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The London Riots: The Impact on Creative Communities

While London was engaged in a process of repeatedly kicking itself in the face, some of those hardest hit have been independent artists and small businesses.

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The Ajiro Bamboo Velobike: Grown Not Made

Design student Alexander Vittouris' all-bamboo velobike will keep both the hipsters and eco-conscious happy.

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Australian Artist Creates Perfume You Can Swallow

A scent that is not applied but taken as a pill.

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The World’s Largest Wooden Structure Appears in Seville

The recently completed Metropol Parasol marries aesthetics and functionality.

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Interview /// Concrete Playground meets webuyyourkids

Kirstie Sequitin talks to Sonny Day head of their appearance at Semi-Permanent.

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Ecohol: Sustainable Alcohol Packaging Design

A German designer has developed a series of eco-friendly alcohol products made from Tetra Pak cartons.

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Where to Shop Like a Local In and Around Melbourne CBD for 2024

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The Best New Melbourne Spaces of 2021

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All the Best Australian-Made Picnic Gear for Your Next Park Session

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Six of This Year's Biggest Boxing Day Sales

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Six of This Year's Biggest Black Friday Sales

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Where To Shop Like a Local in and Around Brighton

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Realise Your Childhood Dreams with O2 Treehouses

An American company is bringing award-winning design and sustainable practices to the humble treehouse.

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Coke Creates World’s First Carbon-Friendly Billboard

Coke's advertising goes green.

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Creative Art Shelves Combine Form and Function

Creative modular shelf units that can fold up against a wall, revealing artwork on the underside.

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Prison Populations Going Through The Roof

A prison in the sky wins the 2010 Skyscraper Competition.

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David Lynch Opens Mulholland Drive Inspired Nightclub

A new nightclub designed by David Lynch and inspired by a fictional venue from his film Mulholland Drive is set to open in Paris.

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Artist Designed Hotel Without Staff Opens in Paris

Designed by artist Matali Crasset, Hi-Matic is a self-service hotel completely devoid of staff.

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Vizualize.Me Livens Up Your LinkedIn Info

Turn your life's work into an infographic.

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Steve Jobs Announces Plans for Apple’s New Mothership

Apple's new campus is a giant glass ring.

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Ice-Cream On A Boat

How did the Brits beat us to this idea?

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Shade Cloths that Generate Solar Power

Super solar solutions for your backyard.

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Discover the Beautiful World of Fonts with New Typography Application

Eye. Aperture. Descender. Spine. A weird collection of words, but for a typographer, a publication nerd like me or the owner of this new app they make perfect sense together.

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Branding That’s Friendly First Thing in the Morning

Branding to make you smile, even before your morning coffee hits home.

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Etta's Summer Seafood Towers

Fri, 22 Nov - Sat, 21 Dec 2024
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This incredible wine bar and restaurant is serving decadent seafood towers for just $75 per person every Friday and Saturday afternoon.

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Portsea Hotel's Summer Music Series

Multiple single dates
Portsea Hotel, Portsea

The Presets, Jake Webb, Darley and DJ Levi will be playing waterfront gigs this summer at Portsea Hotel.

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Long Live Longnecks at BANG

Wed, 20 Nov 2024 - Fri, 28 Feb 2025
BANG at The StandardX, Fitzroy

You can get two-for-one Melbourne Bitter Longnecks and $1 homemade dumplings during this happy hour deal.
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Moon Dog's Fizzer BYO Cup Day

Sun, 1 Dec, 2024
Various Melbourne venues, Melbourne

BYO drinking vessel, get it filled with free Moon Dog Fizzer — and celebrate the first day of summer in style.
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ALWAYS LIVE — Yerambooee

Sat, 7 Dec, 2024
Federation Square, Melbourne

A free communal celebration of First Nations legend and song.
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ALWAYS LIVE — Garage Band

Sat, 7 Dec - Sun, 8 Dec 2024
Federation Square, Melbourne

A free event shining the spotlight on Victoria's talented young musicians.
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Bridge Road Brewers' Spring Tasting in the City

Fri, 29 Nov - Sat, 30 Nov 2024
Bridge Road Brewers Brunswick, Brunswick East

This afternoon of tasting session let's you explore a lesser-known Victorian wine region (Beechworth) without leaving Melbourne.

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Terasu Japanese Dining Pop-Up at Portsea Hotel

Fri, 3 Jan - Sun, 19 Jan 2025
Portsea Hotel, Portsea

Chef Yukio Ozeki is serving up a a luxe six-course Japanese feed at Mornington Peninsula's beloved Portsea Hotel for only a few weeks in January.

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Home Truth

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 - Sun, 27 Apr 2025
NGV International, Melbourne

A house-within-a-house labyrinth has popped up outside the NGV International to get everyone thinking about small-scale architecture.

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Spanish BBQ Fiesta on Pinchy's Balcony

Sun, 1 Dec - Sun, 22 Dec 2024
Pinchy's, Melbourne

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Next Step for Sustainable Cities: Smog-Eating Buildings

Imagine if the materials a skyscraper is made from could eliminate the pollution it produces?

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The Next Step for Smart Phones: Paper Thin

Introducing the PaperPhone: an extremely light weight and, as the name suggests, paper-thin smart phone.

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Win One of Five Passes to Semi-Permanent Sydney

We're partnering with Semi-Permanent again this year and have 5 x two-day passes to give away (worth $310 each).

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Use Your Design Skills to Change the Way We Comprehend Nutrition

Do you have what it takes to redesign the nutrition label to make sense out of confusing percentages, milligrams, serving sizes and calorie counters?

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Nissan to Produce New York’s Taxi of Tomorrow

The iconic New York yellow taxi will be produced by Japanese manufacturer Nissan in the years to come.

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Sustainable City in United Arab Emirates

First glimpses at a sustainable city sprouting roots in Abu Dhabi.

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Floating Golf Course in the Maldives

Obscene and indulgent or responsible and socially inclusive? Maldives begins work on floating golf course.

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Vivid Let Loose Their Plans For Creative Sydney 2011

Vivid Creative Sydney has just been announced, with over 50 creative leaders lined up to keep you inspired and full of ideas.

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Heineken’s Glow in the Dark Bottle Lights up the Night

Heineken's glow-in-the-dark aluminium bottle enhances the beer drinking experience.

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The World’s Tallest Lego Tower

Brazil takes the title of building the World's Largest Lego Tower

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Ralph Lauren’s Solar-Powered Backpack

Ralph Lauren's Solar Panel Backpack can charge iPhones, iPads and iPods in a matter of hours.

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AquaNotes Create Waterproof Notepad for Shower Thinkers

Shower-thinkers now have a creative outlet with waterproof AquaNotes notepads

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Caipiroska Flavoured Vodka Comes in Peelable Bottles

Smirnoff introduces their new flavour, Caipiroska, in funky peelable skins.

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Sketch Your Own Chair

Sketch Chair allows anyone to design and build their own custom chairs.

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The Revolutionary Masterplan for Mentougou Eco Valley Development

Eriksson Architects have designed the most modern environment friendly development to date, the Mentougou Eco-Valley.

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Phoenix Bamboo Car Defies Convention

A new kind of eco-friendly car.

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Functional Wall Stickers Make Organisation Fun

Being well-organisation has never looked so good.

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Turn Your Favourite Book Into A Lamp

Designer Boris Dennler lets you highlight your book collection by turning them into functional lamps.

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Bike Helmets Get Fashionable

Designers give the lid a new look.

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‘The Cube’ Portable Restaurant

Portable restaurants to tour the landmarks of Europe.

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The Incredible, Edible Pen

If you're a pen-chewer, we have some good news.

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A Mobile that Can Recharge in your Pocket

An environmentally friendly mobile phone that can run on body heat

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Silicone Speakers for Sharing Music Anywhere

Foldable, stackable, washable and virtually indestructible, Tembo Trunks sustainable silicone speakers let you share your tunes wherever you are.

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IKEA Helps Organise Your Computer Desktop

Can't get enough IKEA in your home? Download IKEA's digital storage solutions for your desktop

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