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    Check Out This Insane Proposal For The World's Longest Skyscraper

    Fittingly named The Big Bend, it would stretch 1.22 kilometres end to end.

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    Concrete Playground Meets the Designers Behind Minimalist Label Wayward St

    Debunking the rules of design with a by-product of New Zealand's dairy industry.

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    Airbnb Has Created a Greenery-Themed House Based on Pantone's Colour of the Year

    Hang out in a plant-filled garden bedroom with a mown lawn, and eat in a dining room that's actually an indoor greenhouse.

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    This UK Startup Is Growing Chairs from the Ground Up

    Finally, something that does grow on trees.

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    This Inclusive New Design Project Is Creating Customisable, Accessible Hotel Rooms

    AllGo intends to make travelling enjoyable for people with disabilities.

  • Guide

    20 Insanely Bold Architectural Designs We Loved in 2016

    From partially underwater villas that let you literally sleep with the fishes to the world's first freeform 3D-printed house.

  • Guide

    50 Inspired Design Ideas We've Been Obsessed with in 2016

    Apartment buildings that change with the weather, Back to the Future-inspired, solar-powered clothing and an alarm clock that wakes you up by brewing you a fresh cup of coffee.

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    Pantone Has Announced Its 2017 Colour of the Year

    Maybe this will help us deal with 2016.

  • Have a Gander at This Year's Eat Drink Design Award Winners

    Melbourne's Dinner by Heston and Higher Ground, and Adelaide's Pink Moon Saloon are among the awarded.

  • Guide

    Your Socialiser Guide to the Weekend in Wellington

    Weekends are precious. Just over two and a quarter glorious days devoid of responsibility and overflowing with possibility.

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    Against the Grain: How Tom Tom Founded Sunset Tattoo from a Self-Made Accident

    Meet Auckland's fearless young creatives, doing epic things on their own terms, with our Against the Grain series.

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    Airbnb Launches Design Firm Samara to Open Hotel-Like Dwellings

    Giving new meaning to their tagline "don't go there live there".

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    Bring Your Dream To The Surface: Independent Fashion Designer and Label Owner Annalisa Bradley

    Thriving with unconventional material and a scattered creative process.

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    This Alarm Clock Wakes You Up by Brewing a Cup of Coffee

    You won't want to hit snooze on this one.

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    The World's First Freeform 3D Printed House Is Here

    And it looks like something out of a well-funded sci-fi film.

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    Dubai Just Opened a 3D-Printed Office Building

    The whole thing took less than three weeks to build.

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    These Partially Underwater Dubai Villas Let You Literally Sleep with the Fishes

    You can live under the sea (if you've got a cool $2.7 million clams).

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    IKEA Is Launching a Chainless, Low Maintenance Bike for Urban Cyclists

    Your lack of bike knowledge shall hinder you no more.

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    Vote for Concrete Playground to Win a 2016 Webby Award and You Could Win $1000

    Swing us some love (we did tell you what nap desks are).

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    This Company Uses Discarded Fabric to Make First-Rate Panel Caps

    Plus, score yourself one of two handmade Offcut Caps.

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    Concrete Playground Meets Andrew J. Steel

    Changing the way we think about street art.

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    Muji Has Started Selling Flat-Pack Houses

    Japanese minimalists Muji have moved into the DIY real estate game.

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    This New Service Lets You Preserve Tattoos After Death

    May your framed butterfly tramp stamp live on.

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    Here's That Perfect Tea Thermos You Didn't Know You Needed

    Form, function and colour-changing tea is the specialty at Life of Cha.

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