BDBL - KEM STUDIO

Better Design Better Living™ – BDBL

We believe that good design can influence how we live and how we navigate daily life. We also believe that the simple act of paying attention to the nuance of daily life makes us better designers. Along the way, we will document some of that inspiration and share it with you here on BDBL.

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We are grateful for all of the projects that we got to work on this year and are excited to feature a few of those that #wrapped up in 2020. Cheers to our team, clients and collaborators for such delightful experiences this year and to the ones that await us in 2021.

We always appreciate when our work is shown love and reaches more and more people. With that in mind, we highlighted a few articles this year from the likes of Design Milk (Homestead Residence), Metropolis (Parallel), Business of Furniture (Upfit 2020 Extension + Parallel) and the Wall Street Journal (Adobe Lab82).

We had several projects that were recognized with awards this year... Aperture (a project started with Herman Miller) was Longlisted in the Workplace Design category of the 2020 Dezeen Awards, MODERN WEAVE 3.0 was awarded as a Finalist in the IDEA Awards, Hide (Loftwall) received an Honoree for the 2020 Interior Design Magazine HiP at Neocon Award, and last but not least our studio was Longlisted for Designer of the Year for the 2020 Dezeen Awards. Super proud of our team!

We added some new faces to our team this year! Tayvia, Grace, Lauren, and Anna have been incredible additions to the studio and have brought a wide variety of experiences in design and business to the table. They have already made a great impact on the team and the work we've done this year and we are excited for more as we move into 2021. Cheers to these four! #2020wrapped

In 2020, we added a line extension for Upfit so we can continue to eliminate the barriers involved in creating dynamic outdoor space. These solutions solve for solar orientation, privacy, seating, storage and more. It’s a liberation that reclaims underutilized outdoor space by creating places where people can learn, laugh, play, collaborate, relax and work… outside. ⠀
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To learn more about the line extension and the story of Upfit, check it out on our site via the link in our bio.

Today we celebrate the 16 Years of KEM STUDIO making life better through design! We are so thankful for and delighted by the clients we work with, the projects we work on, the people we’ve met, our team, and our friends + family that support us through it all. Thanks for all the love and cheers to many more years of Better Design Better Living™!

We are so excited to share with you one of our recently completed projects, Homestead Residence. Anchoring a corner lot, the main house and garage are separated creating an interstitial living room that also acts as a gateway to the private backyard. The design is a reinterpreted homage to the Mid-Century Modern archetype that once occupied this lot. And yes... we are also jealous of that pool.⠀
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To see more about the project, including more gorgeous photos, check it out on our website! Link in bio.⠀
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Photos by @bobgreenspan

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Parallel was uniquely designed to allow each employee to tune their level of privacy depending on the task at hand. See more about Parallel on our website via the link in our bio!
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Introducing our new product line with Loftwall, Parallel. The Parallel desk divider is tackable, acoustic, writable, magnetic, repositionable… it’s just really fun.

Check it out on our site via the link in our bio or if you can’t live another day without it, visit @loftwall to purchase.
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The perfect cap to the week, Modern Weave 3.0 was awarded as a 2020 IDEA Finalist and we couldn't be more proud of our team. Starting as an exploration back in 2016, Modern Weave has evolved and continues to to push the idea of ergonomics in an outdoor chair as well as tunable comfort. Bent rod - welding - weaving... simple. comfortable. beautiful.

The Yards is our newly completed, 232-Unit apartment building in the Stockyards District of Kansas City, MO. It becomes the largest housing project in the district and hopes to ignite and activate the area as more development continues. The building’s amenity space features a 16’ x 22’ steel sculpture wall as well as a curated gallery from @hawcontemporary, a reserve kitchen + study and a bike storage/maintenance area. The courtyard has a beautiful salt water pool, an aqua lounge, and a specialty vineyard by our neighbors @amigoni_winery just to name a few things… For more on The Yards head over to our website, link in bio!
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Photography by @bobgreenspan