October 2013

Wishing and hoping and thinking and praying, planning and dreaming ... for KE-ZU week 6! Andreu World - New Ronda Lievore, Altherr & Molina's New Ronda released in Orgatec 2012, exudes sensuality and comfort characterised by the synthesis between shape and constructive language. An extremely elegant and minimalist swivel chair with star base and shell available in oak veneered curved...

We’ve never covered a garden here on the Blog!  We realised this as the World Architecture Festival in Singapore took place and a homegrown Aussie garden brought home the landscape prize! The Australian Garden at Cranbourne, Victoria landed ‘Landscape of the Year’ at the Festival dubbed the ‘Olympics of Architecture’, the prestigious Landscape of the Year Award is decided by...

There’s talent, and then there’s talent.  On the talent scale, Neri&Hu, the Shanghai based multi-disciplinary Design and Research Office (even sounds great, doesn’t it) the scope of their work makes them living legends. Neri&Hu’s work spans architecture, interior, master planning, graphic, and product design services and each project is a step in the direction of greatness.  Currently working heavily internationally...

Eminent members of the lighting design community and super popular KE-ZU supplier LZF Lamps have released their Newsletter No. 17.  Always full of interesting morsels of info, this one doesn't disappoint. With material on their London Design Junction (and a great video), the Spanish Rojo Exhibition at Sala Vinçon (pictured), the making of their exhibition stand and an interview with ...

Design Week Mexico, 9 days of design, 103 events and more than 1,000 participants and kicks off this week! Celebrating its fifth year, DWM was launched in 2009 by a group of professionals with a simple, but very touch aim; to position Mexico among the design capitals of the world, and support and nurture up and coming Mexican designers. So...

Managed to swing by LZF Lamps' Blog recently?  The popular KE-ZU supplier and lighting design greats featured KE-ZU's lab coats, our uniform for Sydney Indesign 2013 on their blog recently  - check it out here!

Creativity is a wondrous thing.  Creativity so often is about process, as importantly as it is about the result.  Often we only get to see a finished product as the artist would allow us to see, but think about this… what if the process was the art itself and a different artist used somebody else’s creative process to adapt into...

... and so on forth we go!  Which KE-ZU product is your favourite so far? Fluvia - Slim Suspension bd Barcelona - Gaulino Chair This recently re-issued collection from 1987, is a multi-award winning design from the Spanish master  of design: Oscar Tusquets and BD Ediciones. Structure and back in solid ash natural varnished or stained.  Seat with internal frame...

Taking the “Because I said so” argument of parents at the dinner table the world over and extinguishing its relevance, Ryan Romanes applied thought to the needs of our next generation when designing his Urban Survival Pack. The idea is that the entire pack can be engaged with by children and adults alike. The 20cm square kit is designed to...

We love a little giveaway!   We are so excited by the arrival of the Showtime Lounger in the showroom recently, that for the entire month of October (get in quick!) we’ve decided to give away a free Showtime ottoman with any purchase of the Showtime Lounger!  This includes all finishes (available here) so it can be a show time in...