October 2010

After $1.2 billion invested, ten years of planning and negotiations with almost two years of CBD traffic turmoil, the new Westfield Sydney finally welcomed punters to phase one of the gigantic development. For those unfamiliar with the project and location, the better part of Sydney City's primary outdoor retail strip; Pitt Street Mall, was progressively bought up by the...

Image © Copyright Huw Lambert and Jellyfish Photography Hot on the heels of the recent relaunch of The Argyle in Sydney's historic "Rocks" precinct, comes the Bavarian Hospitality Group's newest gastro offering: The Cut Bar & Grill. Another expert interior from the masterminds at Luchetti Krelle plays backdrop to a bistro for beef lovers and meat cut connoisseurs. The heritage...

Since 1999 the commanding, measured commentary of Britain's Kevin McCloud has been synonymous with the voyeurism of following everyday Brits embarking on their own building projects. Quite aside from the varied approaches to design and construction that are showcased, what has reinforced the Grand Design format's overwhelming success both in the UK and here in Australia is that at the...

Pop it in your diary and keep the night free: Monument Magazine's Create-A-Date series holds its second Sydney "LIVE" event at the KE-ZU showroom in Surry Hills on October 27th.  RSVP HERE. Pairing industry creatives from varied backgrounds then setting them a hypothetical design challenge, the collaborative process is afforded a fresh, innovational freedom.  The expertise of two polar...

A REAL TREAT THIS WEEK. THE SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY'S WHARF REVUE OPENED TO RAVE REVIEWS LAST WEEK AND WILL PLAY UNTIL MID DECEMBER, WITH A SEASON IN MELBOURNE AT THE VICTORIAN ARTS CENTRE THROUGHOUT JANUARY.  CAST MEMBER, CO-WRITER AND MUSICAL DIRECTOR PHIL SCOTT GRACES YOU-ZU WITH HIS WIT THIS WEEK! MARCH 2011 WILL SEE PHIL HOPPING OVER TO NEW YORK...

From October 20, 2010 the acclaimed 50 Years of Italian Chairs exhibition takes a seat in Sydney. Currently wowing crowds at Brisbane's QPAC, curator Alessandro Mendini, editor of Italian design magazine, DOMUS examines seating design from the second half of the 20th Century: Mendini offers the chairs as small pieces of ‘architecture’ whose design has tested the mettle of renowned artists...

British born artist, Jason de Caires Taylor's La Evolución Silenciosa (The Silent Evolution) is simply breathtaking... not least because it is 9 metres below sea level! The famed environmental artist and scuba fanatic's response to the overuse of Cancun's delicate reef systems by the 750,000 annual visitors was to draw some away to a new artificial reef comprised of some...

The new ranges by Karim Rashid, Ramon Esteve and A-Cero for VONDOM were showcased in all their technicolour, illuminated glory at the recent Feria Habitat in Valencia. Click the image above to see their remote controlled RGB LED function at work en masse, synchronized across the whole collection.  If this doesn't get heads turning what will!?

For the nosey parker or latent sticky beak in all of us there is a way to satiate that niggling curiosity about what lies behind the "PRIVATE" sign and beyond those barricades for "STAFF ONLY"... an event run by the Historic Houses Trust so fantastic that it opens doors across Sydney allowing you, for one day: access to sites unseen...

Black is most definitely back!  You asked for it and you got it, the perennial favourite: CU-C-ME from HIVE is now available for the first time in black! We got so excited we wanted to showcase some of the other sleek black editions now also offered from our suppliers: bd Ediciones, VONDOM, EMU and Artifort.