Archive for August, 2008

Turn off your PC and hit the farm


Mai Farm Naturally has come about from the 100 year centenary of the Mai Family. The organic milk and beef farm is in the Beautiful Pohangina Valley. The festival will comprise of natural and organic stalls, live musicians, fire performers and wandering stilt artists, holistic healers, organic water, organic coffee, natural foods and a childrens zone with story times and activities. The proceeds are going to rebuild a wetland on the property and establish a Trust to help other farmers convert to organics.

 
 

New Jewellery

Zoe Ikin is quickly making her mark in the New Zealand design industry. Full-time designer at Studio Alexander and making jewellery is only the beginning…

 
 

Hessian goodness

Ataahua has just dropped a fresh load of one-of-a-kind hessian bags and hats. We have included an individual photo of each one in stock so you can choose your favourite.

The range is made in New Zealand from upcycling hessian coffee sacks. Just goes to show what great ideas and design can do to what would normally become landfill.

Green gifts for your friends or new eco-accessories for yourself…

 
 

Weekly Special

 
 

Georgefm just told us about this

Thanks to the gigabyte guide (every Tuesday on Gerogefm) we were just informed about this site. Thanks Clarke and Co.
A super cool timeline of the web and its memes. Pretty interesting to see what us humans are most interested in. As far as timeline deisgn goes, its easy to use, and even easier to blog about thanks to the embed function.
 
 

White Fungus in their prime

Print Fetish is a NYC site that is dedicated to reviewing anything print. They have just given a dream review to the Hanson bros. at White Fungus in Wellington. The review puts them up against the best and praises the mag for being content rich and gloss free.

Big ups from us White Fungus….

Check the latest issue here

 
 

Discovery…

Remember this cardboard Robot?

We figured there could only be one company cool enough and creative enough in Lyttelton to construct such a masterpiece. I sent an email to Kingswood skis (of Lyttelton) and they replied:

“Hello Elliot
Yes, it’s ours – made by friend and neighbour artist Oscar Guerrero. Unfortunately, the big guy succumbed to the weather but we’ve got his head lit up in the factory and the little “mini me” survived and even featured in this month’s North & South.
Cheers Kris”

If you haven’t heard of Kingswood, they are hand making what some say are the worlds best ski’s. Using bamboo cores and sustainable ethos, skiing mags everywhere give rave reviews of this design led company.

Here is a pair of Kingswood beauties… maybe they should consider toy robots too.

 
 

Remind me to buy a Lotto ticket

Bugger they don’t have online shopping… I’d buy a couple.