Amo Stone Island Chicago Fashion Retail Photo Marco Cappelletti Courtesy Oma Amo Yellowtrace

New Retail Direction: Stone Island Chicago by AMO.

Dutch research studio AMO debuted a new retail identity for Italian fashion label Stone Island at their first Chicago store. The altar-like space reflects the brand’s approach to product design and experimentation with materiality. AMO...
Ilhwa Kim Real Life Architecture Sculptural Paper Art Yellowtrace

Real Life Architecture: Ilhwa Kim’s Sculptural Paper Art.

South Korean mixed media artist Ilhwa Kim’s solo exhibition at HOFA London, ‘Real Life Architecture’, features more than 20 large panels composed of thousands of ‘Hanji’ paper seeds. Kim's abstract works shift between painting...
Fabien Petiot Pli Floor Lamp And Wall Light Photo Thibault Breton Yellowtrace

Pli Lights by French Designer Fabien Petiot.

Delicate and airy with a strong sculptural presence, the Pli lamp and wall light by French designer Fabien Petiot pays tribute to the work of Isamu Noguchi and Diego Giacometti, playing with the subtlety of light filtered through paper....
Humberto Leon For Calico Wallpaper Heartwood Alma Yellowtrace

Heartwood by Humberto Leon for Calico Wallpaper.

Heartwood gets its name from a tree’s central core—the strongest part of the wood—and the focal point of the concentric circles that expand as the tree grows. The collection’s visually striking pattern is inspired by how one is...
Paper Blinds by Natchar Sawatdichai | Yellowtrace

Paper Blinds by Natchar Sawatdichai.

Seriously, who doesn’t get crazy excited about window blinds, right? Oh yeah, pretty much most people. Perhaps I’m alone on this one? Clearly, I’m not, because young designer Natchar Sawatdichai has spotted a gap in the market and...
Antoni ClavĂŠ Archives in Paris by Kengo Kuma | Yellowtrace

Antoni ClavĂŠ Archives in Paris by Kengo Kuma.

Paper is perhaps the very last material one would think of when approaching a project of architecture, but this is precisely the material Kengo Kuma and Associates have turned to when designing a private museum in Paris to house the...