Design News

We are absolutely loving Craig and Karl. “Who are Craig and Karl?” you may say.  Well, Craig and Karl (their self-portraits above and below) are friends who live in different parts of the world, Craig in New York City and Karl in London.  They are illustrators specialising in installation who collaborate daily on work creating bold and fun graphic work...

Teresa Sapey, the talented Italian architect, interior and industrial designer has our attentions today, and not only because of the abundance of interesting and quirky photographs of herself, or her enviable design mantra: It is to move emotions that I work with spaces, I’d go for provoking just about any kind of feeling, no matter what it is (…whether like...

On a recent trip to Los Angeles, this blog writer was fortunate enough to uncover and see many examples of a wondrous feat of architecture.  Googie Style; an inspiring and colourful chapter in the architectural history of L.A. It’s bold, it’s bright, it’s relatively kitschy… but it’s a bucket load of fun.   Originating in the modern architecture age in the...

In late October Sydney hosted an annual workshop called ARCHIKIDZ.  A workshop run through the Sydney Architecture Festival which saw hundreds of children joining together at Carriageworks to talk, think and make architecture. The interactive workshop which was born in Amsterdam and is quickly spreading to other parts of the world seeks to (importantly) educate children about architecture and good...

Prominent French architect Jean Nouvel (pictured above) was awarded the highly-acclaimed Prtizker Prize for Architecture in 2008, the jury citing in their rationale: His inquisitive and agile mind propels him to take risks in each of his projects, which, regardless of varying degrees of success, have greatly expanded the vocabulary of contemporary architecture. Nouvel is the man who brought us...

Covering a song most famously performed by The Beatles, and written by none other than the lyrical gods Lennon and McCartney is not an easy feat.   Presumably it takes courage and a high-sense of ones talent to ever dare enter a world requiring such skill and care. Doubtless, some have failed in their quest. In our opinion however this little...

The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo. Today’s Furniture Free Friday crawls into the realm of technology, CGI  and one man who humanises film using two such methods. We bring to you Third and the Seventh.  A company consisting of its sole Spanish designer, who goes by the professional alias of Alex Roman.   Roman is a professionally...

In the manner of times past, it seems that sticking together and having a group of peers can lead to success in the arts world.  The 1960’s had the Rat Pack, the 1980’s the Brat Pack, we’re experiencing the Frat Pack as we speak but there’s a new pack emerging... and it’s brewing like an incoming storm. Today’s FFF goes...

Here at KE-ZU we love diving into our product catalogue and learning more about said product and the creative driver behind it. Looking above our heads to our intelligent lighting system, we catch a glimpse of one of our most intriguing products, the genius “On Line” lighting system by Belgian architect/designer Bart Lens for manufacturer Eden. Lens, a fascinating subject...

Industrial design genius Konstantin Grcic has leant his hand to bd Barcelona and now offers Table B, the first piece to drop from the ‘Extrusions Collection’, a family of furniture synthesizing industrial aesthetics and manual processing. Drawing obvious visual inspiration from bd Barcelona’s Hypóstila shelving unit, a signature piece from the Spanish manufacturers 1970’s catalogue, Table B seems to transcend...