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| “Roger Kelly wins again!” 12 August 08 Roger Kelly scores again winning the annual Design/Make Furniture Design Competition curated by the Waiheke Island Community Art Gallery.Running for the third year, this years theme was to construct a sideboard, balancing the storage and display aspects.The winning entry titled “Renovation” is constructed entirely of sustainable Radiata Pine to echo the structural elements of the Kiwi weatherboard home. The design challenges our perception of indoor/... Click here for more |
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| “Coromandel Road Trip” 26 May 08 When we were growing up, the post-Christmas drive down to Coromandel in Dad’s ’72 Chrysler Valiant marked the real beginning of summer. Three kids and the dog in the vast back seat, the metallic whump of the boot slamming over a small car’s worth of chilly bins, fishing gear, scratchy polystyrene surfboards, towels, and if we were heading up to camp at Waikawau Bay, the... Click here for more |
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| “Fane Flaws - Whether you take him take him seriously or not so seriously, here’s an artist we reckon’s going to be huge…” 28 February 08 Camouflaged in a leafy Napier suburb is the home of creative dynamo Fane Flaws. From the street, the weatherboard bungalow gives no hint of the avalanche of artworks inside. When we visit, Fane is out in the sun on the back deck painting final details on his latest work. He invites us into the living room where every inch of wall space is taken up... Click here for more |
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| “You clever bastard! Wish I’d thought of it first!” 11 March 08 The regions of NZ are filled with many clever artists, designers, musos, foodies, story-tellers, adventurers, re-designers, upcyclers, inventors and generally pretty creative people. Over the months ahead we will be bringing you stories of our Road Trips through the regions of Newzild. From every nook and wee cranny, and beyond the Black Stump, we will find the cleverest of them all, those that earn the... Click here for more |
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| “What we mean by cool places to stay” 17 June 08 No motels, no hotels, no lodges where you wake up in the morning and haven’t a clue where the hell you are or what country you’re in. Just cool, clean, super-designed places run by people who understand what differentiates New Zealand from the rest of the world… great design, informal hospitality and a touch of the local.So watch this space.... we are hunting... Click here for more |
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