2011-11-25 11:16:06 // Design Daily Team
// The Idealog Blog
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Christchurch City Council's Share an Idea campaign has been recognised internationally, prompting judges of the Co-Creation Award to look outside Europe for the first time.
2011-11-24 12:15:59 // Design Daily Team
// The Idealog Blog
Collaborations between musicians and artists have brought us some of the most memorable pop culture images of the last 50 years and Beck's hopes to repeat that this summer.
2011-10-03 09:39:48 // Idealog
Industrial Research Limited (IRL) and the University of Auckland’s commercialisation company UniServices are planning to team up to boost business innovation in the high-value manufacturing sector.
2011-07-28 14:54:24 // Lynda Brendish
// Idealog #34: interact
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Tangleball is the latest addition to the growing global trend of DIY makerspaces, born of a desire to get offline and create tangible objects in a community-oriented way.
2011-02-24 12:16:55 // Duncan Greive
// Idealog #31: features
Campbell Hooper and Joel Kefali’s design
house Special Problems became a music
video powerhouse quite by accident.
But as they tell Duncan Greive, they’re
counterintuitively resisting expanding their
business
2010-11-25 16:22:24 // Josie Stanford
// Idealog #30: now
John Boone’s new venture had to be explained to him—and now he explains ‘corporate drumming’ to us.
2010-11-03 11:05:58 // Matt Cooney
// Idealog #30: workshop
A good Central Otago pinot is imbued with the dust and the scrub of its provenance. Alan Brady, like his fruit, turned out to be the right grape in the right place.
2010-10-21 11:04:38 // Martyn Pepperell
// Idealog #30: features
Travelling the world, combining exotic cultures with classic Kiwi tunes—it's Nick Dwyer's dream job, and National Geographic is among his many fans. By Martyn Pepperell.
2010-09-03 15:05:26 // Dwight Whitney
// Idealog #29: export
Generally country of origin is just one of a number of factors people take into account when electing to buy or not to buy—but, okay, a ‘Made in North Korea’ tag may be an instant turnoff unless you love the Dear Leader.
2010-09-03 15:05:26
// Idealog #29: export
In walks a bureaucrat telling you that you are in violation of Section 1059 of the close to 2,000-page import compliance guide that you’ve heard legends about but never seen. What are you going to do?
2010-04-28 10:02:10 // Chris Tobias
// Idealog #27: celsias
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We’re on the brink of transition, says Phillip Mills, with opportunities aplenty in the cleantech field, so he and a diverse range of industry heads plan to lift our economy with a fresh set of rules. By Chris Tobias.
2010-03-12 13:11:10 // Florence Noble
// Idealog #26: features
From humble beginnings living on expired two-minute noodles to the heady heights of TV3 comedy 7 Days, the founders of production company thedownlowconcept have built a business out of taking the piss. By Florence Noble.
2009-11-11 11:40:25 // Mitchell Hall
// Idealog #24: now
Monique Rhodes doesn’t like Christmas albums—so she’s making one, with a who’s-who of Kiwi musicians.