Happy Monday dear readers! I would like to kick off the week by introducing you to a brand new regular column called “Yellowtrace Spotlight” – hooray! Each month I will bring you a whole bunch of good stuff I wouldn’t normally be able to share with you due to the limited number of posts. The column will feature all manner of things such as new products, art exhibitions, design events, lifestyle news and the like – many of those would normally suffocate under a large pile of emails and press releases I receive every day…

In 2011 Marimekko will be 60 years old. 60 years! Wow, that’s a lot of years. Did you know this? I did not know this.

I was very lucky to attend the launch of Marimekko’s spring & summer collection for 2011, which was held at Roller in Surry Hills last Wednesday…