Recent Blog Posts

• • 24 May 2013
  • FFF – “vivid” adj. 1. strikingly bright or intense, as color, light, etc …
  • Isn’t it a treat that FFF coincides with the opening day of a Sydney festival?  Of course, we here at the Zu didn’t plan that, but it just so happens that Vivid Festival kicks off today – one of our favourite on the Sydney festival calendar, Vivid lights up our city like never before and [...]  Read...
• • 23 May 2013
  • Nanimarquina – The Ethical Rug Queen of Spain …
  • The exhibition “Intinerancia de l’exposiciozona Intermedia.  Disseny, Art, Societat” or better yet, translated to “Traveling exhibition “Intermediate Area. Design, Art and Society” is an intentionally collective of design, art and architectural projects, and their creators – focussing on several aspects of life within society. Currently exhibiting at the Centre D’Arts Contemporanies in Barcelona, these projects demonstrate [...]  Read...
• • 19 May 2013
  • MMM – I love Rock n Roll (in my jeans) …
  • This blog editor has recently been loosely planning a party.  Never one to shy away from an excuse for a get together and a glass of wine, next year marks the 10 year anniversary of my relationship with my favourite pair of jeans. The jeans were purchased when I was living in Melbourne.  They were dark, [...]  Read...
• • 19 May 2013
  • Casta look at this …
  • The engaging and talented José Manuel Ferrero of Estudi{H}ac turned his hand to designing a chair based on the Castanet – the result, Casta, a friendly and welcoming family of chairs for Spanish manufacturer Sancal available in a variety of deep, bold hues. Enjoy Sancal’s video from the collection launch at Salone Internazionale del Mobile [...]  Read...
• • 16 May 2013
  • FFF – Bubble Wrapt about this one …
  • More colour and more innovation! Have you seen Wired Magazines recent Features Cover by Lo Siento, Spanish graphic design studio?  It’s simple genius!  However no doubt quite the laborious process.  To obtain the final result of the Features Cover, Lo Siento covered a wall in the humble but oh-so-appealing (!) bubble wrap, inserted coloured liquid dye [...]  Read...