Pascal Claude Drach from My Beautiful created the branding and interior design concept for La Hache (French for “axe”) – a restaurant and brasserie in Strasbourg, France. The rich history of La Hache dates back to the 13th century – year 1257 to be exact. It’s name remains unchanged from the very beginning, bringing about speculations of the venues’s dark past as the house of executions…

It’s the first Monday of the month, which means it’s Yellowtrace Spotlight time! In this month’s edition I’m sharing with you a whole bunch of design news including a beautiful new house by Wolveridge Architects; new products from AÃRK Collective, Dinosaur Designs and Nick Rennie; art exhibitions by Troy Emery and Marc Freeman; fun workshops at the Object Gallery amongst other things…

Designed by the clever boys at CUT architectures, Paris New York is the latest establishment in Paris’s flourishing hamburger restaurant scene. The interior aesthetic is a careful blend of NYC’s and Paris’s combined cultures, spirits and personalities, deliberately avoiding clichés…

It feels super nice to receive a submission from young designers on the rise, particularly when they hail from countries not widely represented on world design stage. For this reason I feel a little bit excited about today’s post. PB Studio is an architecture and interior design practice run by Hanna Bialic and Jakub Piórkowski based in Sopot, Poland. They recently hooked up with Filip Kozarski and collaborated on today’s featured project – Althaus Restaurant.

I am a fan of the music packaging and visual identity designed by Berlin based studio HelloMe for German experimental electropop band ‘Troberg’. These expressive colour patterns were hand painted while listening to Troberg’s album – a conscious decision in visualising the band’s music and the lyrics…