Belmont House in Kew, VIC by Kennedy Nolan.Family homes are just that. Homes filled with families. And families start small and get bigger, often with alarming rapidity. Houses or apartments that once suited a couple no longer suit one with a baby. A house that once sufficed to...
Interview: Auckland-Based Interior Designer Rufus Knight.I am so excited to share our interview with the wildly talented young designer from New Zealand, Rufus Knight. At just 31, Rufus demonstrates a design maturity and wisdom that's developed well beyond his young age. He has become the...
Fred International Unveils New Melbourne Showroom.Set in an iconic Collingwood warehouse, Fred International showroom features a darker, moodier palette, that the one you would expect to find in a Scandinavian furniture emporium. Angela Harry's idea was to make Fred feel at home in...
Yellowtrace Spotlight // March 2018.Yellow (see what we did there?), and welcome to the March edition of Yellowtrace Spotlight. This month we are sharing a whole bunch of design news including several new showroom openings by DEDON, Poliform and VBO Australia, a few super...
This House with Plants in Japan by KamakuraStudio Is Not What You’d Expect.Indoor plants have loads of health benefits. As well as looking pretty nice, they’ll reduce carbon dioxide levels, diminish levels of pollutants like nitrogen dioxide and benzene, and even keep air temperatures down on warmer days. The...
VBO Australia Unveils New Showroom in Sydney’s Chippendale.A necessary requirement for any showroom nowadays is a well-stocked bar – and VBO Australia have covered this off in their revamped Chippendale space. Several zones have been elegantly appointed with dining, lounge and occasional pieces...
Armadale Residence in Melbourne, Australia by b.e architecture.Armadale Residence is a stone paradox. This three-storey home in Melbourne has a rough, scale-like exterior skin made from 260 tonnes of bubbled dove grey granite – but even so, there’s still a resounding cloud-like softness to the...
Mitchelton Winery Hotel in Nagambie, Victoria by Hecker Guthrie.The Mitchelton Winery Hotel is one of a number of new, luxury lodgings colouring Victoria’s quiet, sunny wine country. In Central Victoria (apparently Victoria’s best-kept wine secret), it’s also the second historic regional hotel by...
Exclusive Beijing Members Club by Superimpose Architecture Accommodates Tea-House, Wine Cellar & Office Space.Designed by New York-based practice Kohn Pedersen Fox, the new Genisis Beijing building is impressive for a list of reasons. Conceived of and led by academic and social policy expert Dr. Whitney Duan, the building’s greater mission is to...
