The Global Mail: Not-For-Profit News Site Launches

Launched today, the not-for-profit news and features website will offer its readers public interest stories both locally and from around the globe.

Stuart Ringholt’s Naked Art Tours Come to Sydney

An art tour where all participants must turn up in the flesh, literally.

Design 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.

Online Community Rallies Against the SOPA & PIPA Proposals

Here are some of our favourite online reactions to the world's most controversial bills.

Life after The Bloggers 2011

People have asked, what ever happened to the winners of The Bloggers 2011, so we decided to check in on our winners and see how life is treating them after what was a fascinating 2011.

Giveaways /// Win tickets to Killer Elite and Weekend

From a boy meets boy, cinematic love story through to 'may the best man live' action thriller, Concrete Playground has five double passes to giveaway.

Peats Ridge Festival 2011 Review

It’s one-seventh the travel time to Woodford, one-fifth the number of Southern Cross tats at Field Day, as picturesque as Falls, and the local line up is without parallel.

Six Degrees of Separation? Try Five.

Here’s a wee information nugget for you that’s fresh for the new year.

Make Food Not War

Stage a war in the kitchen and attempt to replicate these deliciously evil masterpieces.

Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of New York

Before he was a filmmaker, Kubrick was a photojournalist for Look Magazine, for whom he captured the street life and subjects of New York City.

How Happy is Your City?

A giant emoticon erected above this Bavarian city is set to measure the general mood of the people below.

Fireworks by Day

A Chinese artist takes modern art to the sky with his daytime fireworks exhibition.

A-List Actors Become Evil Villains

Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Ryan Gosling and others appear in vignettes as nefarious villains in this online video exhibition by Alex Prager.

Cultural Disappearing Acts

UNESCO has added 'intangible' cultural traditions to the list of the world's endangered phenomena.

Please, Steal Our Banksy

A Melbourne hotel issues an open invitation to steal their artwork straight off the walls.

Concrete Playground Pool Party

If you are heading to Gisborne this New Years to celebrate at Rhythm and Vines, you probably don't want to miss this.

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

Turtle Beach: Mission Iraq

When I saw that Fiveight were sending a regular Kiwi gaming nerd (24 year-old Phil aka StatiC) to a real warzone as part of Turtle Beach: Mission ‘Iraq’, I got a little excited.

Win a Book of Italy’s Most Beautiful Hotels

Italy is not just about the food, as the folks at Mr & Mrs Smith know.

Giveaways /// Win a $600 Penny Stotter Limited Edition Print

To celebrate the launch of the Stoneleigh Summer Art Series at Wynyard Quarter, Concrete Playground has one very cool prize pack to give away to a lucky reader.

From Barley to the Bottle in the Heart of the City

Watch your beer 'grow' from start to finish at this temporary inner city brewery.

A Guide to this Summer’s Best Beach Reads

In attempt to help out those with a literary whim, Concrete Playground presents the ten best books to read this summer.

Concrete Playground’s Summer Road Trip Essentials

Road trips can be an idealised summertime activity, so Concrete Playground has come up with some tips to make sure you never have a bad one again.

Benetton Receives Hate for its ‘Unhate’ Campaign

The United Colors of Benetton are the centre of controversy after their new 'Unhate' campaign showed some of the world's leading figures locking lips.

It’s Just a Plant: The Children’s Book on Marijuana

The story of a young girl's educational journey as she comes to understand cannabis, explained to her by her parents, a doctor and a kind gang of Rastafarians.

Auckland Daze

Auckland Daze has proven to be a smash hit success, hinting to the growth of digital television.

The Bloggers 2011 Finalists

After three weeks of nominations, we have our shortlisted finalists for The Bloggers 2011.

The New Seven Natural Wonders of the World

With so many fantastic places to visit around the world, it's often hard to decide where to possibly go. The New7Wonders makes it a little easier for you.

The Ten Best Bars in the World

Your local favourite may not be on the list, but rest assured that all fifty are well worth the visit next time you find yourself in one of the world's culture capitals.

NZ Fashion Makes Top 10 at the Melbourne Cup

Spike Jonze Directs Stop-Motion Skeletal Love Story

The acclaimed director's latest short film has you falling in love with a pair of horny skeletons who come to life one night in a French bookshop.

London. What are you listening to?

The Board of Selectors tells us what is hot in London town.

Steve Jobs’ Biographer Interviewed on 60 Minutes

Walter Isaacson shares the story behind the story.

Photography from 1911-14 Antarctic Expedition Released Online

The photos depict incredible vistas of the Antarctic, the wildlife and the experiences of the brave Australasian explorers who ventured there.

The Future of Bike Innovation

Forget your fixie, these innovative bikes are the real deal.

Hunter S. Thompson’s Hangover Cure

The infamous Gonzo journalist has something to cure your throbbing head.

David Bowie’s Face Graces the £10 Note

The face of Ziggy Stardust is now official currency in the London suburb of Brixton.

Designs That Let You Sleep Anywhere, Anytime

Our society seems to be developing an obsession for sleeping in places that are not our beds.

Japan Tourism to Offer 10,000 Free Flights to Bloggers

At last, there may be a way to put your otherwise life-crippling Facebook addiction to good use.

Boozy Bears Emerge in South Dakota

Maybe confectionery giants should start selling candy in brown paper bags from now on.

Occupy Wall Street Protests Start to Spread Around the World

How the American Dream has turned into a nightmare for a large proportion of U.S. citizens.

David Lynch Goes To Crazy Clown Town

David Lynch releases a track from his forthcoming LP.