You Too Can Play with DNA, at New York’s Amateur-Friendly Biolab

Vivid Ideas guest Nina Tandon explains where we're at with biotech and how amateur scientists are helping build the future of health.

National Gallery of Victoria Lets Kids Scribble All Over their White Cube Walls

Drawing on the walls is no longer punishable by grounding.

The Eames Explainer: How One Family Left a Legacy on Furniture, Film and Steve Jobs

We know them for their chairs, but Charles and Ray Eames had their fingers in many random pies.

The Woman Behind Times Square Sets Her Sights on Australian Cities

Janette Sadik-Khan says our streets should be more like living rooms.

McDonalds Goes Minimalist with New Paris Design Campaign

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Is There an Australian Aesthetic in Interior Design?

Sibella Court, Russel Koskela, Alice Blackwood and Rachel Castle share how Australian design is doing its own thing.

This Treehouse Hotel Offers the Most Relaxation You Can Have on a Plane

The world's premier destination for finery and fuselage.

Life of Pi’s Famous Pool Reopens in Paris

Pi's namesake gets a renovation - and a price tag.

Australia’s Best Cafe and Restaurant Design Winners Have Been Announced

Playing with light and attention to detail won over this year's Australian Interior Design Awards.

The Crowdfunded Dog Sleeping Bag Designed to Match Up with Yours

An end to cold, lonely nights in the wilderness.

IKEA Helps Homeless Dogs with Genius Design Initiative

The Crowdfunded Instagram Vision Sunglasses Attempting To Nashville Your Day

Make your life look immediately more romantic with "the real life photo filter".

The New Foldable Bike As Big as Your Umbrella (With 26-inch Wheels)

All the convenience, none of the compromise.

The World’s Smallest Postal Service Has Arrived

Can our love of adorably small things save a dying industry?

These Artists are Painting an Entire Town in Mexico

'Painting the town red' gets a whole new meaning.

16km Park Frontier ‘Big U’ Could Save NYC From Flooding

Just in case New York wasn't already no.1 when it comes to whopping city parks.

Eight Things We Now Know About Emporium Melbourne

This 225-store shopping goliath is no doubt here from outer space to enslave us all.

Nepal’s ‘Hidden Kingdom’ Now Has One of the World’s Most Beautiful Radio Stations

With prayer flags on the antenna, gneiss stone walls and an FM frequency.

Eight Trends from Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia 2014 We’ll Soon Be Wearing

Get set for wetsuits, sparkles and all your mum's style advice.

Voice-Activated Smart BBQ Cooks Perfect Steaks When You Tell It To

Sundays just got lazier — BBQs now come with apps.

Maligned Comic Sans Font Gets a Minimalist Neue Makeover

Passive aggressive workplace notes have never looked better. Meet Comic Neue.

Ethiopia’s WarkaWater Towers Gather Drinking Water from the Air

An ingeniously simple way to boost access to clean drinking water.

First Look at Romance Was Born + Rebecca Baumann: Reflected Glory Exhibition

Get a sneak peek at the fashion duo's ambitious new project at Carriageworks.

Meet Ooho, the Water Bottle You Can Eat

Reduce landfill with your stomach.

Glimpse the Future of High-Rises in the International Skyscraper Competition

Groundbreaking visions for vertical living.

Artist Transforms Everyday Wooden Objects into Art

Yes, his name is Maskull Lasserre. What a dude.

Solar-Powered Desk Charges Devices Through Photosynthesis

New technology can even make use of solar power indoors.

Your Favourite Gift Store, Third Drawer Down, Has a New Southside Location

And yes, it looks like a liquorice allsort.

New York Reimagined as a Self-Sustaining City

It's futuristic New York, but not as Ridley Scott would imagine it.

Beyonce Just Got an Emoji Makeover

The visual album taken to its logical conclusion.

This Hoverboard Hoax Will 100 Percent Toy with Your Emotions

Doc lied to us!

Ten Incredible Home Hacks

Interior design is one thing. Home hacking is quite another.

New Service Decorates Your Public Transport Card For Free

Foil the ticket inspector with their one weakness: glitter.

Snore-Activated Pillow Gives Noisy Bedfellows a Nudge

Because love might be blind, but deaf it is not.

More Astounding Sandcastles from Sculptor Calvin Seibert

Way to intimidate the kids, guy.

Take a Peek at Frank Gehry’s BioMuseo, Opening After Ten Years’ Construction

The story of a nation, in shapes.

Immersery Pop-Up to Transform the Banks of the Yarra

The mother of all pop-ups.

Five Inspired Tiny Houses You’ll Want to Call Home

Life. In five square metres.

LED Cork Upcycles Empty Bottles into Lamps

A simple yet ingenious invention.

Italian Designers Creatively Hack IKEA Furniture Into Beautiful Objects

Just throw out the assembly manual and go nuts.

Supergraph: The Graphic Art Fair Where You Can Actually Afford the Art

We chat to director, Mikala Tai about buying cheap art and wrangling great artists.

The Whole Solar System in Your Wristwatch

You can almost hear the music of the spheres with this unusual timepiece.