Principal of Young + Richards Ltd and judge of the NZ Wood Timber Design Awards for the last two years, Harriet Compton Richards is passionately committed to innovative design and construction with timber, a material she believes New Zealand has the capacity to lead in contemporary construction methods. I spoke to her about the Awards, and working with wood in New Zealand.
10 Dec, 2009
By Byron
Tags: design, green, industry
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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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A new hand-made Book from Evelin Kasikov, 'Printed Matter' explores four themes at the crossroads of Type and Embriodery.
17 Dec, 2009
By Byron
Tags: book, craft, 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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A brutally truncated heads-up on the international excursions of a few enthusiasts, who make pathways from Grey Lynn to South-east China.
21 Dec, 2009
By Byron
Tags: biennale, design, event
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Speculative green vehicles get flexible, with this recent concept design from Thierry Dumaine, which adapts to traffic conditions by offering a quick-change between Four, Three and Two wheel modes.
16 Dec, 2009
By Byron
Tags: design, green, transport
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Today Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, gave a demonstration of their new tablet computer, a new generation device right smack in the middle of the iPhone and Mac.
28 Jan, 2010
By Byron
Tags: design, object, tele-presencing
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An eco-kitchen concept from the Faltazi Lab, which is actually amazing, stirs up new practices for the home, and loops in wonderfully with recent local design initiatives.
8 Feb, 2010
By Byron
Tags: design, ecology, ideas
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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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Homestyler is a new 3D Design platform from Autodesk offering a free and highly accessible CAD tool to the public, ideal for visualisation and refurbishment planning.
19 Apr, 2010
By Byron
Tags: CAD, design, digital
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As a part of the upgraded productspec.net you can now personalise your online experience.
29 Apr, 2010
By Byron
Tags: design, productspec, website
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If you're in Auckland in the next couple of weeks be sure to take a few long lunches to catch some of Communiqué's great line-up in their Autumn Lecture series.
29 Apr, 2010
By Byron
Tags: architecture, design, event
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Swedish designer Daniel Rybakken crafts a carefully developed daylighting solution to the dark Scandanavian winters.
11 May, 2010
By Byron
Tags: design, object, space
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Check in with a gathering of events, lectures, discussions and exhibitions happening around the country.
19 Aug, 2010
By Byron
Tags: architecture, design, event
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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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The always entertaining speed-dating of creative presentations continues in 2011 with three new events to mark in your calendar
4 Feb, 2011
By Byron
Tags: art, design, event
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We headed down to Webb's Auction House, Newmarket last night for the latest installment of Pecha Kucha to hit Auckland.
23 Mar, 2011
By Byron
Tags: design, event, ideas
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Prefab, prefabrication, or offsite construction is situated on the continuum between art (design) and business (construction). It has a role as both a provocateur and a critical agent in invention. Sounds interesting…
20 Jun, 2011
By Pamela Bell
Tags: architecture, craft, design
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Method of Action is an education website launching courses in design, entreneurship and gardening. To get as intrigued as I am, test out your typographic skills in their 5-minute kerning game.
13 Oct, 2011
By Byron
Tags: design, education, website
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