Monobloc Chair Sculptures by Bert Loeschner."Monobloc" chair sculptures by artist Bert Loeschner is a project that breathes new life into banal white plastic chairs and also examines the role of the “infamous garden chair” in contemporary design culture. The artist uses heat to...
Malibu Stacy’s Dream Home.I’ll preface this with a disclaimer – I’m about to hold forth on Los Angeles modernism, and I have not been to LA. One day I plan to, with the sole intention of soaking up some great mid-century modernist architecture and design. And...
The Little Black Jacket // Photographic Exhibition About CHANEL’s Classic Arrives in Sydney.Call me a tragic design nerd if you will, but few things in this world get me excited as beautiful, enduring, classic design pieces do, whatever they may be. CHANEL's Little Black Jacket most definitely falls in that category. CHANEL alone...
Hotel Lautner // Desert Hot Springs, California.Situated in the middle of the Californian desert, Hotel Lautner is a recent conversion of a striking mid-centrury residence designed by an influential modernist architect, John Lautner. Originally created as a home for a film producer,...
Herman Miller “Then x Ten” // Design Competition Winner Announced.Last month I wrote about an exciting poster competition run by our friends at Herman Miller. They received an overwhelming number of entries for the competition, which were narrowed down to just ten finalists chosen on the basis of being...
Verner Panton Interiors // Restaurant Varna & Spiegel Verlagshaus.In the way that you can’t have the saints without also having the devil, and you can’t have the Bachs without also having Mahler, you can’t have Asplund without also having Panton. He rightly occupies a space within the ranks of...
Herman Miller “Then x Ten” Exhibition & Design Competition.You guys know that I'm a massive design junky/ nerd/ tragic/ etc. Yes? I'm sad. Really sad. It is so easy to get me excited about amazing design initiatives, and this one is no exception. Herman Miller recently announced a brand new...
Vintage Knoll Catalogue.What I love about much of Knoll’s furniture is that to me, it appears timeless. Paradoxically, what I enjoy most about these photos is that they are, without question, dated. These photos are a period piece. There’s a comfortable...
Six Architects | Posters by Andrea Gallo.Scrolling though yellowtrace tumblr blog the other day, I was reminded of the fact that I never posted about these brilliant graphics by Andrea Gallo. Aren't they just beautiful and so elegant? Pure graphics porn. It's like I'm staring at...
