Winter Illuminations at Nabana no Sato, Japan… And it’s time for a little break!...And so I leave you with these stunning images of the mesmerising light tunnel in Japan called 'Winter Illuminations'. This event takes place each year at Nabana no Sato, a botanical garden on the island of Nagashima in Kuwana. This...
Läderfabriken Apartment Development // Stockholm, Sweden.I've said it before and I'll say it again - Scandinavians do it better. And in case you are not already convinced (yeah right), perhaps you will be after this post. Läderfabriken is the latest project from the Oscar Properties, who are...
RED Pif Restaurant & Wine Shop by Aulik Fiser Architekti // Prague.Few things in life excite me more than seeing architects and designers thinking about places they design - taking their time to distill the essence of their client, the context, the purpose of the space etc, before setting out to package...
Yellowtrace 3rd Birthday // Reader Survey + YELLOW GIVEAWAY!!Dearest, dearest readers! Guess what? Yellowtrace is going to be 3 years old tomorrow! Can you seriously believe it? I am honestly struggling with the concept... Today I would like to ask you for a little bit of your time in hope that you...
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...
El Montero Restaurant by Anagrama // Saltillo Coahuila, Mexico.“Interior branding” or “branded environments” is a term which has been getting a fair bit of traction in the recent years. This is not at all surprising – in today’s day and age with such incredibly fierce competition in the...
Restaurante 560 by JoĂŁo Tiago Aguiar Arquitectos // Lisbon, Portugal.Completed in 2009, Restaurant 560 occupies 80sqm of an old building's street level in Lisbon's city centre. The interior is divided into three disctinct zones - the shopfront and entry, dining space in the middle and a service area at the...
Hotel Mera Brasserie by LOFT Magdalena Adamus // Sopot, Poland.Hotel Mera Brasserie is located in a seaside town of Sopot in Poland. It was designed by a Polish studio LOFT Magdalena Adamus. What I really like about this place is the way it balances the serious with the casual. It is sharp and...
Sculpting and Manipulating Space With Light.Although I am a huge fan of beautiful fittings which capture, cradle and bounce light within interiors, today I wanted to explore a more conceptual side of this medium - the idea of projected light as the means of manipulating space. For...
