KE-ZU Blog

Following the wildly successful Parisian Maison & Objet, 2014 sees the inaugural Maison&Objet Asia! Kicking off today for four days in Singapore, M&O Asia houses a selection of exhibitions with a strong focus on design in the region. Three KE-ZU suppliers are showing at the fair, bd Barcelona, Nanimarquina and Kenneth Cobonpue; the latter to be named the inaugural M&O...

Straight from the horses mouth!  In this case the horse is our Director Mark. Living the KE-ZU dream and filling his dining room with staff favourite Table B by Konstantin Grcic for Spanish manufacturer bd Barcelona, it also becomes apparent that he’s a bit of a stylist-come-photographer! Each day taking photos of his flowers blooming against the extruded aluminum of...

Image Courtesy 2Cellos Bucking trend for classical music and injecting new life is the Croatian duo 2Cellos.  By definition, yes 2Cellos consists of two cellists who take on modern pop and rock favourites, their first video was a classical take on Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal – the official video for that cover has been seen over 2.5 million times...

Image courtesy DesignBoom Artist Ian Strange, aka Kid Zoom’s latest installation art piece has dropped for the Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art.  Literally, dropped. In what could be the closest thing to the Wizard of Oz in Adelaide, Strange takes hostage of the forecourt of the Art Gallery of South Australia, creating a stunning site-specific piece of art which...

LZF Lamps' Stand - NYCImage courtesy InDesignLive Freelance writer Stephen Lacey recently authored a fabulous article about KE-ZU supplier LZF Lamps, their catalogue and their recent success at the Red Dot Design Awards. The article, published at InDesignLive includes some incredible photography and interesting tidbits of information about both the company, its product and its founders, two people we’re proud...

The Neri&Hu collection for De La Esapda became available in Australia for the first time late last year.  Available exclusively in Australia through KE-ZU, this collection of furniture represents a new aesthetic that is born from a cultural provocation; with Neri&Hu seeking to expand the scope of Chinese design.  This is heavily based on a mantra of expert craftsmanship, with...

Image courtesy DVF.com There are items that throughout time not only become iconic but also make history.  Diane von Furstenberg’s signature wrap-dress is one of these. The wrap dress was created in 1974, materializing and personifying a liberation movement for women.  By 1976 von Furstenberg had sold over a million wrap dresses around the world and cemented herself as...

Poly, 2014 (concept sketch)Commissioned by Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney, 2014.Image courtesy Tomahawk // Archer Breakspear Fugitive Structures is an annual architectural initiative aimed at emerging and mid-career architects run by the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF) in association with BVN Donovan Hill.   Open to a select group of entrants, the winner is given the opportunity to create a small...

After a week of Sydney’s overcast, rainy skies and a few furrowed brows and hopeful queries of “Is that the end of Summer?!”, the clouds have parted and Autumn is in full swing for the start of our working week. To mark this natural occasion, and to further cement the smiles on our dials, we thought Nancy Sinatra’s Sugartown was...

Image Courtesy E! Opinion in the KE-ZU showroom is divided.  This division isn’t terminal, it’s rather trivial: we don’t all keep up with the Kardashians (that is, until one is draped over the iconic 1967-designed Tongue lounge chair by Pierre Paulin in the case of the above image). Whether we love or hate the Kardashian clan, what binds us...