2011-02-16 06:00:00 // Design Daily Team
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Are the islands on Dubai’s famed ‘The World’ actually sinking? A story in the UK’s Telegraph reports the world map-mimicking islands are falling below the watery depths of the ocean, even if 47million tonnes of rock has been used to create the archipelago.
2011-02-10 14:21:21 // Design Daily Team
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Whe Len Brown became the first Mayor of the new Auckland Super City, he immediately pledged an ambitious goal to make Auckland “the most liveable city in the world”. The New Zealand Council for Infrastructure Development (NZCID) says the government could learn a lesson or two from a recent study trip undertaken by its chief executive Stephen Selwood and Paul Buetow, infrastructure partner at law firm Kensington Swan.
2010-12-06 12:40:15 // Design Daily Team
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For the Auckland region, it’s $4.29 billion by 2040, according to a new PricewaterhouseCoopers study commissioned by public agency Sea+City Projects and released by Minister of Transport, Steven Joyce. And what of its projected social and environmental benefits?
2010-10-04 11:08:25 // Design Daily Team
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The New Zealand Institute of Architects has agreed with the Christchurch City Council to provide the earthquake-hit region with an Architectural Ambassador. Architect Ian Athfield will take on the ambassador role, which will involve providing design advice and coordination during the rebuild and restoration process. Warren and Mahoney back the move and offer six of their own principles it believes should underpin future decision making on the rebuild.
2010-07-09 16:22:06 // Design Daily Team
// The Idealog Blog :: The Idealist
Here’s one that’s not for the faint of heart, or should that be the faint of heights? With Diana Ross in tow, the world’s most expensive hotel (NZ$8.5 billion), the Marina Bay Sands development in Singapore, has opened for business.
What are some of the resorts standout features? Well for starters, there’s the infinity pool located 55 storeys high – just don’t look down.
Lucy Ballinger from MailOnline explores further.
2010-06-21 15:03:02 // Jonathan Ford
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With Kiwis enveloped in the warm, white glow that is the soccer world cup (or more precisely, the All Whites socking it to the world), we think this piece about South Africa's design future is quite apt. Jonathan Ford from Pearfisher takes us on a journey through South Africa's designscape. Originally published on the Dieline.
2010-01-27 10:31:48 // David MacGregor
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In the notoriously competitive and difficult to differentiate airline business, Air New Zealand invests in design and experiential marketing
2009-11-13 09:32:40 // Florence Noble
// Idealog #24: features
When Jaquie Brown frets on television about the shape of her head, she has Gerard Johnstone to thank. The writer, director and editor of The Jaquie Brown Diaries spends much of his time plotting his star’s most uncomfortable adventures—and the rest getting them to air. Florence Noble—part of the new series cast—tracks his journey from stunt school drop-out to creating our funniest sitcom.
2009-02-20 15:34:12 // Ben Kepes
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Tom Coates is a product designer who has worked for UpMyStreet and the BBC and now works for Yahoo. He’s currently working on fire eagle. a location capturing, managing and sharing service.
2009-02-20 14:05:35 // Ben Kepes
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Russ Weakley has a 13 year pedigree in graphic design, web development, interface design and standards based development. He’s the author of Teach yourself CSS in TenMinutes and he works for the Australian museum. Two years ago he presented to Webstock suggesting that navigation be torn apart and be replaced by total reliance on tagging — today’s talk is a “so what happened?” review.
2009-02-20 11:08:03 // Matt Cooney
// Idealog TV
Adrian Holovaty is reinventing online journalism, where the data tells the tale and statistics never lie
2009-02-20 09:41:02 // Ben Kepes
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Russell Brown is a blogger, a journalist and (according to traditional media) an ‘internet specialist’. So what are the trend that are at the forefront of publishing at the moment?
2009-02-19 15:04:57 // Ben Kepes
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Adrian is a journalist (ahhh—that’s a good thing—a dying breed) and a developer of web apps for washingtonpost.com, lawrence.com and LJWorld.com. If that wasn’t enough he also co-created Django, the open-source development framework.
2009-02-19 14:09:44 // Ben Kepes
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David is a tech lead for Six Apart, home of the blogging software that powers most of the world's pro blogs—Movable Type.
2008-10-10 14:52:43 // Graham Reid
// Idealog #17: features
South Koreans are reinventing Seoul, inspired by the world’s most liveable cities, and even the US Army is getting out of their way. Graham Reid asks why Koreans can unite to build the ‘lifestyle capital of the East’ when New Zealanders struggle to build a football stadium
2008-08-01 15:07:44 // James Hurman & Mike Booker
// Idealog #16: features
Most Kiwis aren’t desperate to get rich. Even our entrepreneurs are happy with a boat, a bach and a beamer. Rejoice in their happiness: Mike Booker discovers our small business shouldn’t be bullied into growing, and James Hurman thinks growth is the wrong target anyway. Plus: will our SMEs save us?
2008-07-18 12:15:32 // Amanda Cropp
// Idealog #16: features
Amie Nilsson’s Merino Kids business is growing faster than her own brood. She tells Amanda Cropp about ambition, innovation, sleepless nights and the cut-throat world of design for the under-fives
2008-06-20 12:16:09 // Gena Tuffery
// Idealog #15: features
They came to ART Venture to speed up their design, sculpture, dance, music, festival, symposium, architecture, TV and waka projects. And they all did one thing: slow down. Gena Tuffery learns why good things take time—and great things take up to 18 months
2008-05-09 11:52:53 // Mic Dover
// Idealog #15: features
Finally we’re as well-known for our wine as our sheep. Fitting then, that the old Bankhouse Sheep Station is now home to a new kind of Kiwi winemaking. Mic Dover meets the Winemakers of Ara. Plus the dirt and the brands
2008-04-24 13:22:00 // Dwight Whitney
// Idealog #15: workshop
As the baby boomers start to retire, the ‘for sale’ sign will be slapped on Kiwi companies worth $24 billion. And succession planning needs to be part of your overall business plan. Here’s how to avoid a fire sale—or a business meltdown. Plus back in the saddle and buying the family silver
2008-03-11 12:39:44 // Stephen Jewell
// Idealog #14: now
One British critic dubbed The Ruby Suns his pick “to make strange waves in 2008”—but first there’s an ocean to cross
2007-09-07 06:19:32 // Matt Cooney
// Idealog #11: now
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Richard Simpson wants to reinvent his dysfunctional city and he’s not timid in his plans: bulldoze the Harbour Bridge and free up some coastline, dig a canal from the airport for ferry traffic, reopen old tunnels and rivers, and even reorient Auckland away from the Queen St shambles—all while getting the city online and sustainable. Thinking big, then. But why does Auckland get all the attention? And is Simpson just playing social engineering?
2007-08-23 23:00:00 // David MacGregor
// Idealog #11: features
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Many New Zealanders find they learn most about their country by living somewhere else for a while. Steven Carden is no exception: after three years in New York with McKinsey & Co, he returned to Godzone with some new ideas about our past, our future and our place on the planet. But unlike most New Zealanders, Carden has put his thoughts into a book: New Zealand Unleashed, subtitled ‘The country, its future and the people who will get it there’. David MacGregor meets the man behind the message
