KE-ZU Blog
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On top: Aerial UTS Function Centre
Aerial UTS Function Centre has had a refresh with an updated design by Janja Wetherill with commercial builders INTREC and a range of contract furniture from KE-ZU. Aerial UTS is a purpose-built function centre with flexible indoor spaces and a terrace overlooking Anzac Bridge and the Sydney CBD. Catering for dinners, conferences, meetings, seminars, cocktail parties, presentations and more for up... -
Welcome to the Jungle: Sancal at Salone del Mobile Milan
Sancal is a perennial favourite at Salone del Mobile Milan and this year introduced its Jungla collection with a colourful scenography that had us venturing into a vivid and vibrant wilderness. “We were inspired by the diversity of nature in its wildest state, in its chiaroscuro, vibrant colours, randomness, impossible forms, limits and how we have transgressed them,” Sancal described. Artist... -
Denfair Preview: A sneak peek into what KE-ZU has lined up this year
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... -
Denfair Preview: Meet Taku Kumazawa, designer for axona AICHI
Denfair is the annual Australian design industry event that brings together the best local and international brands in furniture, lighting, art and accessories. This year, KE-ZU is proudly presenting a dedicated axona AICHI stand, with head designer Taku Kumazawa in attendance. Taku designs the high-end contract furniture for axona AICHI, which embody his ethos for durable, multifunctional and ultra-eco-friendly products... -
Salone del Mobile Milan 2018: Meet Zu Insider Lise Desebordes
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 2018: Meet Zu Insider Michelle Macarounas
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 2018: Meet Zu Insider Christina Khoo
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... -
Spinning a yarn: Parachilna’s new Gémo collection by Luca Nichetto
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... -
Bespoke elegance: Xanverí by estudi{H}ac
Sancal’s Magnum stools and lounge chairs are a graceful addition to the eclectic Xanverí restaurant in Madrid, Spain. Designed by José Manuel Ferrero of estudi{H}ac, the interior captures the bespoke elegance that defines Ferrero’s work. Xanverí is the latest restaurant of Chef César Anca who grew up in the traditional neighbourhood of Chamerí in Madrid and opened his first restaurant... -
Designers we love: Jordi Veciana for Parachilna
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...