KE-ZU Blog

The stakes are high when you’re designing a café that has one of the world’s most famous buildings as its setting, and one of the world’s most beautiful cities as its backdrop. But French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has proved how it’s done at Café Mollien in The Louvre in Paris with an interior scheme to complement its location, because there’s...

Vondom, Andreu World and Artifort dished up outstanding furniture collections designed for hospitality venues at Milan this year and we now have their latest table and seating solutions in store. Here’s what’s new at KE-ZU. Vondom has three new collections that work in a variety of hospitality styles and settings both indoors and outdoors. The Brooklyn Stool is designer Eugeni...

Solomillo is a modern new restaurant in the Alexandra DoubleTree Hotel by Hilton Barcelona that is an exemplary model of classic contemporary Spanish design thats worthy of worldwide recognition. Solomillo has an open-plan brasserie dedicated to meat on the mezzanine level, and a spectacular charcuterie bar at street level. With interior design by Spanish studio Borrell Jover Arquitectos, Solomillo is...

Bernhardt Design’s Mellow sofa has an ingenious twist: the user can customise it to enhance their own levels of comfort. Indeed, in a world where we seek an increasingly individualised experience, the Mellow sofa can be personally tailored to our relaxation and postural preferences. Bernhardt Design is renowned for its highly skilled craftsmanship and is a leader in promoting the...

LZF is well versed in the power and potential of good communication design. With a profusion of well-designed wood veneer lights, LZF co-founder Marivi Calvo enjoys the rather enviable task of choosing which lamps will feature in any upcoming photo shoot. Marivi selects the lights she knows will work best in a particular environment and has mastered the art of...

After much anticipation, we are excited to introduce Bernhardt Design’s latest arrivals, which have all the craftsmanship, luxury and environmental credentials the company is renowned for. Based in the foothills of the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina, Bernhardt Design is a leader in contemporary furniture design in America and around the world. Working with some of the leading...

Sancal’s Futura Collection has gone ‘back to the future,’ so to speak, with a contemporary and nostalgic reinterpretation of the future as it was imagined in the 1960s. Debuting at this year’s Milan Furniture Fair, Futura showcased six designer furniture collections and a textile and object series. The 1960s was the golden age of Futurism with the likes of NASA, The...

Orgatec is the leading international trade fair for modern work environments. As modern offices promote the interaction of working environment, work processes and work culture, this year’s theme “Creativity Works” takes a holistic view of how design can contribute to fostering creativity and productivity. Orgatec will take place in Cologne, Germany from 25 to 29 October 2016, and will feature...

With an ever-accruing list of awards Luchetti Krelle’s star just keeps on rising. Kiyomi is one of the most recent restaurants to benefit from the architecture and design practice’s golden touch and its interior design is as exciting and surprising as its cutting-edge cuisine. Kiyomi opened in December 2015 as part of the major renovation at Jupiters Hotel and Casino...

Take an Argentinian architect, a German designer and stylist, and a Spanish industrial designer, and commission them to collaborate with some of the world’s best furniture manufacturers, and the result is a stunning portfolio of work as diverse as the designers themselves. Based in Barcelona, Lievore Altherr Molina is a multi-disciplinary studio specialising in furniture, product, packaging and interior design...