There’s any number of opinions as to why some buildings in Christchurch stood up to the quake while others were decimated. Now in a bid to lay those questions to rest, the terms of reference for the The Royal ... More …
As part of a concentrated effort to raise the awareness and attractiveness of the region to domestic and international travellers, Hawke's Bay’s destination branding has received a consolidated makeover. Following a three-month brand review that included visitor responses ... More …
Cup and Show Week is one of the biggest tickets on the Christchurch events calendar, and it’s hoped an initiative announced by the Central City Property Owners and Business Group, Civil Defence and the Christchurch City Council, will help ... More …
We’ve stumbled across this very cool and free (everybody loves free) tool that allows you to easily find what font is being used on a web page. More …
Everyone loves Easter because, whether you’re religious or not, it signals chocolate and holidays. Mmm, chocolate. A while back we featured a story on designer chocolate bar company Bloomsberry & Co finding international success with its slightly naughty and very ... More …
It was a time when Vanilla Ice was cool, Windows 3.0 was released and Tim Berners-Lee came up with a little thing called HTML. But 1990 also saw the birth of a company in Wellington called BNA design. Fast ... More …
2011 marks the 50th year of the famed Milan Design Week, and organisers are celebrating the monumental milestone by giving it the theme, "50 Years Young". No doubt it's gonna be a biggie, and some Kiwi designers getting set ... More …
What’s cheaper than a $2 million giant plastic waka, 150 percent the size of All Black great Michael Jones and will be on display during the Rugby World Cup? More …
What do a hydration blanket for stranded whales, an energy saving nebuliser for respiratory patients, and a practical yet stylish skateboarding shoe with a replaceable outer shell and washable inner have in common? They’re all clever Kiwi inventions that ... More …
When Gerry Brownlee released the government’s draft New Zealand Energy Strategy (NZES) for public consultation in July last year, it was met with a barrage of criticism from the likes of Labour and WWF following concerns that it was ... More …
One of our Twitter followers has kindly pointed us to this very cool app for designers and font enthusiasts who want to be surrounded by font goodness all of the time. More …
In 1993 Malcolm Rands, together with his wife Melanie, launched a small mail-order business supplying green every day household products, all with the aim of creating a healthier more sustainable world. 19 years on and the ecostore brand has come ... More …
AUT’s Colab has been the hub for many an interesting creative revelation and now the interdisciplinary creative technology centre is translating its ideas to the written word with the launch of 'Journal: Creative Technologies'. More …
Did you know students contribute to eight tonnes of CO2 per year? Global text messages? That’s 32,000 tonnes per year. And as for ironing your shirt, that’s 25 grams per iron. A generous amount of time could ... More …
PechaKucha presentations in Enzed are always inspiring, but the upcoming Global PechaKucha Day has an even more unique role for us with PechaKucha Night Christchurch being designated as the launch city for the global event. Called ‘Inspire Christchurch’ the event ... More …