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NewsRyosuke Fukusada’s Wooden Light Bulb
Using an ancient technique called 'rokuro', the bulb features an LED light wrapped in a thin layer of wood.
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NewsJapanese Firm Designs Mobile Pod Home
Calling all nomads and avid campers: a Japanese company has now designed a mobile pod home that will fit in a mini van and can be assembled on any terrain.
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NewsConcrete Playground Meets Pia Boutique
Concrete Playground Fashion Editor catches up with Pia Boutique to find out more about this exciting new label.
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NewsThe Hour’s Latest Headlines Brought To You By Your Coffee Sleeve
Y&R had the innovative thought to to turn a coffee cup sleeve into a social opportunity.
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NewsApp Designed To Help The Blind Navigate Around Buildings
As of late, there has been a concerted effort to ensure those with disabilities are still able to to take full advantage of what is constantly being churned out on the technology front.
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NewsBeautiful World Maps of Facebook Activity
Justin Moore created these global maps as a captivating visual indicator of where and who the world's Facebook users are.
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NewsProject Handbag
Sally Ridge, Nerida Cortese, Jayne Kiely, Hinewehi Mohi, Amanda Midgley and Jacinda Ardern are just some of the high profiled NZ women who are donating their own pre-loved bags.
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NewsAn Umbrella That Makes 8-Bit Sounds in the Rain
Ever wondered what the rain sounds like in an 8-bit form?
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NewsGoogle Launches World Wonders Project
Ever wish you could teleport out of the office and into, say, the idyllic surrounds of the Versailles Palace?
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NewsInfamous Dictators Get Hipster Makeovers
Ronallman's illustrations prove that hipster wardrobes might be better suited to conservative nutjobs.
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News12 Bike Racks You Don’t See Everyday (But Should)
With the increase in bike paths and subsequent riders around our cities, cyclers need more options when it comes to storing their bikes.
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NewsGiveaways /// Win a $2500 Fibaro Home Automation Kit + iPhone/iPad App
Sync your pad to your iPad.
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NewsKaren Walker Eyewear Candy Bar Launch
Not forgetting her home country, The Karen Walker Candy Bar is scheduled to arrive in New Zealand this November, so stay tuned.
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NewsConcrete Playground Spends 18 Minutes with Curator of TED, Chris Anderson
TED's Curator answers a TED Talk's Worth of Questions.
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NewsNike Sportswear – CLASH Collection
Nike Sportswear kick off a huge European Summer of Global Football with their soon to be released limited edition, CLASH Collection.
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NewsBeautiful Glass Houses from Around the World
Architects across the world are adopting the age-old Egyptian ritual of exhibitionism in their design of some very 'open' houses.
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NewsReviving Dead Words with Beautiful Typography
A blog called The Dead Words is using thematically appropriate typography to breathe new life into, well, dead words.
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NewsNike Clash Collection
As the club football season wraps up, the international summer of football dawns upon us, where there is no bigger stage to showcase Nike’s latest football boots.
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NewsTen Musicians You Should be Following on Instagram
Ten Instagram accounts that give you a look inside the intoxicating life of a modern muso.
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NewsNew Zealand’s Top 10 Social Bands
Concrete Playground looks into New Zealand's most social bands on the interweb.
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NewsFive Emerging Australian Fashion Designers You Need to Know
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia wrapped up last Friday after showcasing the best of local fashion design against the backdrop of Sydney Harbour.
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NewsThe Best Apps for Discovering New Music
Eight cool music discovery apps you can access right now.
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NewsA Glamping Guide for Music Festivals
Gear up for all of winter's festivals with 10 glamping necessities.
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NewsFormer Meatpacking Plant Transformed into Self-Sustaining Farm
A former meatpacking plant and slaughterhouse is being renovated to become Chicago's first vertical, self-sustaining farm.
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NewsEco-friendly Earth Day Cocktails
Try your green thumb at these organic and eco-friendly cocktail recipes this Earth Day.
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NewsHuge Rubber Duck Invades Loire River in France
After making appearances worldwide, Florentijn Hofman's rubber duck sculpture has appeared in France.
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NewsTurn Your GPS Bicycle Routes Into Artworks
Michael J. Wallace has found a neat way of combining both of these talents, all while getting the daily dose of fresh air and outdoor exercise that we so dearly need.
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NewsJack White’s Solo Debut to be Live-Streamed via YouTube
Following the release of his first solo album, Jack White joins forces with director Gary Oldman in a live-streamed NY concert.
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NewsMoleskine’s ‘SMS’ Notebooks Shoot Messages to Friends
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the text message, Moleskine introduces a new notebook.
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NewsAmazon Exchanges Your Old CDs for Store Credit
What are we to do with our now-digitised CD collections? As it turns out, Amazon wants them.
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NewsTop 5 Fashion News
Concrete Playground Fashion Editor Christina Roys picks out what's worth knowing in New Zealand fashion this week.
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NewsAmplifiear Magnifies iPad Volume
A simply designed clip-on Amplifiear can increase the volume of your iPad.
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NewsConcrete Playground Meets Swedish Fashion Blogger, Caroline Blomst
Swedish fashion Blogger and International face for Rekorderlig Cider, Caroline Blomst had a very busy schedule while visiting Australia for the first time
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NewsHangover Heaven Buses Treat Your Hangover with an IV Drip
Get in. Get out. Go rage. This fleet of Hangover Heaven buses can erase your hangover in 45 minutes.
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News10 of the World’s Most Blinged-Out Buildings
These 10 jazzy architectural designs celebrate all that glitters.
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NewsPixel Table Inspired by Jenga
This cubical table can be pushed or pulled to create extra space, much like a Jenga game.
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NewsPlastic-Eating Fungi May Solve World’s Biggest Waste Problem
A group of Yale University professors and students discovered plastic-eating fungi.
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News10 Quirky Decals for your Macbook Pro
Let your Mac stand out in a sea of anonymity with one of these decals.
