Friday, June 1st, 2012
New Zealand is known for its natural beauty – ‘pure’ New Zealand they call it. If you’ve ever visited you’ll know what I mean, you can’t help but be overwhelmed by the ever present views of oceans, bays and rolling green hills. To do the country justice from an architectural perspective is no easy task. Fortunately,
Friday, February 10th, 2012
Samuel Lennon is one of Auckland’s coolest young designers. Sam combines his love of architecture, design and building in theLENNONPROJECT, a practice specialized in furniture design and internal fit-outs. Sam operates from his workshop in Auckland and...
Thursday, February 9th, 2012
If you’ve ever been in New Zealand you’ll know about the concept of ‘Kiwi ingenuity’, referring to the New Zealanders’ knack for coming up with practical, clever solutions to common problems. Here’s an example. Phil Hall calls...
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
New Zealanders Bill Currie and his partners Richard Butler, Wayne O’Hara and Peter Shaw have developed a small wind turbine—the Thinair turbine—purpose built for use in a domestic environment. In the process they’ve come up with a unique single-blade...
Monday, January 30th, 2012
To say that New Zealanders take their rugby seriously is an understatement. Artist Alex Stone also takes it seriously, but as a theme for artistic exploration. “I have always been intrigued by the psychological mechanisms at play...
Friday, January 13th, 2012
Helen Riley-Duddin creates playful wallscapes and colouring pages from her studio “tinch”. As she describes it, “the tinch wallscapes evolved during a transition from working professionals to new parents where our space is shared with the delightful...
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
Aaron McTurk is clearly doing what he loves. The images say it all. Aaron recently graduated from Massey University’s Design School in Auckland. As he states it, his ultimate goal is to work for Hot Wheels, the...