Yellowtrace Spotlight // July 2018.

Welcome to the July edition of Yellowtrace Spotlight! This month we are sharing a whole bunch of design news including a few super cool hospitality projects (but of course!), gelato-hued yoga space in Moscow, beautiful new ceramic tile range, and a little bit of Australian art action worth knowing about. You better fasten your seat belts, peeps!

Bar Roc By OKHA Inside Cape Town’s Exclusive Boutique Hotel.

When one of Southern Africa’s most exclusive hotels gave an open brief for its bar redesign, OKHA opted to combine two seemingly opposing visual styles.

Pentolina Italian Restaurant & Bar In Melbourne’s CBD By Biasol.

Designed by Biasol, Pentolina Restaurant & Bar teleports the romance of traditional pasta making found in Rome’s winding laneways to Melbourne’s CBD.

Devoción Coffee Shop In Brooklyn, NYC By LOT Office For Architecture.

Designed by LOT Office, Devoción Coffee Shop is drenched in natural light, complete with a luscious indoor garden featuring 35 different plant species.

Voice Of Coffee In Kobe, Japan By Yusuke Seki.

This specialty coffee store in Kobe was built into a former barber shop, with elements stripped back to reveal its history, and subtle new details added in.

‘Cucurico’ Churrasqueira In LxFactory Complex In Alcântara, Lisbon By DC.AD.

Cucurico is a young and fresh take on sort of Portuguese chicken grill-house, and the latest addition to the LxFactory complex in Alcântara, Lisbon.

Mia Yoga Studio In Moscow, Russia By Crosby Studios.

The trend of sweating it out somewhere stylish is here to stay, with the newest addition being this dreamy, gelato-hued Moscow yoga space by Crosby Studios.

Chicken House In Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam By Tropical Space.

Designed for an elderly couple’s garden, Chicken House is a simple home for a brood of chickens and a few ducks, as well as a children’s play space.

MUJI Materials Garden By Ladies & Gentlemen Studio.

MUJI Materials Garden by Ladies & Gentlemen Studio drew inspiration from simple, high-quality design, bringing light to honest approach to materiality.

‘Beach Club’ Cement Tile Collection By Sarah Ellison For Teranova.

Taking inspiration from the beach and coastal lifestyle, Sarah Ellison’s debut collection of cement tiles showcases her penchant for warm, earthy tones.

Oversized Wall Art Collection by Kara Rosenlund.

Kara Rosenlund’s impossibly arresting oversized wall art includes romantic black & white scenes, earthy Australian landscapes, and calm blue seascapes.

Relics Today: Exhibition By Eight Australian Ceramicists At Modern Times.

Relics Today exhibition of sculpture and design objects by eight of Australia’s leading ceramicists recently opened at Melbourne gallery Modern Times.

Edwina Corlette Gallery Launches Fine Art Limited Edition Prints Under The Print Studio.

Edwina Corlette Gallery has revealed fine art limited edition prints, sampling works from artists in her stable under the title The Print Studio.

Sometime/Somewhere By Euan Heng At Niagara Galleries.

Scottish-born, Melbourne-based painter and sculptor Euan Heng has revealed a new set of works this month at Niagara Galleries in Richmond.

Slava’18 Collection by Croatian Design Studio Market Kolektiv.

Market Kolektiv gives shape to a contemporary vision of distinct Slavic style, tapping into the consciousness of generations who grew up with its aesthetic.