Design News

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...

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 into the air-filled pockets...

Well while we're at it, here's designers Yonoh Studio on film at Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2013 explaining the inspiration for their latest creation, the Sumo sofa and armchair for Sancal, forming part of Sancal's Tierra collection. Find the KE-ZU Blog Milano post on the Sumo sofa and armchair, and the greater Tierra collection here. Shoo away those colleagues, this...

Furniture Free Friday goes a bit clothes free this week.  What?!  Why not. Imagine waking up in the morning, have a little breakfast, get dressed to go to work make your way to work, follow the same routine, all in the norm.  Until boom!  German artist Milo Moiré’s latest curated performance "The Script System" happens upon you. Moiré recently sent...

We found this place a few years ago and it has stuck with us.  Without a doubt we know that it’ll do the same to you.  A wondrous feat of architecture and a prime example of design within a complex landscape of sand and water. Brazilian architect Marcio Kogan designed this spectacular holiday residence in 2009.  Located in one of...

Join us for a nostalgic trip today.  Surely, this blog Editor wasn’t the only one who had a bookshelf at home with his parents as a youngster filled with the vibrant yellow of the National Geographic Magazine.  Many weekend days spent pouring through them, no matter how outdated and wondering about the world at large.  I have my parents to...

Furniture Free Friday couldn’t come sooner, coming off the back of Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2013 and bringing with it a a reprieve from the inundation of incredible furniture on show at the moment which has more than just a little excited! With the Milano sensory overload continuing, we thought we’d bring to you a special piece for FFF. This...

One of the most exciting companies doing the rounds these days is the Melbourne born Aesop range of skin care and accessories.  Utilising natural and organic products and spinning them into delicious (albeit inedible) products destined to make you feel better about being you. Their international sales now outweigh their domestic sales, and their name has become synonymous with good...

With the worlds largest and most coveted furniture fair kicking off in the magical Milano today (and if you’re lucky to be visiting the famed fair, don’t forget to grab a copy of our Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2013 guide here) we thought we’d take a little journey down memory lane and spend some time looking at a small portion...

Another Friday has rolled around and today being our self-imposed ‘Furniture Free Friday’ we of course set out to find a suitable topic for discussion. Inspiration for these weekly entries comes from all over.  We see, we hear and, we discover things of note and we write about them.   This week, two interesting things of note were thrown at us...