Urban Design
Seeking urban design brilliance
If you fancy yourself or your company as a dab-hand in urban design, make sure you enter the WAN AWARDS 2010 for the Urban Design Sector. More …
Review
Website review: Thinking for a Living
The Thinking for a Living website offers a collection of smart design essays presented in lush magazine-like form for those who dislike using computer-aided display controls. More …
Profile
Semi-Permanent Profile: Andrew Gordon
Andrew Gordon has been animating characters professionally for over 15 years. He joined PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS in 1997 where he has been an Animator on A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles and Ratatouille. More …
Sustainable Architecture
Speed(o) is of the essence
What do you do with 200 unusable Speedo swimming suits? Use them to construct a pavilion of course. More …
Opinion
Ken Crosson of Crosson Clarke Carnachan Architects adds his weight to the Shed debate.
4It’s essential that we create an overall strategic plan for the whole wharf area including Queen’s Wharf, Queen Street and Quay Street. We don’t want the Government rushing in and saying they’re going to buy Queen ... More …
Graphic Design
Project creates melting pot of global city logos
Ever heard of Chattanooga? Or maybe Givatayim? They’re all cities and one project is aiming to give them all a graphic face. More …
Furniture design
Fletcher Systems launches latest designs
1Simple, colourful and elegant, furniture designer Fletcher Vaughan’s latest range for Fletcher Systems continues an aesthetic for which he has made his name. More …
Events
David Trubridge - for your viewing pleasure
Lovers of David Trubridge’s work can catch up with his latest pieces and some of the best that he exhibited recently at the Milan Fair at an exhibition at Simon James Design in Auckland starting July 22 until August ... More …
Architecture
Ferrari Factory rev-up
As if Ferrari’s aren’t swanky enough, this Ferrari Factory Store in Italy takes swanky to a new level. More …
Urban Architecture
Urbanisation gets interactive
The 220,000 square meter pedestrian-oriented Linked Hybrid complex in Beijing was designed as a means of countering the numerous privatised urban developments in China, and at the same time, encouraging interactive relationships in public spaces. More …
Design Awards
Emerging Kiwi designers in contention for top design award honour
1In just over a week, one lucky up and coming Kiwi designer will rise to prominence when the winner of the tenth annual James Dyson Award is announced. Judging by the three finalists announced today, the competition is stiff. More …
Furniture/Product Design
Tuesday Chew: David Moreland on surviving the design game
1Taking a well-deserved break with his family in Hawkes Bay, a slightly weary furniture designer David Moreland reflects on surviving in the design game. More …
Architecture
It’s a MAD world
2When architect firm MAD asked themselves, “is it possible to build high-density, economically viable housing which is also architecturally innovative?” ‘Fake Hills’ housing development was the answer. More …
Architecture/Design
Did they really?
Everyone makes mistakes once in a while but it’s hard to imagine how the following mistakes could have ever been made. The Huffington Post takes us on a pictorial journey through 14 of the most comical construction/architecture/design ... More …
Innovation/Design
e-waste equals e-art
Steven Rodrig is a Cuban- born “inventive and environmentally conscious artist” who transforms e-waste into anything from insects to flowers to cityscapes. He refers to his work as “PCB (Printed Circuit Board) Mixed Media”. More …