Z-A is dedicated to exposing the unexpected in the mundane.


Z-A believes that a sustainable project is first and foremost a project that can live longer. A flexible design approach equips the project with the ability to adapt and respond to changing needs, uses and identities over time.


Z-A explores extreme material implications of the most ordinary constraints. Efficiency, budget and identity generate the selection of adequate material in response.


From Z to A; choosing the material at the beginning reverses the typical design process where materials are applied onto a concept. This approach enables the flexible evolution of the design where instead of having a fixed idea, the design is, in effect, ever changing.


Z-A’s design approach is a deliberate move away from stylistic or formal uniformity, expressing Z-A’s genuine interest in the mundane, the found or given condition, which is clearly different from one project to the other. Moreover it is meant to display that starting with the obvious, doesn’t lead to an obvious result.