Villa Roces in Belgium by Govaert & Vanhoutte.Villa Roces is located on a large site (70m long and 30m wide) in the forest surroundings Bruges in Belgium. Designed by the Flemish studio Govaert & Vanhoutte architectuurburo, the house features a 50m long, 4.20m high timber wall which...
Design Free Thursday // Errors In Production.Heike Bollig runs a kooky little site called Errors in Production, where she collects a variety of products with manufacturing errors. Looking through her collection definitely made me...
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...
Golden Workshop by modulorbeat // Münster, Germany.How's this for an impressive temporary structure? The architects at modulorbeat, along with students from the Münster School of Architecture, designed then physically built this urban jewel in just six weeks. The brief was to design a...
Yellowtrace Spotlight // November 2012.Happy Monday dear readers! I would like to kick off the week by introducing you to a brand new regular column called "Yellowtrace Spotlight" - hooray! Each month I will bring you a whole bunch of good stuff I wouldn't normally be able to...
Flat Life by Finn Magee.Flat Life is a series of products by young designer Finn Magee consisting of a light, a clock and a speaker. These two-dimensional posters were designed to perform like fully functional three-dimensional...
House A & House B at Terra Panonica by Studio AUTORI // Kikinda, Serbia.As a self-appointed ambassador for Serbia and Serbian Design, I feel it is my duty to report on any exceptional-ness I see coming out of the "old country". Which brings us to today's post. Terra Panonica is a cultural and tourist complex...
5sculptures by Gus Wüstemann // Zürich, Switzerland.Swiss architect Gus Wüstemann certainly knows a thing or two about refurbishing heritage interiors. Oh yes he does! This apartment is a beautiful example of what is possible when 'heritage' and 'contemporary' make sweet, sweet love - oh...
NOW! LE OFF // Paris Design Week 2012.So did you guys think I was all done with my Paris report? Well, you see, I'm only just getting started. Today I'm going to tell you about my time at Paris Design Week (10th-16th Sept 2012). One of the more interesting places we visited...