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It came to my attention today that it is the birth date of the late Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes.   A truly talented and passionate pop-artist, rapper and one-third of four time Grammy winning girl band TLC who tragically passed away in 2002. Outrageous in behaviour and outrageously gifted went hand in hand for Left Eye, who often rapped on collaborative...

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 creates an atmosphere of creativity...

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, wide-leg engineered denim, albeit...

There’s something incredibly refreshing about reinvention.   There’s also something incredibly romantic about tradition, and maintaining some of the customs and social law we bring with us from the past. Merge the two – and you’ve got Daniel Forkin’s new advertising campaign for the New York City Opera. Innovatively transporting images from famous operatic pieces forming part of the NYC Opera’s...

We brought you the new Vondom products launched at Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2013 recently, and now, here is a great video by Archiproducts showing the oh-so-cool Vondom party in Milan, together with interviews from two of the collections designers, Ora Ito, Fabio Novembre. Note, if you're as fortunate as we are and have bilingual members on staff, bring them...

The story of Sixto Rodgriguez is a fascinating one.  If anyone has seen the Academy award winning film “Searching or Sugarman”, the documentary outlining his life and delayed rise to fame will know this. For those who don’t, Sixto Rodriguez was a drifter, a construction worker from Detroit whose lyrical content and entrancing voice was discovered in the 1960’s.   Signed...

Indecasa unveiled the new collection designed by Jordi Ribaudí Studio, the multi-disciplinary creative team hailing from Spain.  Including chairs, low-wide chairs, tables, coffee tables and stools, the collection is an exercise if optical illusions, weaving and solid construction practice.   Fusing functionality with high-end aesthetics, Espiga is a geometric beauty which no doubt will find itself comfortable in any setting. The...

Sellex’s aim to produce and distribute well designed products for the home market at prices which a wide segment of consumers could afford turned the company into a Spanish powerhouse of production in close collaboration with a bevy of some of Spain’s most acclaimed designers. Sellex products are now sold in 30 different countries around the world, predominately for...

Artifort have put their thinking caps on this year.   Adding to their collection of exclusive licences in re-releasing design classics by Geoffrey D. Harcourt and Pierre Paulin, Artifort have introduced a junior range of smaller sized furniture aimed at the design-conscious little ones and managed to squeeze in enough time to work with Missoni to create a set of printed...

Back to the grindstone eh? What better way to kick off another week than with a heart-starting electronic dance floor stomping beat from English duo Monarchy. Starting their career remixing songs by the likes of Kylie Minogue, Ellie Goulding, Lady Gaga, Kelis and Jamiroquai – one of their first releases under their own name is “Disintegration”.  Taking time out of...