KE-ZU Blog

Knottee is the newest creation by Kenneth Cobonpue for Hive . Handmade using synthetic fibre, Knottee is a woven piece available as either suspension or a floor lamp.  This vogue piece is available with the option of being specified with a wide, grey middle band and slimmer olive outer strips or the reverse: olive middle band with grey outer strips...

We’ve previously featured caravans on this blog, that one came in the form of an amazing food truck doing the rounds of San Francisco. Without fear of becoming known as a blog of the travelling wheels, today we’d like to bring to you a truly unique hotel which has found itself in Berlin, arguably the worlds capital of what’s-cool-right-now. By...

KE-ZU was proud to again partner with YellowTrace, celebrating their third anniversary by co-sponsoring the YellowTrace reader survey by offering the Jaime Hayon designed vase from the Showtime Collection for bd Barcelona.  The lucky winner we are pleased to announce is David Caon - Sydney based designer - well done David! The Loot! The winner!

Some may say our Nation’s Capital has little drawcards.  The new East Hotel, nestled in the grooviest quarter of Canberra stylishly refutes such a claim. Turning away from the dreary neutral tones of hotels of times past, the East Hotel drowns itself in contemporary styling, artfully pieced by Sydney’s Sally Hieatt (Sally Hieatt Interiors). The East Hotel is a dense...

We are absolutely loving Craig and Karl. “Who are Craig and Karl?” you may say.  Well, Craig and Karl (their self-portraits above and below) are friends who live in different parts of the world, Craig in New York City and Karl in London.  They are illustrators specialising in installation who collaborate daily on work creating bold and fun graphic work...

56th Studio is the multi-disciplinary Bangkok based design studio which is emitting some quirky and rather sensational ‘sarcastic commentary’ pieces working with chairs, wall décor, fabric, pillows and handbags.  Excitingly, they follow the mantra of “form follows story” – and you’ll see how! The design trio behind the studio combines entrepreneurial skills with design, marketing and graphic degrees, they describe...

Teresa Sapey, the talented Italian architect, interior and industrial designer has our attentions today, and not only because of the abundance of interesting and quirky photographs of herself, or her enviable design mantra: It is to move emotions that I work with spaces, I’d go for provoking just about any kind of feeling, no matter what it is (…whether like...

On a recent trip to Los Angeles, this blog writer was fortunate enough to uncover and see many examples of a wondrous feat of architecture.  Googie Style; an inspiring and colourful chapter in the architectural history of L.A. It’s bold, it’s bright, it’s relatively kitschy… but it’s a bucket load of fun.   Originating in the modern architecture age in the...

From all of us here at KE-ZU we wish you a happy holiday season of laughter and joy, a Merry Christmas full of presents and food and only the very best for the coming year. KE-ZU will be closed from the 22nd of December 2012 and will re-open on the 7th of January 2013. Merry Christmas | Feliz Navidad

In late October Sydney hosted an annual workshop called ARCHIKIDZ.  A workshop run through the Sydney Architecture Festival which saw hundreds of children joining together at Carriageworks to talk, think and make architecture. The interactive workshop which was born in Amsterdam and is quickly spreading to other parts of the world seeks to (importantly) educate children about architecture and good...