KE-ZU Blog

The 2014 nanimarquina campaign at Salone Milano rests heavily on a few key products.  While 2013 saw the inception of the vast Naturals collection, this year the Spanish rug queen has an emphatic design message. We couldn’t help but get excited as we walked past Nanimarquina to see the familiar pattern and high craftsmanship of the Losanges rug by the...

Vondom have released a tonne of new seating, tables and accessories. Famous for their use of glamour models in promotional imagery it came as no surprise to find these beauties roaming around the Vondom stand. In stark contrast to Sancal, their neighbours in Hall 10, Vondom shone with brilliant white surfaces, mirrored and reflective plastic plinths and in perhaps homage to...

Andreu World’s Jesus Linares & Jasper Morrison Part of the new Andreu World catalogue is the On chair family by Jasper Morrison.  Morrison is a highly-acclaimed international designer who presented his first design for Andreu World to the KE-ZU team abroad. An intriguing story: the On collection spent over a year in the design phase, beginning with a singular...

Taking part in a collective stall “Made in Philippines” Kenneth Cobonpue and Hive presented their 2014 collection as a family affair in what is a diverse and exciting year ahead for Kenneth Cobonpue and Hive. Kenneth Cobonpue brought along the fam, together with the latest product. Seeing new collections for the first time gave KE-ZU an opportunity to understand the...

Weaving and dodging tripods, cameras, microphones and excited visitors only added to the excitement at bd Barcelona. Their mantra Design Meets Art was proudly displayed on the wall at their Salone Milano stand. ‘Camp bd’ was the place to be with celebrity designers Oscar Tusquets and Jaime Hayón bringing with them all the excitement that their new designs hold. Jaime, in...

Artifort's 2014 Salone Milano stand (see the "funny little chairs" peeking out) The smiles cemented on the faces at the Artifort stand were infectious. We were told it was because of Artifort’s new “funny little chair” parked next to us, but we doubt it can rely solely on that. Artifort’s 2014 campaign is a holistic blend of new designs...

Andreu World’s huge stand of brightly lit wood was stop numero uno.  The AW team have been hard at work developing new product and updating their existing catalogue with new materials, dimensions and components. Andreu World is a must see at Salone Milano, and early on visitors knew so.  The huge exhibition booth presented new models including On by Jasper...

In the blink of an eye another year has flown and the European sun has risen on the first day of Salone Internazionale del Mobile. Milan, a changing and adapting city which so beautifully merges history and commerce again plays host to the extraordinary annual fair, the stalwart event of the global design calendar. Now in its 53rd year, Salone...

Be inspired by our 25 brands, 300 designers and 5000 products to design the graphics for our new delivery van. We are open to any ideas, however it must include the KE-ZU logo in red. How to enter:  Download the line drawing + the KE-ZU logo. Create your design Fill in the entry form & upload your image as a jpeg...

The worlds largest and most coveted furniture fair kicks off in the magical Milano next Tuesday.  Here is our official Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2014 guide here. Caron, Moraima and Simon are off to Milan so stay tuned for our daily round ups throughout the fair and our post-Milan report in early May.