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Idealog—in the ideas business

  • Rising dollar sends Kiwis packing

    2011-08-19 14:13:54 //
    A record number of Kiwis took an overseas trip last month as the New Zealand dollar continued a steady rise.
  • Barnesian logic

    2010-09-10 09:36:58 // // Idealog #29: now
    Eighteen thousand kilometres from home, wandering through the 2,000-year-old ruins of a Roman city, Glen Barnes had a vision of the future.
  • Hit the big time

    2010-08-23 15:18:01 // // The Idealog Blog :: The Idealist
    Got the mid-winter blues, stuck in a rut, don't know where your life is going? Don't worry: this could be Your Big Year. A worldwide competition that's part of the UK's Global Entrepreneurship Week in November, Your Big Year's extremely lucky winner will embark on a 12-month, all-expenses-paid tour of the world, meeting celebrities and entrepreneurs, learning new skills and rolling up their sleeves for some volunteer work. Attend a conference in New York, take a limo ride in Vegas, learn photography in Africa, scuba dive in Australia, teach English in Ecuador, visit the Taj Mahal ... The aim is to encourage global citizenship and social responsibility through entrepreneurship. Whatever: it would sure beat surfing the net, watching telly and wondering how long till Labour Weekend.
  • Tuesday Chew: Ron Seeto on stimulating the five senses through architecture and travel

    2010-08-03 14:16:17 // // The Idealog Blog
    Architect Ron Seeto (Murray Cockburn Partnership) ruminates on his experiences, the sights, the sounds, the tastes and smells that left him reinvigorated after a brief sojourn with wife Sharon at Valbonne in the south of France recently.
  • Arm Chair Travels - leading Auckland architects, artists and designers inspire you through travel.

    2010-07-19 15:45:46 // // The Idealog Blog
    Come along and hear what top designers, architects and artists have to say about their inspirational travel adventures across the globe.
  • Northern exposure

    2010-04-01 07:43:05 // // Idealog #26: features
    As Yogi Berra once said, “You can observe a lot by watching.” Dean Poole and Ben Corban, co-founders of Alt Group, would agree. On a European jaunt to pick up a coveted grand prix prize at the red dot design awards, they kept a detailed travelogue. Here are their top five observations and predictions for the year ahead.
  • True detective

    2010-03-04 08:03:31 // // Idealog #26: now
    Leigh Hart’s perfect pitch.
  • Flying by the seat of your pants

    2010-01-27 10:31:48 // // The Idealog Blog | 1 comment
    In the notoriously competitive and difficult to differentiate airline business, Air New Zealand invests in design and experiential marketing
  • Sterling service

    2008-06-24 09:55:37 // // Idealog #15: workshop
    If it’s the bright lights you’re after, don’t sweat the power bill
  • Time for a change

    2007-11-26 08:01:08 // // Idealog #12: now
    The Warrant of Fitness gets a student service
  • Air Caire

    2007-10-04 20:23:56 // // Idealog #11: now
    Many a New Zealand skincare line leaves home these days, but most don’t come back on the next flight. Caire inflight skincare does, flying business class all the way