Cavalier Bremworth cashes in on Target’s sticky, sorry story
You'd have been hard pressed to miss the brouhaha over the over-familiar carpet cleaner who got busted busting one out on Target this week – and the accompanying hashtag. More …
Facebook and the tale of two media models
Old media covets Facebook's IPO billions, while new social media envies the old's content, writes Michael Wolff in the Guardian. More …
Events
Taking New Zealand businesses to the next level
1New Zealand has all the basics to help businesses thrive – the challenge is to step it up a notch. More …
Story of Send traces the journey of a humble email
How many emails would you send in the course of a normal day? Dozens? Hundreds? And what exactly happens after you hit send? More …
Innovation
Grasslanz averting bird strike through means of indigestion
1Grasslanz Technology was thrilled to scoop the award for most innovative product in agritech at the Hi-Tech awards on Friday night – all by making birds feel queasy. More …
Photovoltaic yacht circles the globe
1After nearly two years at sea, the MS Tûranor PlanetSolar has become the first photovoltaic boat to sail around the world. More …
Enspiral’s collective model poised to take on the world
Wellington’s Enspiral is a difficult beast to describe in traditional terms. For a start, there’s very little to compare it to. More …
Chew and spit: sticky sculpture marks art school merger
One for the too-wacky-to-be-true-but-is files: a giant chewing gum sculpture that incorporates the DNA of more than 3,000 students who each stuck a piece of chewed gum on the work. More …
It’s official: Ad people are not like the rest of us
3Beware the dangers of the office holiday party. More …
The buzz on beekeeping for urbanites
13An Auckland graduate’s novel approach to New Zealand’s ailing bee population and pollination rates could see more buzzing added to the urban rumble. More …
Awards
Compac tops the hi-tech tables
Its technology helps sort the best of our product for export, and with a massive new deal in California, the night belonged to Compac Sorting Equipment at Friday's NZ Hi-Tech Awards. More …
Quakes and beer rule at PRINZ awards
Beer, porn and students emerged the supreme winners at the annual PRINZ awards over the weekend in the form of the the Student Volunteer Army and the WilliamsWarn (the best beer porn you’ll see all day). More …
A look at Getty’s seminal watermark project
1Getty's hated watermark is no more. At least not in its large, splashy incarnation that made it tough for anyone to get a good look at its images. But R/GA London, Getty Images' new agency, has brought the ... More …
Hashtag cross towers push the boundaries in Seoul
1Here's an ambitious take on the skyscraper, incorporating multiple towers interlocking both vertically and horizontally. More …
A quick word with … design leader Angela Roper
Ziera's design head honcho Angela Roper shares a few insights into her busy life. More …