Remember my post last week on three products on my lust list? Well… that post, and more specifically those crazy QUELLE FÊTE (II) melting disco balls are what reminded me to blog about this cooltown installation by Studio Bertjan Pot. Because those big shiny melting balls feature in this very interior (oh stop it, how else would you describe them?!)

This is what Studio Bertjan Pot have to say about the project…

It’s been a week since Studio Toogood arrived in Sydney to create the city’s latest cultural destination, a pop-up experiment and temporary haven for a bit of art, design and some delectable gastronomy, and it’s all starting to make more sense. Faye Toogood’s work in this case reflects the differing characteristics of wine and the creative parallels that exist in other objects of art (colour and shape, for example, displayed through sculptures, a few light installations and photography, all created by local Australian artists). However, with this approach the Toogood design team pursues the study of a more instinctual human behavior before addressing the given product at hand. It actually pursues the visual and tangible sense of aesthetics to help guests decide on what to ultimately consume; in other words to experience your choices through various senses, before swigging a glass of wine and merely thinking through the taste buds, as normal…

Good morning/day/evening dearest yellowtrace readers! I’m super excited to share with you this year’s sexy shortlist for Australian Interior Design Awards, which was announced last Wednesday evening. I couldn’t think of a better way to kick of the week than by celebrating Australian Design excellence. Yet again, the competition was fierce and there are some absolutely spectacular projects on the very long shortlist (seriously, why call it a SHORT list when there are 38 projects in one category alone. Am I missing something?)

As per usual, below is a selection of 2o12 projects that caught my design eagle-eye. Congratulations to all designers who’s projects were shortlisted in this year’s awards. Incrediballs* effort! (*French for “incredible”.)

Daniel A. Bruce is an artist who lives and works in NYC, who’s work explores the idea of contradiction and irony. In his latest exhibition Bumpkin Dandy, “a show about a clash of high and low cultural practice”, Daniel represents the simple American lifestyle represented by icons and collectibles which examine a “distorted reflection, a tweaked image of art as objects of taste”…

London-based artist Nicola Yeomen creates elaborate, ethereal installations which are both bold and graphic, and delicately fragile. Her most recent work “In Waiting” is made up of drapery and cement in a series of circular installations. Nicola’s work explores the use of countless materials – top hats, ripped up floorboards, birds, shirts, doilies, paper – you name it…