February 2013

Green Square, a complex intersection in Alexandria, a neighbourhood packed with design practices, furniture showrooms, Australia’s #1 business park, a heap of creative go-getters, and the home of KE-ZU looks set to become home to a bustling epicentre of culture for the ever growing area just south of central Sydney – said to be Australia’s largest urban development at this...

A piece that needs little introduction, the Gaulino Chair, designed Barcelona native Oscar Tusquets in 1987 has since become a modern Spanish classic and a point of reference in sculptural furniture design. Recently relaunching the iconic chair is KE-ZU supplier bd Barcelona.  The sculpted chair was awarded the Industrial Design Prze in 1989 and the Adi-Fad in 1990. We’ve shown...

We should start this Furniture Free Friday with a definition: Chromatophobia An abnormal aversion to colours or to certain colours. We found out about this phobia from a wonderful anecdotal article by Michael Bierut. For most people, colour is basic element of our daily lives that we use for comfort, inspiration, practicality, etc.  Doing a prancy 360 in the KE-ZU...

Here at the ‘ZU we have a bit of a fascination for Spain.  We aren’t alone – the world has an ever expanding love affair with the skilled European State, and with good reason.  A land bearing some of the worlds most successful and well-known creatives in history is worthy of a humble mention here on the KE-ZU Blog. The...

New to the Vondom catalogue and recently arriving in our showroom is the Bones collection of planters. Designed by Ludovica+Roberto Palomba for the Spanish manufacturer, Bones is characterised by its relative slimness and light weight comparable to its ability of strength.  Capable of reversibility to use either end to support any plant or tree, Bones is available in three shapes...

For Furniture Free Friday we thought we’d bring you a young Sydney creative – she’s talented in too many areas to name, you know the ones...  those people who seem to have boundless amounts of imaginative energy capable of turning water into wine. Sydney’s Melinda “Mindy” Nass has embarked herself on a personal creative challenge which spans the entire year...

It's a nice day for it, isn't it?

The Sydney Opera House, now considered the top New Seven Wonder of the World as voted by Teletex Holidays, is a worthy topic to revere. Is it any wonder then that it should be dissected to obtain a higher understanding of this building so worthy of its adoration? Examining the worthwhile topic in detail, The Opera House Project explores everything...

It’s no secret where the inspiration for LZF Lamps’ latest lighting feature ‘Raindrop’ has come from.  Javier Herrero Studio designed Raindrop to fall from the ceiling into a delicately handcrafted drop shape, plied from fine wood veneer, through which light emanating from a centralised glass sphere flows into its space. Raindrop falls into the larger LZF Lamps catalogue of finely...

With the world evolving and we increasingly understand how we tick, particularly at work, there are some forward thinking people out there which are creating workspaces which address so many of the issues which have been plaguing 9-5’ers for so long. The front runner has always been Google, and not to say that there aren’t contenders. Google Tel Aviv have...