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Artifort is so highly regarded in the furniture industry it’s almost as if they are the foster parent of classic, original design.  They grow and maintain a database of reissued classics from great names such as Pierre Paulin, Geoffrey Harcourt, René Holten and Patrick Norguet. Two key pieces from Pierre Paulin, the Orange Slice and Little Tulip  are now in stock at KE-ZU. Should...

Forming part of their Stereovision campaign (see the blog post here), LZF Lamps have released a series of images called Custom Constellations. Following the incredible Candelabro, a sort of ‘greatest hits’ of LZF Lamps products artfully structured by Marivi Calvo, Custom Constellations groups similar LZF Lamps products together to form a cluster – adding to the impact that these pieces...

A wonderful aspect of supplying a huge diverse range of quality designer furniture is seeing these pieces installed into spaces where people can enjoy them. Design is all around us, and whether one is aware or not, we all form opinions about our surroundings – we use our senses and form opinions on spaces and objects for their aesthetic value...

NYC based “brass house band” Too Many Zooz have made a name for themselves highjacking subway stations of The Big Apple with their distinctive sound and energetic performances. Glorified buskers, the band plays for commuters at various subways the experimental trio consists of a saxophonist, a trumpet player and a drummer.   Interestingly, Questlove (frontman and drummer for the band The...

As the saying goes, “There are two sides to every coin”. So true this proverb is when applied to violence in design. In May 2013 the world was shocked when the exciting new venture of 3D printing, heralded as a giant step in the manufacturing sector, was put to work printing a gun. The material used to print the operational...

How time flies when you’re having fun!  Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2014 is less than two weeks away! Without a doubt colleagues and like-minded peers are beginning their journey to the furniture Mecca where over 1,200 exhibitors showcase their catalogue to 285,000 visitors. We are at the minute hurriedly information gathering and our guide to the fair will be available...

Printerest San Francisco Offices. Photograph Naho Kubota and Eddy Joaquim © Step inside Pinterest's new San Francisco offices. First Office, All of the Above, and Schwartz and Architecture collaborated on the design of these amazing offices, which feature 100s of Lottus Chairs designed by Lievore, Altherr & Molina for Enea. Printerest San Francisco Offices. Photograph Naho Kubota and Eddy Joaquim © Printerest San Francisco Offices. Photograph...

For anybody (like us) who is making their way to Milan for Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2014 next month you may want to add Frankfurt into your itinerary. Taking place on 30 March – 4 April 2014, Light + Building presents the latest in innovative lighting, electrical engineering, house and building automation and software.  The main theme across 2,300 exhibitors...

The KE-ZU showroom transforms for the new product Fun is the best word to describe what we’ve been up to over the past few days. It’s just like Christmas (without the time off!) when we unpack furniture we haven’t had the opportunity to experience yet.  One of the biggest deliveries KE-ZU has seen for a long time is the...

Like you designers, film directors have a style for which they are known: think Kubrick’s one-point perspective corridors, Tarantino’s gore, Allen’s self-deprecation and Hitchcock’s cameos, these become their cinéma objet d'art.  Known for his distinctive visual and narrative film style, Wes Anderson carries a further trait in his filmmaking: symmetry.  Without exception, all of his films use symmetry to frame...