Design
Freakonomics Radio: How could open-plan offices be less terrible?
Journalist Stephen J Dubner explores the "hidden side of everything" with "Nobel laureates, provocateurs, intellectuals, entrepreneurs, and various other underachievers" in the super-popular podcast… Audio
The Fabulous Bouvier sisters: sibling rivalry, love & glamour
"We'll always be sisters, but we were friends once", the words of Lee Radziwill describing the complicated relationship with her sister Jackie Kennedy Onassis. Their complicated relationship, at times… Audio
A festival of architecture
Bill McKay looks back on the broad range of offerings from the past fortnight's Festival of Architecture, he says it wasn't just for architects and wealthy people. Audio
Jeremy Hansen: World Park(ing) Day
Jeremy Hansen is curating the Festival of Architecture that started on 14 September. One of the events will see dozens of design studios taking over Auckland and Hamilton public street car park spaces… Audio
Self-driving cars not solution to traffic woes
For the past century, the car has dominated our cities, shaping the streets, roads and urban spaces that surround them. Enter the AV or automated vehicle. But according to design guru, Allison Arieff… Audio
Fear and clothing
Revelations that a fashion brand with a Kiwi-made reputation sells some stuff made offshore lifted the lid on strains in the fashion business. It also prompted a fierce push-back from the owner in the… Audio
Shane Hansen - Design Junkies
Shane Hansen is an artist, and a furniture and fashion designer of Maori (Tainui, Ngati Mahanga, Ngati Hine), Chinese, Danish and Scottish descent. He draws on his cultural background and the… Audio
Frank Howarth: Nailing it
As the host of one of the most popular woodworking channels on YouTube, Frank Howarth of Frank Makes has made a name for himself by seamlessly balancing wood projects with some innovative videography… Video, Audio, Gallery
Christine Fernyhough - The Museum of the Everyday
Christine Fernyhough is the author of the bestselling memoir The Road To Castle Hill: A High Country Love Story, and she set up Books in Homes and then the Gifted Kids Programme for high-achieving… Audio
The 1769 Garden
The 1769 Garden commemorates the first encounter between Maori and the crew of the Endeavour, under the command of Captain James Cook, at Gisborne in October 1769. Audio
Accidental Ushering - The Tale of Curtains of a Candle
An unusual tale of accidental ushering. Shaun D Wilson berates his flatmate, NZ Fashion Week Miromoda Emerging Designer winner Jacob Coutie, after Jacob’s stunningly poor texting leads to Shaun… Audio, Gallery
Fashion’s inclusive new mood
Fashion is often a signal of a change in the air, reflecting societal norms and values. On RNZ podcast My Heels Are Killing Me Sonia Sly meets designer Jason Lingard who says being gay and growing up… Audio
Jaron Lubin: architect aiming high
American architect Jaron Lubin has been involved with some of the most impressive new design projects around the world. He's on the team that has designed a vertical suburb in Singapore, the SKY… Audio, Gallery
Team NZ designer: How we won the Cup
From the finely tuned dagger boards to the complex foiling systems Team New Zealand's design boss Dan Bernasconi reveals how they won the America's Cup and how the future is monohull. Audio
The multi-faceted Mardo El-Noor
Artist and designer Mardo El-Noor collaborates just as naturally with music groups like Opshop and the Modern Maori Quartet as he does with cartoonists like Tom Scott. He's made short films and music… Audio
'Everything has to be unmistakably NOM*d'
NOM*d founder Margi Robertson talks about her iconic 30-year-old brand, the one thing she would save in a fire and why summer is a season that never feels quite right. Audio
Changing the game
What are the game-changers for fashion buyers and influencers? And why is Instagram booming in Asia? Sonia Sly chats to David Jones buying manager Teneille Ferguson and influencers Mary Seng and David… Audio, Gallery
Bridalwear chilled to perfection
Trish Peng is a designer who creates show-stopping wedding gowns. At last year's NZ Fashion Week her 25-metre long train broke a world record and this year she created a dress that had to be kept in… Audio
Rebecca Rudolph - Design, Bitches
Rebecca Rudolph is a principal at Los Angeles firm Design, Bitches, an architectural design practise seeking to expand the definition of architecture. Rudolph and business partner Catherine Johnson… Audio, Gallery
New creative hub for high tech collaboration
Victoria University of Wellington along with some of the biggest names in New Zealand film and design technology have come together to form a new hub where students can learn from the best. The… Audio