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NewsTen Brands That Should Open Shop in Australia
After the recent explosion of interest in the In-N-Out Burger pop-up store in Sydney, we take a look at the other cult brands we hope hit our shores soon.
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NewsNike FuelBand Tracks Your Every Step
Measure your data, such as steps, calories and distance throughout the day, against other competitors of different body types and skill levels.
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NewsRich 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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NewsIntel’s Facebook Museum Of Me
If you haven't tried it already, Intel's Museum of Me is definitely a bit of fun. It does a pretty cool job of collecting info and doling it out in a fun way.
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NewsDesign Your Very Own Pumped up Kicks
Converse will offer it's fans the opportunity of designing their own pair of Converse's, and then enabling them to sell these shoes to their own friends, via their own storefront.
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NewsOdd Future Pop-Up Store in Sydney
Streetwear gurus and underground hip-hop heads have a chance to meet the Odd Future crew today.
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NewsCufflinks 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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News3D 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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NewsOnline Community Rallies Against the SOPA & PIPA Proposals
Here are some of our favourite online reactions to the world's most controversial bills.
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NewsWin a Copy of The Summer Guide by Concrete Playground
Well folks, it’s that time of year again, when the rising mercury sends us outdoors en masse, pumping our concrete playground with an energy of revelry and renewal.
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NewsIkea 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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NewsThe Song Map
This is what the world would look like if you could build a city from your iTunes library.
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NewsInfrared Trolleys to Hit Australian Supermarkets
Handling one of these four-wheelers means that choosing your cereal won't be a chore, it will soon become a hobby.
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NewsThe Blackbox Mobile SMS Message Printer
A nifty little mobile printer that produces your text message conversations on paper.
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NewsMake Food Not War
Stage a war in the kitchen and attempt to replicate these deliciously evil masterpieces.
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NewsTrot 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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NewsJoey Andolina’s Mobile Vest Boombox
Arriving just in time for summer, this vest boombox allows you to show off your fashion prowess while blasting European hardstyle.
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NewsCreate 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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NewsBernardo 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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NewsHow 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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NewsRooftop 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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NewsFireworks by Day
A Chinese artist takes modern art to the sky with his daytime fireworks exhibition.
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NewsBlogger fined $2.5 Million for not Being a Journalist
An Oregon woman has been fined $2.5 million for defamatory comments made on her blog.
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NewsWake 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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NewsGive Your Bike a New Life
Sydney's resurgence of all things bike-related has translated into a thriving cycle culture.
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NewsBehringer Unleashes a 350kg Speaker
If you're looking to host a NYE party, you might want to enlist the help of the iNuke Boom.
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NewsA 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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NewsVending 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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NewsThe 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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NewsCultural Disappearing Acts
UNESCO has added 'intangible' cultural traditions to the list of the world's endangered phenomena.
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NewsWhere The F* Should I Go For Drinks?
Here's one for the first world problems hashtag on Twitter.
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NewsThe Wonderful Wocolate
Joshua and Sarah have on offer a range of items that encourage personality and creative endeavours, making Wocolate a must visit for those seeking a fresh approach to the art of giving.
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Sydney: The Summer Guide
Welcome to the inaugural Concrete Playground Summer Guide, a comprehensive shortlist of the best this city has to offer over the next three months
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NewsInterview /// Concrete Playground Meets The ARC
Concrete Playground meets Mike Hall. One third of The ARC and Arcade
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NewsFestival Fashion
Concrete Playground has taken influence from some of the country's finest outdoor occasions to deliver our first ever fashion editorial.
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NewsAir Guitar T-Shirts You Can Actually Play
Old Navy have collaborated with ThinkGeek to create a shirt that not only features an image of a guitar, but also sounds like one.
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NewsThe 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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NewsFacebook Updates Expanded to Over 60,000 Characters
Whilst Twitter likes to keep things short and sweet, Facebook has rocketed in the other direction.
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Newstitch co. and Concrete Playground Collaboration
titch co. & Concrete Playground have teamed up to release a branding collaboration to celebrate the launch of Concrete Playground in New Zealand.
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NewsGift guide for the Fashionista
Concrete Playground has picked out five favourite gifts for the fashionista that will hopefully land you some much needed brownie points after one too many Christmas beverages.
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NewsFrom Barley to the Bottle in the Heart of the City
Watch your beer 'grow' from start to finish at this temporary inner city brewery.
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NewsAaron Hobson’s Google Street View Photography
A photographer takes breathtaking landscape photographs of remote locations scattered across the globe, all without leaving the comfort of his own computer screen.
