2010-08-04 17:05:18 // Deirdre Robert
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Cast your mind back to the 80s when playing Space Invaders was all the rage. Ah, nostalgia. Igor Chak has taken that nostalgia and turned it into a concept you can quite literally sit on, with his Space Invader Couch.
2010-07-20 11:48:01 // Design Daily Team
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In this video, German industrial designer Dieter Rams (central to the design behind the Braun brand), shares his crafty insights on everything from record player design to the trusty shaver.
2010-07-02 15:03:27 // Sam Eichblatt
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It is named after the deities of Greek mythology and is referred to as the “space age metal” – and industry experts are predicting it could kick the New Zealand economy into a higher gear. Say hello to titanium
2010-06-29 12:48:32 // Matt Cooney
// The Idealog Blog :: The Idealist
From the why-didn’t-they-do-it department, the grain edit blog has a sweet collection of scans from Power Styling, a 1964 book setting out some ideas to improve the US electricity infrastructure. Pretty cool.
2010-06-29 11:17:12 // Matt Cooney
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What day is it? That’s right, it’s World Industrial Design Day. So find something you love and let it know how you really feel about it.
This year, Icsid, the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design, has chosen the theme “Industrial Design: Humane Solutions for a Resilient World”. The plan is to remind us all that design can indeed save the world, or, in Icsid-speak, to “facilitate collaboration within the industrial design community with the goal of producing tangible solutions to world problems”
2010-06-23 13:43:55 // Deirdre Robert
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The University of Auckland’s School of Architecture and Planning is giving you a reprise from cold winter evenings by offering up 16 free toasty lectures from July to October.
2010-06-22 11:53:17 // Deirdre Robert
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In a new twist on Ponoko.com’s popular personal factory concept, creators can now design and make their own desktop factory using open source 3D printing from MakerBot Industries.
2010-06-21 16:25:04 // The Editors
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Just hours before New Zealanders were about to erupt in unprecedented soccer-esque jubilation, the creative minds behind the NZI Centre found their own reasons to celebrate after taking home the most coveted award at last night's annual Property Council New Zealand Rider Levett Bucknall Property Industry Awards.
2010-06-21 16:00:00 // Design Daily Team
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A hefty 750 people celebrated the country’s best commercial buildings last night in Auckland at the annual Property Council New Zealand Rider Levett Bucknall Property Industry Awards, and three properties in particular set new standards for mixing design with sustainability.
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
2010-01-13 11:07:00 // Mitchell Hall
// Idealog #25: interact
Product innovation can often be a case of the confused leading the irrational. No wonder three out of four projects fails. But Robert Cooper, a leader in new product development, consultant to the Global 1000, author and seminar speaker, has a simple fix
2009-08-25 11:53:56 // Laura Westphal
// Idealog #22: now
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The Wright-Stows transform everyday household materials into an artistic range of products.
2009-08-16 22:29:27 // Deirdre Robert
// Idealog TV
Paul Soong from The Church talks about the permanence of Semi-Permanent and why it’s important to nurture upcoming creative Kiwis
2009-07-09 09:56:21 // Amanda Cropp
// Idealog #22: now
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Three Fisher & Paykel veterans have a radical new design for domestic wind generation. It’s a long way from the DishDrawer.
