    Four Melbourne CBD Laneways Are Going Green

    Four CBD spots will be transformed into mini garden oases.

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    IKEA Is Creating a Pop-Up Floating Ferry Home on Sydney Harbour

    And they're giving one person the chance to sleepover.

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    Australia's Getting Its First Flat-Packed, Off-Grid, Tiny Homes

    "A transitional housing product that offers a solution to people currently unable to get into home ownership."

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    Airbnb Launches Design Firm Samara to Open Hotel-Like Dwellings

    Giving new meaning to their tagline "don't go there live there".

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    Australia's Largest Bamboo Structure Is Being Constructed for MPavilion 2016

    And with it will come a four-month program of cultural activities.

  • Check Out the Winners of the 2016 House Awards

    Get some renovation inspiration.

  • News

    This New Melbourne Apartment Building Changes Colour with the Weather

    Each night the Docklands high-rise will perform a light show depicting "how the weather feels".

  • News

    What to Expect at Australia's First Capsule Hotel

    Sydney's Bar Century is being given a second life — as a Tokyo-esque caspule hotel.

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    Check Out the Winners of This Year's Australian Interior Design Awards

    What we'd give to live, work and eat in places like these.

  • News

    The Old Albion Mill Is Set to Become a New Urban Hub

    Proposed apartments will have infinity pools and an outdoor cinema. Start saving.

  • News

    IKEA Is Finally Launching an Australian Online Store

    Finally, a way to buy new towel racks without ruining your relationship.

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  • News

    This Alarm Clock Wakes You Up by Brewing a Cup of Coffee

    You won't want to hit snooze on this one.

  • News

    The World's First Freeform 3D Printed House Is Here

    And it looks like something out of a well-funded sci-fi film.

  • News

    Dubai Just Opened a 3D-Printed Office Building

    The whole thing took less than three weeks to build.

  • News

    Melbourne's Yarra River Could Be Getting a Swimming Pool

    This proposal could be the best use of the Yarra yet.

  • News

    London's Red Telephone Booths Are Being Turned into Tiny On-the-Go Offices

    Complete with internet, power points and a coffee machine.

  • News

    This New Online Charity Auction Room Lets You Bid on One-Off Australian Design

    It's called Created With Care and all proceeds go to charities chosen by the artists.

  • News

    These Partially Underwater Dubai Villas Let You Literally Sleep with the Fishes

    You can live under the sea (if you've got a cool $2.7 million clams).

  • News

    IKEA Is Launching a Chainless, Low Maintenance Bike for Urban Cyclists

    Your lack of bike knowledge shall hinder you no more.

  • News

    What About DI$COUNT Universe Makes the Aussie Fashion Industry Discount Them?

    They've never been on the cover of Australian Vogue, yet Miley Cyrus has ripped them off. What's going on?

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    Vote for Concrete Playground to Win a 2016 Webby Award and You Could Win $1000

    Swing us some love (we did tell you what nap desks are).

  • Guide

    The Eight Best Brisbane Shops for Unique Christmas Gifts

    Because there's no international Christmas shipping deadline when you shop local.

  • News

    Meet Frank Green, the Aussie-Designed SmartCup

    This genius invention lets you pay for your coffee WITH your coffee cup.

  • News

    The New Brisbane Sign Has Been Unveiled

    Not quite the same as the Hollywood sign, but it's close enough.

  • News

    The Bulimba Barracks Are About to Become Brisbane's New Riverfront Hang Spot

    You'll soon be picnicking and cycling at the barracks.

  • News

    Take a Peek Into the Mous Magazine Office as a Pop-Up Shop

    This October, you can sticky beak around this Brisbane magazine's HQ.

  • News

    Muji Has Started Selling Flat-Pack Houses

    Japanese minimalists Muji have moved into the DIY real estate game.

  • News

    This New Service Lets You Preserve Tattoos After Death

    May your framed butterfly tramp stamp live on.

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