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NewsThe World’s First Inflatable Concert Hall Tours Japan
Arata Isozaki and Anish Kapoor design a remarkable portable music venue.
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NewsYour Guide to Auckland Art Week 2013
Eat your heART out at Auckland's most expansive art festival
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NewsTake Remote Control of the Melbourne Tourist Experience
Control and watch the real experience of two tourists in the Victorian cultural hive.
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NewsFloating Apartment Block Under Construction in The Netherlands
If you can't beat the water, how about joining it?
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NewsTravelling ‘SUN’ Sculpture Lights up the Scandinavian Winter
Two Scandy designers brighten up the dark Norwegian winters with their light sculpture.
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NewsFinally, a 3D-Printed Toothbrush that Does the Brushing for You
This furry customised mouthguard touts a six-second clean.
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NewsNew Drink Cooler Works in 45 Seconds
Move over, refrigerators; we can now cool drinks with 80 percent less energy.
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NewsBeer Holder Cuts Off Mobile Phone Signals to Boost Your Conversation
Two friends meet for a beer. Which are you?
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NewsThe New App That Stops Breaking Bad Spoilers
Behind on Breaking Bad eps? Now you can check your news feed without fear.
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NewsMeet Little Robot Friends, Tamagotchi for the 21st Century
Baby robots become your best friend by responding to light, sound and touch
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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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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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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.
