Never ceasing to amaze us, Jaime Hayon’s latest interior design endeavour is Valencia restaurant Mar de Avellanas. Established in 2010, Mar de Avellanas was originally located in a narrow street next to the Valencia cathedral. But quickly becoming a firm favourite of locals, the restaurant required a larger location and a new design concept. Enter Jaime Hayón; the Spanish designer...
Mark your calendars because Salone Internazionale del Mobile is just a few days away. From 4–9 April, many of the world’s best furniture and lighting brands and designers will be gathering in Milan to show off their newest products and collections. With all eyes on Milan, here are our top 12 exhibits, events and installations to put in the diary...
Spanish-designer Jaime Hayon has racked up a long list of well-deserved accolades, including most recently being named Elle Decoration’s Designer of the Year 2016. Hayon seamlessly blends his intricate knowledge of craft and artisan skills with a good dose of experimentation, fantasy and humour to create furniture and lighting characterised by slender lines, curvaceous forms and soft textures. You’ll find a...
Jaime Hayon is known for his distinctive work that blends fine craftsmanship with experimentation and a captivating sense of fantasy. More than 10 years of Hayon’s work has been on display at the Design Museum Holon in Israel and the retrospective exhibition, fittingly titled Funtastico, vividly demonstrates Hayon’s eccentric creativity. Funtastico focuses on Hayon’s experimental work, rather than his high-end...
The NeoCon trade show has a reputation for exhibiting brands at the forefront of designing commercial spaces and contract furnishings and this year was certainly no different. Affirming the power and vitality of good design, 500 exhibitors demonstrated how it motivates, inspires, nurtures and connects. Amongst those exhibitors were four KE-ZU brands showcasing some of the latest and greatest in...
Jaime Hayon adds a side table to his Gardenias collection for bd. The Monkey side table is a useful sculpture made of solid architectural concrete suitable for indoor and outdoor use.
Each year Wallpaper* magazine's Design Awards single out the people, places, pieces and phenomena that have raised our pulses and this year KE-ZU supplier Parachilna was named Best New Brand! Inspired by the timeless landscape of a small town on the edge of the Australia desert, Parachilna is forging a philosophy built around honesty in design, an appreciation of the value of precious...
John M. Bernhardt takes any notion you may have about what a lumberjack should be and turns it completely on its head. He wasn’t beefy and brawny with bulging biceps and dodgy tattoos. He didn’t wear a beanie. Heck, he didn’t even own a red flannelette shirt. But what he lacked in stereotypes, he more than made up for as...
A giant in the world of design, BD Barcelona combines Spanish flair with an artistic sensibility. Barcelona is one of our favourite places to hang out. Why? Lots of reasons; for a start it was founded as a Roman city in the Middle Ages and merged with the Kingdom of Aragon, which we think sounds kind of like something from...