JESSE KeyeS’s ACADEMIC WORK:
1995
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, BACHELORS OF ARTS (B.A.), WITH HONORS, FROM THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
FOCUS IN PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE
CERTIFICATE IN PROGRAM OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
CERTIFICATE IN PROGRAM OF ROMANCE LANGUAGES
1996
FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIP AWARDED, TO STUDY ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN IN SPAIN
1997
UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA, MASTERS, IN CONTEMPORARY ART AND ARCHITECTURE
1999
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, MASTER OF SCIENCE (M.S.), FROM THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND PRESERVATION
2016
BLOUSTEIN SCHOOL OF PLANNING (RUTGERS), MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY (M.PHIL.)
JESSE KEYES (DESIGN ENTREPRENEUR, TRAINED IN ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING), FOUNDED KZ_K STUDIO, WITH HIS LIFE AND CREATIVE PARTNER, KAROLINA ZMARLAK, ON JANUARY 1, 2009. INFUSING THE FASHION LINE WITH THE FOUNDATIONS OF MODERNIST ARCHITECTURE, NAMELY, TO USE TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED MATERIALS VIA PRECISE CONSTRUCTION TO CREATE HIGHLY FUNCTIONAL PRODUCTS THAT RESULT, NATURALLY, IN A MINIMAL AESTHETIC. AS OTTO WAGNER, ONE OF THE ORIGINATORS' OF THE MODERNIST PROJECT FAMOUSLY JIBED: "NOTHING IMPRACTICAL CAN EVER BE BEAUTIFUL."
WITH KAROLINA, EACH COLLECTION IS CONCEIVED, RESEARCHED, DESIGNED, DEVELOPED, COMMUNICATED AND, PURPOSEFULLY, SOLD UNDER THE RUBRIC OF A REARVIEW INNOVATION, AND ANALOG ETHOS: PRODUCE EACH PIECE WITH MEANING (A GOOD STORY), PURPOSE (MULTI FUNCTIONAL AND USEFUL), AND LONGEVITY (HIGHEST QUALITY MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION) AT HEART.
JESSE KeyeS’s DESIGN PROJECTS AND TEAMS:
KZ_K STUDIO, CO FOUNDED WITH KAROLINA, AND DIRECTOR.
1 7TH AVENUE SOUTH, IMAGINED, DESIGNED, DEVELOPED AND OPERATED THE UNIQUELY CONCEIVED MIXED-USE BUILDING IN THE WEST VILLAGE OF MANHATTAN (THE ONLY FULL FLOOR TRIANGULAR RESIDENTIAL BUILDING EVER BUILT IN NYC).
HOTEL GRIFFOU, SPATIALLY DEVELOPED AND OPERATED, ALONG WITH PARTNERS, JOHNNY SWET AND LARRY POSTON, AN INFAMOUS (FREQUENTED BY ALL MANNER OF CELEBRITY) RETRO-BASEMENT RESTAURANT AND BAR-DRAW OF THE EARLY 2010'S, LOCATED IN THE EVEN MORE INFAMOUS MARY-LOU'S SPACE, ON 9TH STREET IN GREENWICH VILLAGE.
LA ESQUINA, FOUNDING INVESTING PARTNER, AND OVERSIGHT LEADER, OF THE LONGEST LASTING, ORIGINAL AUTHENTIC (INGREDIENTS, RECIPES AND COOKING) MEXICAN RESTAURANT AND BRASSERIE IN NYC, LOCATED IN SOHO, KNOWN FOR BOTH FIESTA AND EXCELLENCE.
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KEYES RESIDENCE IN DC, DESIGNED AND REDEVELOPED HIS FAMOUS ARCHITECT'S (ARTHUR H. KEYES) MODERNIST MASTERPIECE PRIVATE HOME (LOCATED IN WOODLEY PARK, WASHINGTON, DC).
E__P, DESIGNED, DEVELOPED AND OPERATED THE LIVE MUSIC VENUE THAT OCCUPIED THE BASEMENT OF THE DEFUNCT CBGB.