Dopamine-bright, delightfully strange. Every zeze starts with one question: would you keep this in the living room if you didn't have a pet? The full story of how our pieces are designed is coming to this page soon. Questions in the meantime? Email contact@zezeusa.com or call (949) 371-9267.
Our design
Dopamine-bright,
Dopamine-bright,
delightfully strange.
Every zeze starts with one question: would you keep this in the living room if you didn't have a pet? If the answer is no, it goes back to the sketchbook.
Four rules
The studio works by four rules.
They're the reason a cat tree looks like a sheep, a bowl has eyes and a pet sofa looks like a gingerbread man.
Dopamine first.Bold colour is the point, not the finish. If it doesn't make you stop and look twice, it isn't done.
Shaped like something.A sheep, a gingerbread man, a trophy, a boiled egg. Character isn't decoration — it's why you'll keep it in the room.
Made for the room you live in.Pet things get looked at more than your coffee table. Ours are built to belong there, not to be hidden when people come over.
Your pet has to actually use it.Cute is easy. A scratcher that gets scratched and a bed that gets slept in is the whole job.
Shaped like something
Bonnie the Bunny Plush Squeaky Ball Dog Toy with Dual Sound, Pink
$14.99
Zorro the Fox Soft Fetch Plush Tennis Squeaky Ball Small & Medium Dog Toy, Orange
$12.99
Bruno the Sailor Plush Tennis Squeaky Ball Dog Toy, Blue
$12.99
Ellie Elephant Carabiner Clip 0.7-in Opening Velcro Closure with Bags Dog Poop Bag Dispenser, Blue, Large, 60 count
$22.99
Monica Stuffed Rope Squeaky Tail, Crinkle Ears, Rope Knot Body & Tug Handle Dachshund Dog Plush Toy, Brown
$21.99
Monica Spring Catnip Crinkle Feather & Bell Collapsible Spiral Tube Tunnel Cat Toy, Red
$29.99
Shuala Sloth Crinkle Rope Toy
$29.99
Bouncy Elephant Cat Toy
$26.99
Meet the characters.
Monica the dachshund started it. Then came Ellie, Shuala, Nick, Mark and the rest of the crew — each one a real product first and a character second.
Bonnie the Bunny Plush Squeaky Ball Dog Toy with Dual Sound, Pink
$14.99
Zorro the Fox Soft Fetch Plush Tennis Squeaky Ball Small & Medium Dog Toy, Orange
$12.99
Bruno the Sailor Plush Tennis Squeaky Ball Dog Toy, Blue
$12.99
Ellie Elephant Carabiner Clip 0.7-in Opening Velcro Closure with Bags Dog Poop Bag Dispenser, Blue, Large, 60 count
$22.99
Monica Stuffed Rope Squeaky Tail, Crinkle Ears, Rope Knot Body & Tug Handle Dachshund Dog Plush Toy, Brown
$21.99
Monica Spring Catnip Crinkle Feather & Bell Collapsible Spiral Tube Tunnel Cat Toy, Red
$29.99
Shuala Sloth Crinkle Rope Toy
$29.99
Bouncy Elephant Cat Toy
$26.99
Colour, on purpose
Six colours. Used loudly.
zeze yellow leads. The other five show up as accents — a stripe, a face, a lining — so every piece reads as one family without looking like a uniform.
zeze yellow#FFDD01
Grass#3CB44A
Pool#37CFF0
Grape#A34EF0
Bubblegum#FF7FC4
Hot pink#FF0A78
How a zeze gets made
Sketched in the studio, shipped from California.
01 — PeopleDesigned by people who trained for itOur design DNA was shaped by designers trained at the Royal College of Art and the London College of Arts — people who believe bold colour heals and playful design matters. We call it healing through design.
02 — ObjectBuilt as furniture, not as pet suppliesShape first, then colour, then the part that has to survive claws, chewing and a wash cycle. Every piece is meant to be picked on purpose, not tolerated.
03 — HomeShipped from Santa Ana, CAEvery US order leaves our own warehouse in Santa Ana, California — free over $69 — and lands at Amazon, Chewy and Target too.
Proof
The ones people keep buying.
Design is only a rule until somebody's cat agrees. These are the pieces that get reordered most.
Only the best for your loving pet.
Questions about a shape, a size or a colour? Ask a real person in California.