We met around 2007 in Berlin. Back then, we were still active in the urban art scene, mainly painting murals and screen-printing posters. Over the years we got into other creative fields and started to really collaborate with each other. That's when Zebu was born.

The way we paint is a result of the way we see the things around us. When we look at an object, shape or figure we feel the need to reduce its form and make it more abstract. We like to erase all the unimportant information and focus on the essence. Through this creative process our work becomes bold and dynamic.

We love to take walks around the city or in the nature when we get stuck in the creative process. Just walking around, seeing random things, colours and shapes, listening to random conversations of strangers can sometimes give you the idea you have been waiting for hours at the studio.

The advantage of working with images is that you can communicate in a visual way; you don’t need words. It’s a universal language that can talk to everybody in the world. It’s a great way to break frontiers!

It probably sounds super cheesy and it’s one of these answers that you read in nearly every interview, but the best way to keep the fun in your work is to have fun while doing it. If you love what you do you will see it in the results. For us it’s important to keep that in mind before we agree to collaborate on projects or jobs.

It was a great experience to work with Zuczug. They gave us lots of creative freedom and were open to all of our ideas – even the craziest ones. Working in Shanghai and Beijing with their fashion design team was really inspiring. Thinking about the right fabrics, the shapes of the clothes, the colours and the illustrations was almost like working on a sculpture. It’s also great to see the work come to life when people are actually wearing it.

Like you mentioned, zines are a great way to publish your own projects. It doesn’t matter if an art director, publishing house or the mainstream market is interested in it. You can just do it and hand the results to your friends, like-minded artists or spread them in fairs and shops. We think zines are a great way for creative people to bring their work to live. Plus it’s just awesome to print your own work. Looking at it just on the screen is boring, isn’t it?