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    Social-Distancing Circles Are Coming to Parks Across Australia This Summer

    New painted markers have arrived at Melbourne's Prahran Square and are on the cards for seven Sydney parks. Welcome to the future of picnicking.

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    IKEA and Lego Are Releasing a Collection of Storage Boxes That You Can Play With

    You'll be able to use them to store your bricks — and to build with them.

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    You Can Go the Extra Mile for Dad This Father's Day with a Gift from Swanky Luggage Brand July

    Grab a travel bag for dad and get complimentary personalisation, a free key organiser and free shipping to boot.

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    IKEA Has Released Pillow Fort Instructions So You Can Go Kidulting In Your Lounge Room

    Spend your self-isolation time turning your everyday IKEA objects into forts — with instructions available for six different styles.

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    German Supermarket Giant Kaufland Has Suddenly Ditched Its Plans to Open Stores in Australia

    It will no longer expand Down Under, saying that it wants to concentrate on its European markets.

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    Muji Has Designed Its First One-Storey Flat-Pack House

    As well as a bedroom, living area and kitchen, the new prefab house — Muji's first in five years — features an outdoor deck.

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    Australia's Most Stunning Venues Have Been Announced at the 2019 Eat Drink Design Awards

    With a Victorian gelato shop, a Brisbane hotel and out-of-town NSW cafe all snagging awards.

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    Five Game-Changers Who Started Their Own Businesses — and the Lessons They Learned

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    IKEA Is Currently Streaming the 14-Day Ship Journey That Its Products Take to Australia

    It's designed to help viewers get to sleep — and you can watch it on the huge furniture retailer's new Slow TV YouTube channel.

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    A Life-Size, Custom-Made Lego Version of Your Dog Is a Thing You Could Own

    Legoland is offering one lucky dog owner across Australia exactly that.

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    IKEA Has Dropped a Limited-Edition Rainbow Version of Its Famed Frakta Bag

    The versatile blue-and-yellow bag has had a temporary makeover.

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    Melbourne Will Be One of the First Three Cities to Test Uber's Flying Taxis in 2020

    Flights to Melbourne Airport are expected to take only ten minutes — and eventually cost the same price as an Uber X.

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    Living Coral Is Pantone's 'Life-Affirming' 2019 Colour of the Year

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    Amazon Has Finally Reopened Its US Site to Aussie Shoppers

    Just in time for the Black Friday Sales (and Christmas).

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    Lego's Crowdfunded Set for Adults Could be Your Nostalgic New Way to De-Stress

    The fish-themed new line encourages adults to get creative, building a koi fish or even a shark.

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    The Swedish Brand Behind Those Miniature Kanken Backpacks Is Opening Its First Aussie Store

    Fjallraven's Melbourne Central store will offer complimentary coffee and an extensive range of clothing and accessories for the great outdoors.

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    Flatpack King IKEA Is Hosting a Huge Aussie-Wide Four-Day Clearance Sale

    With at least 40 percent off 400 different products.

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    Sydney's Abandoned Underground St James Tunnels Could Be Opened Up to the Public

    The NSW Government plans to turn the underground space into restaurants, bars, shops and cultural spaces.

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    The Victorian Government Has Proposed a Huge Underground Train Line for Melbourne's Suburbs

    The proposed Suburban Rail Loop would run all the way from Cheltenham to Werribee and connect all of Melbourne's existing trail lines.

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    Australia's First-Ever Car Subscription Service Carbar+ Has Just Launched in Melbourne

    Rent a vehicle on a month-to-month basis, for as little as $169 a week.

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    Thousands of Uber Drivers Are Set to Strike Across Australia This Morning

    Drivers will strike until 9.30am in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

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    New Designs Have Been Revealed for Apple's Proposed Federation Square Store

    The controversial development is now a two-level rectangular-shaped building heavy on glass, mesh and white surfaces.

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    A Huge Exhibition of Real Human Bodies Is Coming to Melbourne

    The world-renowned exhibition offers Australians a rare look inside the human body.

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    The NGV's 2018 Architecture Commission Is a Sleek Bamboo Garden and Deck

    The winning design from architecture firms Muir and Openwork will be enjoyed by visitors to the Melbourne gallery from November this year.

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    Controversial Bike Sharing Service oBike Will Disappear from Singapore's Streets

    This follows the company's exit from Melbourne earlier this month.

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    Controversial Bike Sharing Service oBike Will Disappear from Melbourne's Streets

    The bikes are currently being rounded up and shipped out.

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    This Melbourne Arts Centre Just Took Out Top Honours at the International Design Awards

    Narre Warren's Bunjil Place scored the Architecture of the Year prize for its striking design, by acclaimed studio fjmt.

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    This Super Slender Melbourne Tower Could Soon Be Australia's Tallest Building

    The soaring residential tower will form part of the Royal Society of Victoria's new science precinct.

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    Luxury Homewares Label In Bed Has Just Opened Its First Bricks-and-Mortar Store in Sydney

    The Paddington space is the real-life version of the brand's swoon-worthy online store and blog.

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    Sydney Will Soon Be Home to a New Masterplanned Community Called Gilead

    A new development in Sydney's far southwest unfortunately shares its name with the recently popularised dystopian setting of 'The Handmaid's Tale'.

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    Lego Is Introducing a Set of Sustainable Pieces Made From Plant-Based Plastic

    The materials will be sourced from sugarcane, with the toys hitting shelves by the end of this year.

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    Melbourne City Council Is Pushing Back on Apple's Proposed Fed Square Store

    Having received 800 complaints, it's calling on the Government to ditch Apple's current store design and start again.

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    Barangaroo Has Been Shortlisted for a Prestigious Design Award

    The awards celebrate outstanding design, planning and construction of tall buildings.

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    Australia Is Getting an Adults-Only Pop-Up Bar Made Completely Out of Lego

    Combine nostalgia and creativity with alcohol at this new concept bar opening in four cities.

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    This Tiny Apartment Converts Concrete Piping Into a Compact House

    Made out of a former stormwater drain, it could be used in narrow spaces — and even on top of existing buildings.

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    Pantone Has Announced Its 2018 Colour of the Year

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    This Year's Eat Drink Design Award Winners Have Been Announced

    Australia's most stylish hospitality venues have been named.

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