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NewsBrothers Launch Travel Clothing Line with a Suitcase Pop-Up Shop
If The BFG had been written in the 21st century, Swedish fashion retailer Brothers’ vintage trunk is the suitcase he’d likely have carried.
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NewsReykjavik’s Concert Hall Wins Major EU Prize for Architecture
Reflective of both light and water, the building scatters the harbour surface with dancing, incandescent rainbows.
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NewsA Crowd Funding Proposal to Impress Jack Sparrow
Do you think your breakfast might taste better served with a piratic touch?
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NewsLife in Five Seconds Depicts History Through Design
Why use 770,000 words (the Bible’s approximate length) when you can tell the story with none at all?
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NewsConcrete Playground’s Guide to Semi-Permanent 2013
We dig deeper in to the Semi-Permanent lineup.
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NewsYour Own Pop-Up Pinhole Camera Will Beat Instagram
One English designer has brought back the old-timey charm of the pinhole camera.
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NewsMonocle Does Coffee Now
The magazine-gone-global brand synonymous with cool is now serving designer lattes to savvy Londoners.
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NewsThe Ten Best Swings Ever
Things have come a long way since your ma or pa tied a threadbare rope to a used tyre.
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NewsA New Wave of Music Inspired Art + Win Beck’s Beer
Beck's Beer collaborates with indie-pop band Ghost Wave on their latest campaign.
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NewsNike Introduce a Natural Motion Shoe
The natural movement of the foot is hindered by our reliance of footwear, especially in the presence of some ill fitted sport shoes.
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NewsTen Ingenious Ways to Fill a Terrarium
The terrarium has come back with a vengeance, a sophistication and a sense of humour.
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NewsWhen a Building Brightens a Neighbourhood
Reko Rennie's Welcome to Redfern is part of a history of large-scale murals that have driven urban renewal.
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NewsSpace Odyssey: Ten Futuristic Hotels Around the World
When only futuristic chic will do, check out these ten space-age stays around the world.
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NewsThe Fashion Victim’s Guide to LMFF
The 2013 L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival presents a variety of enriching things, many of which don't come with a price tag on a hanger.
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NewsEnergy-Harnessing Soccer Ball Brings Power to Those Who Play with It
The most fitting product to ever feature on Kickstarter?
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NewsSeven Intricate Structures You Won’t Believe Were Made Out of Paper
Check out seven of the most intricate and incredible structures ever made out of paper
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NewsTen Amazing and Unorthodox Swimming Pools
This collection of gravity-defying, awe-inspiring and simply remarkable swimming pools will completely transform...
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NewsThe Billboard That Turns Humid Air Into Water
The Peruvians stretch one streetside billboard beyond mere advertising purposes.
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NewsWrite on Air with the World’s First 3D Pen
Imagine simply waving a pen around in the air and creating real-life 3D objects while you do it.
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NewsThe Lit Journal Goes Interactive with Launch of Cuttings
Here sprouts a well-designed, digital-only collection of new Australian writing
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NewsSeven of the World’s Most Extreme Wine Cellars
Hotels and homes alike are competing to install wine cellars that are taller, brighter, larger or simply fancier than the rest.
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NewsWin Yourself a Literary-Inspired T-Shirt from The Affair
The Affair have transformed their love and passion for literature into a unique and compelling range of men's T-shirts
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NewsFour Unmissable Visual and Digital Installations at Auckland Fringe
Ever interacted with a digital animal, played a video game projected onto a building fascade or been part of a joystick orchestra? Now's your chance.
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NewsIntroducing: Nike Flyknit Lunar1+
Based on the hugely popular ‘Flyknit’ which was launched during the Olympics last year, the Flyknit Lunar1+ is a lightweight, formfitting and virtually seamless Nike Flyknit upper combined with the super plush, responsive Lunarlon cushioning.
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NewsBeautifully Creepy Posters of David Lynch Films
Jeremy Saunders didn't plan on making minimalist poster redesigns. But then he watched David Lynch's Lost Highway.
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NewsTen of the Best at Sculpture on the Gulf 2013
Concrete Playground rounds up some of our favourites pieces at the Sculpture on the Gulf 2013.
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NewsThe House That 3D Printing Built
Universe Architecture puts the new technology to monumental use.
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NewsSeven Incredible Structures Made From Recycled Paper
Some have taken their dedication to reusing and recycling to an entirely new level.
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NewsThe Spectacular Sandcastles of Calvin Seibert
You can't make these with your regular plastic spade and bucket.
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NewsAmazing Bars Around the World
When it comes to mind-boggling designs, wacky themes and unique going-out experiences then these ten bars are a cut above the rest.
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NewsNike Collaborates with NZ Photographer Tom Gould
New Zealand photographer Tom Gould as partnered with Nike to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Nike Air Force 1 Sneakers.
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NewsEight Boutique Online Stores for Beautiful Gifts
Quirky, inspiring, and fun boutiques are only a click away.
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NewsTen of China’s Quirkiest Buildings
From fish shapes, to god sculptures, Chinese structures that rate on the quirky scale.
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NewsGraffiti Inspired Apartment in Melbourne
Hip hop culture, graffiti and architecture combine as one.
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NewsA Sustainable Christmas Tree
Although the traditional christmas tree is generally considered to be an evergreen conifer, many alternative designs have been created throughout history.
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NewsThree of the Best at the TAFE Fashion Design Graduate Show
Concrete Playground introduces you to three of the best from the TAFE Fashion Design Graduate Show.
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NewsRussia’s Origami Summer House
Moscow-based architect Peter Kostelov has created this all-white 'origami house' for a Russian reality TV show.
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