Brothers Jake and Patrick Morris of Boskke first denied the naysayers by growing plants upside down. Now the designers are once again deconstructing the

Earlier this year, the guys from Y.S Collective went from designing retail collections to focusing on bespoke and commercial furniture. Sometimes the public get lucky when

As design director of Augusto, Emma Rogan has to be creative every working day. She's constantly looking for inspiration and came across Yale School of Art professor

Grant Difford, founder and creative director of Waking Giants, asks why good professional practice is lacking in the latest pool of design graduates.

Scenario has made a World Cup poster that has deep, deep meaning, in an obsessive way that true football fans will appreciate.It created 64 individually

New Zealand’s premium bottle design has been pure minimalism of late, but NZ Beverages Limited went the polar opposite when choosing a design for the

The Body Seating by Kirsi Enkovaara is a six-metre long structure made of canvas and filled with rice, enabling users to bend it to their whim.On her website, Kirsi says: "Rice is

Cheshire Architects has put its stamp on Auckland's CBD, with a portfolio that includes the downtown Britomart area and media hub/food haven City Works Depot (home of Best Ugly Bagels,

We pay tribute to the New Zealand designer and founder of Coats Design.People will recognise the work of Coats Design from the aisles of their local supermarket and logos

We look at the National Australia Bank's latest rollout of retail stores, designed by New Zealand architectural firm Warren and Mahoney.The National Bank of

CC Interiors was often considered by customers to be the finest showroom in the Southern Hemisphere. Then a fire earlier this year changed everything. Beginning as a

Bold decision-making, colour that perfectly captures the time period of the subject matter, a complete design that has considered every detail – these are some

Giuseppe Bessero Belti creates a vase of glass from old kerosene lamps, adapting flowers as flame and water as fuel.These lamp vases are bottomed by 3D-printed

New Zealand repeats last year's figures of seven New Zealand projects in the finals for the upcoming World Architecture Festival.These are: ASB North Wharf, Auckland, by

We chat to founder (and photographer, designer and writer) of popular design blogs Studio Home and Junior's.   My first job was…Tailing lambs, carting hay and other jobs on my parents'

Got a great story about design and innovation? What's better than a nationwide competition to spread the word?There's less than a month until entries

Getting lost in a world-class museum is all part of the fun, and the National Building Museum in Washington is taking it to a

Want to see your designs driven around Wellington? Carshare co-op Shyft is looking for artists and designers to enter its competition to design the entire outside of

 These bird aviary lamps will bring a touch of cuckoo to the home.A flock of fake birds sit around a 40W bulb, their tiny

The interior architecture firm that brought us Kokako and Citizen Park reveals plans from one of its hottest new projects.Hannah Feenstra has a heart for

David Maurice of Ltd Architectural recently won at the Regional ADNZ/Resene Architectural Design Awards for his elegant design of a Duncansby Road house in Red Beach, Auckland. David

One New World liquor manager went the distance with Villa Maria’s new range of wine, Wise Owl, and tattooed the logo on her arm.Fiona

Bravo Ikea, bravo. The Scandinavian über homewares chain has launched the world's first website on the photo sharing network.Developed by Russian ad agency Instinct, the brand has repurposed

? Brand new Kiwi label Mbuba. (the first letter is silent) has launched a Kickstarter campaign to give uncomfortable heels the boot.To achieve this, owner Rebekah

? Independent designer Kalee Jackson has an impressive portfolio of book design, working with New Zealand's top art galleries and Auckland University Press. We learn

Art meets advertising in the umbrella brand's latest ad campaign.Media agency Y&R NZ commissioned well-known and well-moustached LA artist Michael C Hsiung to illustrate the