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Can new super minister, Steven Joyce, fix everything? The new kings of hospitality shake off their cloaks of anonymity. We venture inside the Food Bowl. Plus our ultimate guide to R&D .... and more
Interact
8 The mixtape goes digital
Mixtape.co.nz, the brainchild of media man James Coleman, is harking back to the good old days.
11 All about: the tie
With every year that passes, the necktie is disappearing more rapidly than miniature sausage rolls at a work morning tea. So loosen yours (if you[re wearing one) and join us for a brief but thorough examination of every capitalist's favourite noose: the common necktie.
13 The Kai's the limit
After noticing the explosion of artisan food and our thirst for more and more goodies, Greig Buckley decided to give it an e-commerce twist.
16 Agony Lance: Dash for cash, print midget, and the muppet show
Lance Wiggs on making money as a startup, growing audiences and dealing with professional boredom.
18 IdealGear
Shiny stuff to buy!
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20 String Theory's rescue remedy
Artist Jason Dempsey took to cruising the streets in a truck to find items to construct a recycled-style workspace for ad agency String Theory
24 Smoke screening
We compare artificial cigarettes, so you don't have to
26 Patently ridiculous
Ever had trouble spreading your buttocks? It appears that act was troubling for one enterprising individual, who not only invented a Buttock Spreader but went to the trouble of patenting it. And he's in good company
28 From startup to stardom
Is your idea genius or pants? Find out with our handy flowchart
31 Curating Auckland's best with gather & hunt
New Auckland-loving website gather & hunt is all about the love – and has design at the forefront of its mission
33 Dremus: Host with the most
Online store host solution Dremus could be the next Vend-flavoured success story out of Aotearoa.
34 Celery Productions: New kid on the block
Auckland's second best-known goat farming aeroplane flying ad agency owner Vaughn Davis drops into the new but definitely not ostentatious offices of newborn events company Celery Productions.
36 Goodnature: A cleaner take on pest control
Up-and-coming company goodnature is revolutionising the way we kill pests to make the process better for animals, the environment and, in the long run, our wallets.
Features
40 Is Steven Joyce New Zealand's Mr Fix-it?
From having more portfolios than you could shake a stick at to now heading up the newly-created Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, Steven Joyce seems to have his fingers in a lot of political pies.
48 Pack & Company: the kings of hospitality
Matterhorn, Shaky Isles, Smith, Neighbourhood, Northern Steamship, Snapdragon. The successes of hospo group Pack & Company are well-known and numerous.
54 Inside Auckland's FoodBowl
Andy Kenworthy peeks inside Auckland's FoodBowl innovation centre for insights.
Workshop
62 The next stage for Downstage Theatre
More than just a cosmetic refresh, Wellington's Downstage Theatre has gone the full monty in its new incarnation
63 Own your (own) brand
Are we missing the boat when it comes to the design potential of own brands?
63 Book review: Black
An array of New Zealand fashion experts, lecturers and curators wax lyrical on our collective infatuation with that colour that isn't a colour.
64 UFB: Ultra flippin' boring
The fracas about the UFB is missing the point entirely.
65 Rethinking our stance on land sales
Are we too prejudiced to clearly see the possibilities around land tax?
66 No icy El Dorado yet
Some countries are aggressive in their bid for a slice of Antarctica, but it appears to be a race to the moon – useful for bragging rights and research, but of no direct commercial benefit.
67 Walking the green talk
Three enterprising Kiwi blokes decided to skateboard across a South American desert. But the first thing they did was get their trip carboNZero certified.
68 Stuff is 'dead' but print smells nice
The dominant medium now is video. Not TV – video.
69 Book review: D&AD11
Subtitled 'the best advertising and design in the world', this Taschen volume could be right on the button
69 Westpac: No class, all ass
Loath as I am to start labeling various advertising and marketing campaigns as ‘fails’, there’s one that needs a good hard smack.
69 Book review: The App & Mobile Case Study Book
A must-read for anyone doing mobile applications
70 Brand-building by goat slaughter
Knocking off goats could lead to greater gains in carbon sequestration.
71 The name of our agricultural game
Agriculture's worthy, yes. The under-pinning of our economy, yes. But sexy?
71 Book review: Great by Choice
Think crazy ideas are the ticket? Not always. Turns out pioneering innovation is great for society but statistically lethal for the individual trailblazer
72 Subverting gaming norms
Pippin Barr is spanning the divide between academics and gaming and bringing back the charm of 8-bit.
73 A novel approach to publishing
Future generations may look upon literary agents and publishing houses as curiously old-fashioned.
73 Book review: How Is The Internet Changing The Way You Think?
Did you know the internet and the web are two separate things?
Plus
120 Where did the Occupy movement get it wrong?
Banking should be on the periphery of the economy, not sitting at its heart.
