KE-ZU Blog

Back to the grindstone eh? What better way to kick off another week than with a heart-starting electronic dance floor stomping beat from English duo Monarchy. Starting their career remixing songs by the likes of Kylie Minogue, Ellie Goulding, Lady Gaga, Kelis and Jamiroquai – one of their first releases under their own name is “Disintegration”.  Taking time out of...

We found this place a few years ago and it has stuck with us.  Without a doubt we know that it’ll do the same to you.  A wondrous feat of architecture and a prime example of design within a complex landscape of sand and water. Brazilian architect Marcio Kogan designed this spectacular holiday residence in 2009.  Located in one of...

Understanding the creative eye behind a photographic shoot is a skill.  It must be analysed in such a way, taking into account factors that may not be available to us.  More so, photographic work can lead us down a path to visualise the sometimes unseen, or unacknowledged. The new works of New York City based Australian expat photographer Benjamin Jay...

Nanimarquina, the green and ethically conscious Spaniard and rug manufacturing guru took a new approach for her 2013 campaign, with a collection titled “Naturals”, and releasing a black and cream dyed version of the popular Losanges II by the Bourroullec brothers. LOSANGES II Expanding on the colourful patterned original Losanges rug for nanimarquina which was an experiment reinterpreting the traditional...

Here’s one we’ve been waiting for. Sancal’s Tierra Collection (as introduced in the video below, as well as the landscape of Yecla, Sancal’s home town) outlines the new collection from the Spanish manufacturer.  Tierra, translating to soil, earth, or ones homeland in Spanish.   Again working with bold shape and colour, Sancal has employed some serious design heavyweight to round out...

The film Get Yourself a College Girl of 1964 by the Sidney Miller is the beach house teen movie musical which formed the perfect platform for the Brazilian singer Astrud Gilberto to launch “The Girl from Ipanema”, the international Grammy award winning hit which we bring to you today. The Metrocolour film houses interior set decoration in an interesting mix...

One of the Philippines design minds pumped up his stand at Salone this year, Kenneth Cobonpue presented many new works, some of which an experimentation with lineal perception, others reintroducing staple pieces in bold new hues for what looks set to be a stellar year for the ever popular Cobonpue. TRAME Designed by Italian born Federica Capitani of her self-titled...

Hive is a collective of international creatives and artisans.  Led by the international design genius Kenneth Cobonpue, Hive cultivates an environment of creative freedom, merged with a strong conceptual sense of original lighting and planting product.   Falling into the larger Hive catalogue is their newest collection of innovative lighting product. ANGEL ‘Angel’ by celebrated jewellery and object designer Francis Dravigny...

Join us for a nostalgic trip today.  Surely, this blog Editor wasn’t the only one who had a bookshelf at home with his parents as a youngster filled with the vibrant yellow of the National Geographic Magazine.  Many weekend days spent pouring through them, no matter how outdated and wondering about the world at large.  I have my parents to...

Spain’s innovative VONDOM offers the glamour of a new sensory experience where the colours, texture and shape play an important role in creating exciting outdoor furniture. Vondom’s Milano campaign launched exciting and innovative new collections from internationally acclaimed designers such as Ross Lovegrove, Fabio Novembre and Ora Ito. Vondom continues to work with their signature materials and production methods in...