Q&A with Akino Kondoh.

Hi guys, it's Matt Huynh here - some of you may remember me from an interview here on yellowtrace late last year. I would like to thank Dana for asking me to keep the blog warm whilst she is away. I had a lot of ideas for guest posts, but...

I Think I’m Turning Japanese…

So much could be said about Japanese design and their aesthetic. Japanese sense of style is much loved and copied the world over, often fused with other elements and styles. But nobody quite knows how to do Japanese design like the...

Ryuji Nakamura.

I am not really sure how to introduce the work of Japanese architect Ryuji Nakamura. 'Extreme love' is a bit thin. 'Genius' doesn't quite cut it. 'Mesmerising' gets us close, but doesn't really do it justice. There are very few people in...

Curiosity | Gwenaël Nicolas.

I've been curious about Curiosity (boom-boom!) for quite some time now. So I decided to put an end to it and I looked them up... and - wah wah wee wah - what do you know - their work is totally awesome. Curiosity was established back in...

Tokujin Yoshioka & Other Rainbow Stories.

hese beautiful images are from the installation by Tokujin Yoshioka - a glass window made up of 500 crystal prisms, which will be exhibited at MUSEUM. beyond museum in Seoul this May. Called "Rainbow Church", the eight metre-high...

Could This Be a Perfect Indoor-Outdoor Space?

...I certainly think so. It is everything I never new I always wanted. So incredibly beautiful. This gets both the Extreme Love & Design Awesomeness rating. This house is on the cover of SANAA Houses, a book about the cult Japanese...