KE-ZU Blog

Bernhardt Design’s Mitt chair is true to its name and fits like a glove. Inspired by the baseball glove, the multipurpose chair is rounded and relaxed and adaptable for an array of applications. Mitt’s designers Harry and Claudia Washington of DUE, met at the University of Applied Arts in San Salvador where they studied interior design, following which they founded...

You know that feeling you get when you enter a special place where the building, the product, the history and the context all align in perfect harmony, and you can literally feel the hairs on your head stand up, followed by an onset of intense goose bumps? That visceral response to witnessing something so profoundly beautiful and so very special...

Material has always been a vital element of Expormim’s products: the company originally worked with wicker before expanding into cane, beech wood and both natural and synthetic rattan. Now Expormim has added solid European oak to its palette, developing the Team and Basic storage collections. In these new collections, European oak is not only the main material, but its inherent...

Artifort’s Ribbon Chair is a design classic that is as captivating today as when Pierre Paulin designed it in 1966. Like all of Paulin’s seating, it blends invention and industrial innovation with the exploration of comfort and organic forms. Born in France in 1927, Paulin grew up in the northwest city of Laon and from an early age was inspired...

If you follow along on Instagram, you may have noticed I was very lucky to join the #KezuDesignTour2017 in late May/ early June which saw a small group of us travel to The Netherlands, Belgium and Spain for a week of immersion in design excellence. I always feel incredibly fortunate when having the opportunity to experience brands in their home...

We would love to thank all those who joined us as we hosted "Art of Design" presented by Dana Tomic Hughes. Dana shared her personal highlights of her recent tour to six of our brands’ factories and showrooms in Europe. The conversation centred around demystifying the production process of some of the world’s leading furniture and lighting suppliers in what was...

We were fortunate a few weeks ago to have Dana Tomic Hughes, interior designer and founder of Yellowtrace, share her personal highlights of her recent tour to six of our brands’ factories and showrooms in Europe. Presenting on 3 August 2017, Dana helped demystify the production process of some of the world’s leading furniture and lighting suppliers in what was...

Fluvia took the spotlight in this year’s iF DESIGN AWARD 2017 by picking up two well-deserved accolades. Fluvia’s Arch and Point luminaires received awards in the Product and Lighting categories. iF DESIGN AWARD is an annual event that was first held in 1953 by iF International Forum Design, the oldest independent design institute in Germany. Initiated by the trade fair...

Our team at KE-ZU is an exceptional bunch and when they continually excel we make sure they know their hard work is appreciated. To thank our KE-ZU sales team for their recent efforts we hatched a surprise. In the midst of June, we whisked them away on a team-building trip to Tasmania for an educational visit to our product testing...

Many design concepts are born on a sheet of paper, but far fewer are developed from a sheet of paper. The Nuez chair by Patricia Urquiola is one such design, with its original concept born from the idea of a gently folded sheet of paper. Nuez is Urquiola’s second collaboration with Andreu World and it’s enveloping form and defined folds...