Z Bar Cebu
Design Team: Kenneth Cobonpue (Interior Designer), Ed Calma (Architect)

Location: 2nd floor, The Tinderbox Restaurant, Banilad, Cebu
When to visit: Evening till night

Philippines designer Kenneth Cobonpue’s first full-scale organic architecture design, Z Bar in Cebu City is simply stunning. While Kenneth is noted for revolutionizing furniture design, the Z bar is using lots of natural materials for the interior, which he patterned after his own invention, the Kriskros.

Kenneth approachs for Z bar main space is a framework sculpture that fuses utility with beauty. The latticework of bamboo twigs, and steel tied with rattan splits blur the concept of paint, wall, sofa, diver, and accents. The whole configuration resembles a Venus Flower Basket, the skeleton of a kind of glass sponge, and totally gives you the feeling being sheltered and at the same time being given the freedom to enjoy the company of good friends.