Saturday, October 22, 2011

Carved Wall Art

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Just saw this on ebay - a very neat, simple idea - a carved tree revealing woodgrain behind. Neat.
Friday, August 19, 2011

Billy T: Te Movie

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Billy T James died a fair few years ago now, but his legacy lives on in New Zealand - he is one of our cult classics. This movie is a time...
Thursday, August 11, 2011

Childrens bookshelves

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Kids don't tend to have a lot of books, but they should still display them in style. Here are some neat mini-bookshelves from Dwellstudi...
Thursday, July 28, 2011

A modernist lego-land scaled house

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Many of the Lego models I see are now built in modular scale, but there is the odd gem in the more traditional scale, like this one by frogs...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011

AZ Desk by Guillaume Bouvet

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Plywood is a brilliant material, and given it's strength and size, can create some very interesting designs. Here is one neat example, ...
Saturday, July 16, 2011

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

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The second half of a story, and the eighth in the series - a lot of anticipation was riding on this one. I certainly enjoyed the movie, ho...
Friday, July 15, 2011

Tutankhamun The Golden King and the Great Pharoahs

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When I quit my last job, one disappointment for me was that I didn't make it to Melbourne one last time to visit the aforementioned exhi...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Nonna Casalinga

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If there is one thing I can consistently do, it's find good, albeit expensive food. I was a little worried when I first heard I was goin...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Tower Hill

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Not far from Warrnambool in Victoria is a volcano after which Warrnambool is named. Ironically, that volcano is now called tower hill. The...
Sunday, July 10, 2011

The Lincoln Lawyer

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It is rare for me to watch an excellent movie on a plane, but on this occasion, I did - the Lincoln Lawyer. Mick, the main character is on...
Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Counting chickens before they hatch

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A few years ago there was a lot of controversy over a proposal by Mighty River Power to re-fire the Marsden B power station using coal. A ...
Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Colour and grain

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Generally, when it comes to furniture design, you get either solid colour, or wood, but rarely a mix of both, and more rarely still, a good ...
Monday, July 4, 2011

A home for a gnome

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Lego's collectable minifigure have inspired many a model. Like this one, by aresze.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011

An Ice Cream Parlour

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Lego models needn't be large to have interesting details. In fact, some of the smaller models are the more inspired ones. Here is one th...
Monday, June 27, 2011

The Porch at Waihi Beach

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Beachside towns can be hit and miss when it comes to food, but the Porch in Waihi Beach is certainly a hit - having been there numerous time...
Sunday, June 26, 2011

Orokawa Bay

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At the northern tip of Waihi beach is a neat walk - which is still reasonably negotiable in winter, which takes you accross to Orokawa bay i...
Friday, June 24, 2011

Santa Isobel House

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Certain materials get a hard time in architecture. Concrete in particular. Many people think of uninspired tilt slab construction or cheap t...
Thursday, June 23, 2011

Hotel Chat Noir

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A 1960's modular this time - a french hotel even - Hotel Chat Noir by hoexbroe
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

The Lion Gate hotel

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This lego model is an intriguing story of scale - it isn't quite the same scale as modulars, and is in fact almost a smaller scale than ...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Bridesmaids

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Winter is a pain - you can't do half as much outdoors. For that reason, I seem to be at the cinema more often than perhaps I should be...
Monday, June 20, 2011

A 'chinatown' for Auckland?

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It seems as though Auckland has been comparing itself to others again, and realised it doesn't have a Chinatown. I don't necessari...
Sunday, June 19, 2011

A more interesting box

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In architecture, the box shape will always exist - it's one of the most economical forms to build after all. That fact alone makes it pa...
Saturday, June 18, 2011

The Green Lantern

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Another day, another Marvel story turned movie. This one I didn't have all to high an expectation of - really the main reason for watc...
Friday, June 17, 2011

4555 in a better form

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One of the things that I would like to do in terms of Lego is to rebuild the original sets that I know and love in a form that is better tha...