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Agern is a new restaurant in Grand Central Terminal, New York, and its interiors are a nod to Chef Claus Meyer’s Nordic cuisine, New York’s illustrious Art Deco architecture and the Danish concept of ‘hygge.’ Tucked away between Vanderbilt Hall and the 42nd Street southwestern passageway, Agern is located in what used to be a hairdressing salon and formerly the men’s...

Canadian studio I-V has created a tasty design for Campari Canada’s new Toronto office. Inspired by Campari posters and ingredients, the pastel-coloured workplace pays homage to Italian design. Gruppo Campari, which produces the famous 150-year-old Italian beverage along with a portfolio of other spirits, wines and soft drinks, acquired the Forty Creek Whisky distillery in Grimsby, Ontario, in 2014. The...

Milanese mosaic designer Orodè Deoro has transformed Vondom’s Curvado planter with a hand-cut ceramic coating for an exhibition at Chemin des Arts in Chartres, France. At 180 centimetres in height, the planter is taller than the artist and features a woman’s face and upper body at the front, and a parrot at the back. Created by Deoro and his brother...

Material has always been a vital element of Expormim’s products: the company originally worked with wicker before expanding into cane, beech wood and both natural and synthetic rattan. Now Expormim has added solid European oak to its palette, developing the Team and Basic storage collections. In these new collections, European oak is not only the main material, but its inherent...

Artifort’s Ribbon Chair is a design classic that is as captivating today as when Pierre Paulin designed it in 1966. Like all of Paulin’s seating, it blends invention and industrial innovation with the exploration of comfort and organic forms. Born in France in 1927, Paulin grew up in the northwest city of Laon and from an early age was inspired...

If you follow along on Instagram, you may have noticed I was very lucky to join the #KezuDesignTour2017 in late May/ early June which saw a small group of us travel to The Netherlands, Belgium and Spain for a week of immersion in design excellence. I always feel incredibly fortunate when having the opportunity to experience brands in their home...

We would love to thank all those who joined us as we hosted "Art of Design" presented by Dana Tomic Hughes. Dana shared her personal highlights of her recent tour to six of our brands’ factories and showrooms in Europe. The conversation centred around demystifying the production process of some of the world’s leading furniture and lighting suppliers in what was...

We were fortunate a few weeks ago to have Dana Tomic Hughes, interior designer and founder of Yellowtrace, share her personal highlights of her recent tour to six of our brands’ factories and showrooms in Europe. Presenting on 3 August 2017, Dana helped demystify the production process of some of the world’s leading furniture and lighting suppliers in what was...

Fluvia took the spotlight in this year’s iF DESIGN AWARD 2017 by picking up two well-deserved accolades. Fluvia’s Arch and Point luminaires received awards in the Product and Lighting categories. iF DESIGN AWARD is an annual event that was first held in 1953 by iF International Forum Design, the oldest independent design institute in Germany. Initiated by the trade fair...

Our team at KE-ZU is an exceptional bunch and when they continually excel we make sure they know their hard work is appreciated. To thank our KE-ZU sales team for their recent efforts we hatched a surprise. In the midst of June, we whisked them away on a team-building trip to Tasmania for an educational visit to our product testing...