Celebrated Bombay born, London based artist Anish Kapoor is renowned for his enigmatic sculptural forms which are incredibly difficult to describe in words. So who am I to even try, right? Right. There is no doubt that his ginormously epic installations are captivating and visually arresting, like the incredible Leviathan at Grand Palais in Paris last year (2011). It’s seriously serious and absolutely mesmerising, no? Having said this, I am equally intrigued and captivated by his smaller, seemingly simpler works, such as the Untitled series shown below. To me, looking at these incredible pure glossy shapes is a form of visual meditation…

Yayoi Kusama is a contemporary Japanese artist who puts dots all over her world. Her obsessive compulsive nuttiness is close to my heart and Kusama’s is definitely one of my all time favourite artists. Since December 2011, Queensland Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) has been showing her work in a ‘Yayoi Kusama: Look Now, See Forever‘ exhibition. Part of this event is a seriously cooltown interactive installation for children called The Obliteration Room – a series of rooms were painted completely in white where every room surface, piece of furniture and decoration was treated as a giant white canvas. Over the course of two weeks, kids were given thousands of colour dot stickers and were encouraged to make their creative contribution towards transforming the white space into one exploding with vibrant colours…

01 | Balloon Bench | Satoshi Itasaka of H220430 Studio. 02 | CHANEL Runway for Spring Summer 2012 by Zaha Hadid. 03 | Daniel Arsham. 04 | Lacey Bits and Pieces // Janet Echelman | Guest Post by Textile and Terrain. 05 | Akio Hirata’s Exhibition of Hats by Nendo | Tokyo, Japan. 06 | Wrapped Interiors by Penique Productions. 07 | There are no Circles | Lionel Estève. 08 | Temporary Architecture in a Pop Up City // Burning Man Festival | Guest Post by Textile and Terrain. 09 | ‘Bang’ by Ryuji Nakamura at the CNAC Lab | Tokyo, Japan…

Penique Productions is a design and art collective with multiple homes in Barcelona, Madrid & Rio de Jenairo. Formed in 2007 by Sergi Arbusà, Pablo Baqué, Chamo San & Pol Clusella, this talented group of young artists come from different disciplines and unify their vision through temporary interior installations. For their projects, Penique Productions create inflatable balloons which take over interior spaces and in turn give them a whole new identity. These balloons take on the lines of buildings and acquire their form, while the strong use of colour respond to the context…

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… Well, it’s actually been looking a lot like Christmas for a long, long time now. And please don’t get me started on that – you know how I feel about it. And if you don’t, this post will enlighten you if you are interested. Regardless of my feelings on ‘Christmas madness’, every girl loves a beautiful window display, right? I came across some wonderful examples which can be seen along New York’s world famous department stores on Fifth Avenue right now. Hooray! Consider this a little virtual trip to New York courtesy of yellowtrace. Ahhh… you are so welcome!

Last week, Saks heralded its Christmas windows with a performance by the American Ballet Theater. Howzat for awesome? Nicola Formichetti designed “Gaga’s boudoir” for Barney’s made entirely out of hair — both human and artificial follicles used in wigs. …