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Ross Lovegrove, revered industrial designer and visionary is renowned for his flowing and organic inspired designs (some of which for suppliers bd Urban Transit and Bernhardt Design are available at KE-ZU) and has a passion for sustainability and forward thinking: …everything around is ( … ) open to new interpretation, we have gone to see a big physical change in...

Knottee is the newest creation by Kenneth Cobonpue for Hive . Handmade using synthetic fibre, Knottee is a woven piece available as either suspension or a floor lamp.  This vogue piece is available with the option of being specified with a wide, grey middle band and slimmer olive outer strips or the reverse: olive middle band with grey outer strips...

56th Studio is the multi-disciplinary Bangkok based design studio which is emitting some quirky and rather sensational ‘sarcastic commentary’ pieces working with chairs, wall décor, fabric, pillows and handbags.  Excitingly, they follow the mantra of “form follows story” – and you’ll see how! The design trio behind the studio combines entrepreneurial skills with design, marketing and graphic degrees, they describe...

From all of us here at KE-ZU we wish you a happy holiday season of laughter and joy, a Merry Christmas full of presents and food and only the very best for the coming year. KE-ZU will be closed from the 22nd of December 2012 and will re-open on the 7th of January 2013. Merry Christmas | Feliz Navidad

We love our furniture.  Pretty obviously, we live and breathe it here at KE-ZU. The distinction between tables available on the current market can be astonishing.  Responding to designs changing needs in materiality, sustainability, size and adaptability lends itself to creating a diverse range of table components. Designers the world over are working with different methods, utilising different materials in exciting...

Following our accidental “Salvador Dali Week” a fortnight ago, we thought we may note to our French friends, and travellers that last month saw the launch of a major exhibition on the great surrealist artist, Salvador Dali, at the Georges Pompidou Centre in Paris. This exhibition, devoted to the world of the Spanish surrealist - a prolific painter, sculptor, writer...

Getting to know your colleagues is always important.  Often we spend more time with our colleagues than our partners, friends or family. Sometimes these employment connections are born from visiting the same café during a break, having mutual friends or living in the same area.  Other times, it’s about extra-curricular collections, and this is the premise of this anecdotal Furniture...

Salvador Dali. Pause.  Salvador Dali.  Pause.  Repeat. This is not how this blog post was intended to start.  But with so much to say about one interesting man, the mind races and sometimes all that lingers is a pause. So without further delay, here’s today’s Furniture Free Friday.  The subject matter derived from Wednesday's post about long-time KE-ZU supplier Spanish...

The spirited furniture manufacturer bd Barcelona was founded in 1972 as “bd Ediciones de Diseño”, a collaboration of a talented group of architects, designers and art talents.  Since then bd Barcelona has had a few name changes but the mantra remains the same, merging art and design. The 1970’s were a progressive time of art, design and art theory and...

To state the obvious, design and decoration is constantly changing.  For a time, different facets of design are sometimes elevated to the forefront of our industry and the products born from this proudly flood our market.   Always humbly plodding along, but never quite forgotten is the light.  From the most influential designs and decorations to the humblest of homes, lighting...