November 2010

An environmental conscience and a serve of good old Dutch courage has seen a novel reuse of discarded Newspaper spearheaded in Eindhoven City, Holland. 2009 Dutch Design Award Winners - Vij5, have collaborated with the very clever Mieke Meijer to develop an altogether new material for construction and manufacturing made entirely from renewable resources. Using pre-loved papers they tightly bind...

The classic Ronda Armchair  and Pigalle Table are familiar sights in cafes and homes across Europe and the US. EMU have now questioned why the grown ups should be having all the fun... so here are the table and chair's bright, bubbly offspring: Baby Ronda and Baby Pigalle.  A cool collection for the little ones. Maintaining the same standards and...

It would seem Vondom and its stable of acclaimed designers can do no wrong.  Over the past twelve months their product lines have been selected for use and exhibition at almost every major sporting and media event across their native Spain, as well as many abroad. Gran Hermano 2010 the twelfth season of Spain's Big Brother program launched last...

It was only a matter of time: Architecture now has it's own interactive, encyclopedic, iPhone and iPad application: ArkSolut. While it may not be the very first piece of hand-held pocket software to delve into the wonders of the built world, it might just be the most comprehensive and in a sense; practical, resource regarding architecture, design and contemporary urban...

...but the 15 storey Ark Hotel in Changsha, China was erected in just 6 days! Sure, it's pre-fab, round the clock and wont win any awards for it looks but the logistics of the undertaking are mind-blowing. We also want to point out that if you watch the time-code and footage carefully enough, you might see us deliver and install...

Arguably Japan's most Internationally recognised architect and designer: Toyo Ito has made a striking, indelible mark on the Spanish design scene, adding his Modern Asian chapter to their multi-faceted design history. Hotel Santos Porta Fira in Barcelona's port district combines conference facilities, a cubist commercial tower and 110m tall hotel in a distinct irregularly shaped building referencing the form...

Last Thursday saw the ninth IDEA Awards by the team at (inside) magazine, celebrated at The Ivy Room and The Ivy Lounge in Sydney. As usual, the event was sold out and the spectacular after-party continued until the wee hours of Friday morning.  Without saying too much, we may or may not be aware of a number of bleary eyed...

The KE-ZU Blog has hit 100 posts and in such a short space of time are chuffed to have developed such a great, loyal following with readership increasing daily across Australia and abroad! Thanks to all who have been checking in.  We're very pleased with the way things are progressing and really encourage you to drop us a line with...

Our fearless correspondent is safely back on local soils after a whirlwind trip through Japan, Germany, Belgium and the US taking in Orgatec, Interieurs and Tokyo Design Week. Today we're taking a peek at some of the items that piqued our interest at the recent Orgatec 2010 in Cologne.  The Spaniards were of course in fine form with SELLEX...

On the evening of Wednesday the 27th October, the KE-ZU showroom was filled with guests for the latest installment in MONUMENT Magazine's Create-A-Date: Live series.  Click here to check out some pictures over at the KE-ZU Facebook page. With the wonderful pairing of Andy MacDonald from MacInteractive Architects and Julie Paterson of Cloth Fabrics, the audience were treated to an...