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Opinion
I fell in love with Giapo's innovation practices – here's why
Z Energy's innovation strategist Pete Robson fell in love with Giapo – not the man himself, but his business practices. He shares some key learnings from taking a masterclass with ice cream extraordinaire Giapo Grazioli, showing innovation can span completely unrelated industries and yet still have the same relevance.
Year in Review
Idealog year in review: Giapo Grazioli
Giapo Grazioli shares his views on the year that was and the years that could be.
Ice cream innovation
Ice cream design for the festive season: Giapo debuts his 2018 Christmas creations
Christmas is a time for indulgence and wonder, leading creatives to think fast as the call for new Christmas creations comes earlier every year. Often taking the lead on creative initiatives to everyday situations, Auckland-based Giapo kitchen has released two new Christmas themed ice cream wonders.
Ice cream innovation
A treat fit for a (future) king: Giapo releases ice cream inspired by royal visit
Antipodean excitement has stirred as the announcement of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex inspired Giapo kitchen to immortalise the event with a themed ice cream. And if there is one thing New Zealand is proud is share with our commonwealth, it’s pavlova.
Most Creative People
Idealog's Most Creative: ice cream connoisseur Giapo talks creativity
Auckland-based ice cream chef Giapo Grazioli won the People's Choice award for the hospitality category in Idealog's Most Creative People, and for good reason. He has spent the last few years pushing the concept of what could be understood as an ice cream as far as possible, incorporating 3D printing into his creations (chocolate colossal squid, anyone?), taking away the ability for customers to see the flavours before they order, commissioning research on whether spores can be created in chocolate and collaborating with AUT to explore the relationship between music and ice cream. In a Q&A, Giapo discusses creativity, finding inspiration and resilience.
Technology Month, brought to you by Springload
Ice cream chef Giapo on the possibility of an AI robot taking his job: “It will happen, 100%”
The words Giapo, ice cream and innovation often go hand-in-hand in sentences, as the chef’s passion for furthering his craft is common knowledge. But behind the larger-than-life Italian persona is a man with his eyes fixed firmly on the future technology. We had a chat with the undercover futurist about when AI will come for everyone’s jobs, how humans will soon be able to live forever and why it’s not nuclear bombs we should be worried about.
Deals! Deals! Deals!
Done Deal: Recent fundings secured, contracts inked and deals done and did, for the tl;dr crowd
All the deals done, did.
Year in Review 2016, brought to you by Kiwibank
Idealog Year in Review: Gianpaolo Grazioli
In the latest edition of our series asking some of Aotearoa's best-known businesspeople and visionaries to take a step back and offer their insights on how the past year has gone and how the future might unfold, we chat with innovative ice cream-maker Gianpaolo "Giapo" Grazioli.
