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NewsA Synesthete Maps the London Underground
Ever wondered what the names of stations taste like as they roll off the tongue?
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NewsWatch Perfectly Innocent Pairs of Sneakers Get Slaughtered
Joining the bandwagon of destroying things artistically because well, it looks cool.
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NewsThe Taxi Alarm That Ensures You Leave Nothing Behind
Say hello to the taxi that doesn't claim your lost property.
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NewsConcrete Playground meets artist Melissa Sharplin
Artist Melissa Sharplin talks about her inspiration behind her pop-realist portraits of beautiful women, working for charity and the importance of dreams.
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NewsTake a Tour of Burning Man on the Back of a Drone
Perhaps it's true you can only understand the festival if you've been. But this gets you pretty close.
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NewsArcade Fire’s Mesmerising Smartphone-Interactive Video for ‘Reflektor’
A short film whose visuals you can affect, just so long as you have three basics of the modern tech era.
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NewsConstruction to Start on the World’s First Invisible ‘Anti-Skyscraper’
Move over vertical gardening.
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NewsThe Unexpected Poetry of Google Autocomplete
Autocomplete results are often unintentionally hilarious and weirdly sad - but are they also art?
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NewsCreate Your Own Video Game with Pencil and Paper
'80s video game nerds have the last laugh with this cool game design app.
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NewsBackstage at New Zealand Fashion Week with Surface Too Deep
We heard there was bikini models backstage at New Zealand Fashion Week, so we had to investigate.
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NewsThe Kiosk That Prints Magazines and Newspapers On Demand
Finally, access to Dolly Doctor right when you need it.
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NewsThe Future of Gardening’s Looking Up
Patrick Blanc talks to Concrete Playground about the vertical garden phenomenon.
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NewsThe Good Hood Rewards Your Green Living Ideas
Are you tending to your herb gardens, upcycling or actual cycling? That's some good hood.
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NewsOil Paint Engineered Out of Toxic Waste
An engineer and an artist transform toxic waste into oil paints and wondrous works of art.
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NewsThe Lifted Brow Goes Subcompact on Your Ass
The Lifted Brow brings this lightweight publishing style to Australia.
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NewsWin One of Four Andy Warhol x Perrier Water 12 Packs
As part of its 150th anniversary this year, Perrier has released limited edition bottles inspired by pop artist Andy Warhol.
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News3D Print Your Own Art Masterpiece Forgery
Here is a story to both perturb and titillate the sensitive art-lovers among us.
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NewsKickstarter Coming to Australia and New Zealand
Nothing has quite transformed the 'crowd funding' story like Kickstarter.
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NewsNike Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Just Do It
Nike have come out with their latest campaign "Possibilities" to celebrate 25 years of just doing it.
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NewsSocks Infused with Coffee Cure Smelly Feet
For feet so sweet you can wear the same pair of socks for days.
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NewsTen Designers to Watch at New Zealand Fashion Week 2013
New Zealand Fashion Week is tough on fashionistas, and so is choosing just ten awesome designers to watch at this years event. But here goes.
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NewsSydney Businessmen Successfully Crowdfund Booze Startup
Mr Black takes two of Sydney's favourite vices and combines them in one delicious, stylishly packaged drink.
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NewsStore Your Keys in the Cloud with ‘KeyMe’
This technology will be a saving grace for the almost 90 million forgetful folks who get locked out of their homes each year.
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NewsUncarriable Carrier Bags Shaming Us Into Environment Protection
The plastic bag fashion statement that may just save the environment.
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NewsRevisit a Time When Street Photography Meant More Than Fashion
See how the legends cross social boundaries to capture iconic images of their milieu.
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NewsHouston’s Beer Can House Becomes an Official Landmark
One of architecture's most impressive recycling achievements is drawing more visitors than ever before.
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NewsTen Reasons to Visit the Auckland Art Fair 2013
From monkeys painting to glamorous opening parties, Concrete Playground chats with Jana Beer, publications editor for Auckland Art Fair 2013, for the ten best reasons to visit the 2013 Auckland Art Fair.
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NewsKite Patch Makes People Invisible to Mosquitoes
A major development in the fight against malaria.
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NewsFlying Drones Replace Waiters at a London Sushi Restaurant
The sushi plane replaces the sushi train.
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NewsQuickboat Ushers in a New Era of Ultra-Convenient Boating
From your car to the water in one minute.
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NewsConcrete-Devouring Robots Recycle Entire Demolished Buildings
Is this the key to continued urban redevelopment?
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NewsUrban Home Gardening Utilising the Cloud
Too busy for gardening but tired of tasteless supermarket produce?
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NewsRemovable Electric Drive Can Motorise Any Bicycle With Ease
Electrify your favourite bicycle within seconds.
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NewsYawn-Activated Machine Gives Away Free Coffee
Too tired to even ask for your caffeine fix? All you've got to do is yawn.
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NewsWorld’s First Laptop That Doubles as an Air Purifier
Breathe cleaner air with the Fujitsu Lifebook AH78.
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News3D Artists Create Works of Unprecedented Realism
Deeper into the blurred lines separating art from photography.
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