Zele Mane, founder of Zele Company, comes from an architect/builder tradition, having designed, constructed and furnished residential projects as diverse as low-income housing to luxury residences throughout Canada, Israel and the U.S. His goal in these projects was to maintain design integrity from start to finish integrating the same aesthetic and functional ideals into all aspects of the building including doors windows, closets, hardware and ultimately, furnishings. Unable to find what he needed on the market, he began designing architectural products, hardware and furniture. Zele Company naturally evolved out of an enormous interest in the resulting products.