50 ways to fight famine
Famine relief in the 21st century: eat like a refugee, stay off Facebook, set up a Twitter swear jar. More …
Furniture design
How do you make award winning furniture design? Take an egg, a guitar pick and mix with a water gourd
1A guitar pick and egg might not have a lot in common, but both formed part of the inspiration behind a winning entry in the inaugural Formica Formations Design Competition, which challenged New Zealand’s professional as well as emerging ... More …
Win! Nekminnit with Mr Vintage
And then nekminnit, a free t-shirt turned up on your doorstep! More …
Waste
Permanent e-waste solution now more urgent than ever with absence of eDay 2011
Since eDay launched in 2007, an impressive 58,000 carloads of e-waste has been recycled, culminating in an estimated 3,200 tonnes of e-waste being diverted from landfills. There won’t be any bolstering of those numbers in 2011, however ... More …
Review
Review: Sony Ericsson Xperia Active
1Sony Ericsson has teamed up with surf label Billabong on the Xperia Active, a partnership that's fitting given it's billed as a phone for outdoorsy types. More …
Events
Marker: Creation through technology
AUT’s interdisciplinary creative technology centre, Colab, has over the years hosted numerous handy workshops on all things creative. Its newest venture is called Marker, an innovative public programme of hands-on, design and technology focused workshops. More …
The anatomy of an agency
4How ad agencies really work. More …
Nextspace’s 3D Visual City technology gets angelic investment booster
Kiwi company Nextspace has been performing some impressive feats with its unique 3D visualisation technology. So impressive, it’s secured a healthy dose of investment capital to further develop and export its interactive Visual City technology to the world. The ... More …
Retiring at 67? Baby boomers need to think about who pays
2Baby boomers have a habit of getting what we want - but the ones paying for it are invisible. More …
Opinion
Time for Kiwi companies to play hardball
It's high time New Zealand businesses wise up and get commercially savvy. More …
Innovators Awards: Most innovative product by popular vote, Serato Scratch Live
As much as vinyl records offer a warm nostalgic touch, if you’re a DJ, lugging them around is far from convenient. More …
Innovators Awards: Marketing/Communications winner, The Journal
New Zealand has the second highest rate of depression in the developed world, and in spite of successful marketing campaigns to help cure it, more than 73 percent of sufferers don’t seek medical help. More …
Technology
Fast, Fresh & Tasty wants to spice up your kitchen
1Injecting a bit of spice into the average Kiwi’s limited cooking repertoire is the aim of Fast, Fresh & Tasty, a new iPhone app launched today. More …
Time for green growth to take centre stage
Green growth is gaining traction in Europe, and it's time New Zealand followed suit, the University of Auckland's head of economics says. More …
Architecture
Waikato/Bay of Plenty Architecture Awards a coastal affair
1From the Coromandel to Hamilton, award-winning architecture popped up 18 times at last night’s Waikato/Bay of Plenty Architecture Awards. Having toured around all the properties in contention for an award, architect and convenor of the awards jury, Adam ... More …
