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The placement and quality of lighting in the workplace can have a significant influence on workers. In addition to aesthetic advantages, lighting can impact health and wellbeing, having an effect on mood, productivity, performance and safety. Here are some tips on workplace lighting, with help from our friends at LZF. Individual lights on and above workstations provide employees with more...

Award-winning Spanish designer Josep Lluscà applies his talent and experience to a broad range of design fields including lighting, furniture, electronics, toys, packaging and urban facilities. With an almost 45-year career, Josep has received worldwide accolades and has been at the origin of many Spanish design brands, including Fluvia and Enea. Addressing the practical considerations of form and function, his...

Missing the fun and design of DENFAIR? Or did you miss out on DENFAIR altogether? If so, this is the cure for you: a wrap up of KEZU at DENFAIR 2018 in Melbourne. KE-ZU upped the stakes this year with two exhibition stands featuring the best in commercial and contract furniture design from KE-ZU’s leading European and Japanese brands. The...

Denfair 2018 is just around the corner and this year KE-ZU is upping the stakes with two exhibition stands bringing you the best in commercial and contract furniture design. Held in Melbourne from 14 to 16 June, Denfair is an annual design industry event that brings together the best local and international brands in furniture, lighting, art and accessories. With...

Salone del Mobile Milan is KE-ZU’s favourite time of the year. This year we enlisted three Zu Insiders to take over the Zu-Gram, giving our followers insights and experiences as they happened.  Salone del Mobile Milan is the world’ biggest design fair and growing exponentially. With more than 2000 exhibitors at the fairgrounds and 1000-plus installations all around the city...

Salone del Mobile Milan is KE-ZU’s favourite time of the year. This year we enlisted three Zu Insiders to take over the Zu-Gram, giving our followers insights and experiences as they happened. Salone del Mobile Milan is the world’ biggest design fair and growing exponentially. With more than 2000 exhibitors at the fairgrounds and 1000-plus installations all around the city...

Salone del Mobile Milan is KE-ZU’s favourite time of the year. This year we enlisted three Zu Insiders to take over the Zu-Gram, giving our followers insights and experiences as they happened. Salone del Mobile Milan is the world’ biggest design fair and growing exponentially. With more than 2000 exhibitors at the fairgrounds and 1000-plus installations all around the city...

Parachilna’s new lighting collection Gémo showcases the extraordinary glassblowing skills of the Venetians. Designed by Luca Nichetto, the lamp has a faceted shape and imprinted surface evoking a ball of yarn – hence its name Gémo (“yarn ball” in the Venetian dialect). The mouth-blown glass lighting collection offers a spin on the classic spherical diffuser. The distinctive shade has sculpted...

When Parachilna debuted its inaugural lighting collection at Milan Design Week in 2014, it featured the work of Jordi Veciana, alongside that of Jaime Hayón and Stephen Burks. Veciana designed Parachilna’s Alistair and B15 collections with his personal penchant for geometric forms and luxury finishes. Spanish-born Veciana graduated from ELISAVA, Barcelona School of Design and Engineering in the mid-1980s with...

There’s no doubt lighting can have a great effect on our workplace productivity. Fluvia produces a collection of lighting systems that are designed specifically for tasks that require focus and concentration. Established in 2013, Fluvia has quickly built its reputation for innovative and adaptable lighting systems that have a strong architectural edge. Spanish designer Josep Lluscà created Fluvia’s first collections...