Designer Alice Wang presents the Pet Plus range, her cheeky but straight-faced selection of objects designed to supplement your social needs without the emotionally-consuming world of dating. Pictured here is the Leash, to add that intimate hand-holding feeling when a paw just doesn't cut it.
9 Dec, 2009
By Byron
Tags: animals, neurotic, object
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Check out this beautiful animation Produced by Colenso BBDO and animated by Andersen M Studio for the NZ Book Council, which brings to life a passage from Maurice Gee's Going West.
9 Dec, 2009
By Byron
Tags: book, etc, video
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This giant dog of a chair looks like a perfect way to surrender to gravity, with a hardy book, beer or brandy firmly in your grip. Italian designers Elena Belforte and Giusi Rivoira are responsible for this over-sized take on a homely craft.
12 Dec, 2009
By Byron
Tags: animals, chair, design
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Australian Architect-Builder Drew Heath's recent Boathouse design has become a serial vision with original collaborator/client Ian Ugarte, with the team now offering 'spec-boats' to prospective clients.
18 Dec, 2009
By Byron
Tags: boats, design, house
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One of my favourites, Gram shoes, have a startling pair of Blue Suede shoes on their shelf, perfect for a bit of swaggering down the end of 2009.
28 Dec, 2009
By Byron
Tags: object, shoes
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We salute the South for producing this great little blog, maintained by enthusiasts of the Modernist Christchurch Style, complete with a Modern House Map for the Sunday drive.
4 Feb, 2010
By Byron
Tags: architecture, blog, house
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Released last week, the Aircruise from Seymourpowell is a concept design for a hydrogen-powered floating cruiser, destined for our skies in the next decade, apparently.
10 Feb, 2010
By Byron
Tags: architecture, ideas, neurotic
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Guest Contributor Holly Beals illuminates the elegance of daily life in City Gallery Wellington's retrospective of Wellington Architect, Bill Toomath.
17 Feb, 2010
By Byron
Tags: architecture, exhibition, house
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Submitting to Zumthor's neighbouring Bath House in Vals, Switzerland, Christian-Müller Architects and SeARCH create a stunning and pragmatic Villa, buried in the hillside of course.
23 Mar, 2010
By Byron
Tags: architecture, construction, house
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Auckland's architectural youth punches out another gem in the Urbis Design Day, in a gorgeous folded ceiling-scape.
1 Apr, 2010
By Byron
Tags: architecture, ideas, installation
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Images and renderings have been released for the New Zealand Pavilion at this years World Expo in Shanghai. Luckily its a step up from our embarrassing french rugby ball 'pavilion', unluckily, it looks like a Mini-Golf course.
12 Apr, 2010
By Byron
Tags: design, exhibition, installation
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Auckland's future harbour crossing is on the agenda this year, with the ANZAC Centenary Bridge Group tabling an iconic bridge proposal to challenge the NZTA's tunneling interests.
13 Apr, 2010
By Byron
Tags: design, transport, urban
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Young American architect William O'Brien Jr. has dabbled with the triangular section to great effect, and challenging scale.
6 May, 2010
By Byron
Tags: architecture, house
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See how Singapore-based architect Gary Chang has redesigned his tiny apartment using sliding function-heavy partitions of the dwelling.
20 May, 2010
By Byron
Tags: architecture, house, neurotic
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The Design and Arts College of New Zealand's Architectural Design students are opening their graduating exhibition, Revitalising the City on Thrusday 17 June.
16 Jun, 2010
By Byron
Tags: architecture, exhibition, student
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Australia's adventurous submission to this year's Venice Architecture Biennale explores diverse futures for Australian cities.
16 Jun, 2010
By Byron
Tags: architecture, biennale, urban
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Earlier this month, a carefully timed 24hr design competition was launched simultaneously across New Zealand and Australia, dragging architecture and design students through an intense and lively studio experience.
18 Aug, 2010
By Byron
Tags: architecture, competition, student
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A short collage of things from here and further abroad that have permeated the blogosphere in recent times.
25 Aug, 2010
By Byron
Tags: architecture, digital, video
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Find full digitized copies of Architectural Design Research at the digital headquarters of the Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia
8 Sep, 2010
By Byron
Tags: architecture, journal, research
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SANS, a design duo from NZ, keep us up to date on their role as Exhibition Designers at 'Get It Louder' in China.
23 Sep, 2010
By Byron
Tags: architecture, design, exhibition
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