A21 House by A21 Studio in Vietnam.

This is just one of those lovely projects which makes my heart race a little bit faster and smile a little bit wider. Located in Saigon (aka Ho Chi Minh City) in Vietnam, architects a21 studio set out to design a multilevel home with an...

All That Glitters…

There's been a lot of talk about gold and brass all over the internet and design magazines in the last little while. This is hardly a new trend - brass made a huge come back some time ago in the world of architecture, interiors, fashion...

Staring At The Stair.

Wowee! How completely amazing is this stair? Arrrghhh, the awesomeness is killing me! This fine work belongs to an Italian architect Francesco Librizzi and is situated in an original 1900s building in Milan. Let's just ignore for a moment...

Hotel Fasano Boa Vista | Sao Paolo, Brazil.

Boy, oh boy, oh boy... Isay Weinfeld, one of Brazil’s most renowned architects, sure knows how to put together a smoking hot hotel! You may recall that I recently blogged about another fine example of Weinfeld's many awesome design...
Widlund House Sweden by Claesson Koivisto Rune | Yellowtrace

Widlund House by Claesson Koivisto Rune.

Regular readers would probably know about my "design love affair" with Swedish architects Claesson Koivisto Rune. This awesome threesome (get your mind out of the gutter) strikes yet again with a stunning home, situated on the west coast...

Vincent Van Duysen’s Home In Antwerp.

Completed more than 10 years ago, this house looks as beautiful and relevant today as it did back in 2001. Featuring Vincent Van Duysen's signature spare aesthetic, the house is a true expression of honest design essence, abstraction and...

By Hand.

Ella here again of pages from my moleskine. Dana is still busy laying the foundations for design-eagle-eye junior (it’s no easy feat) so I’m hanging around for one more post. Today I’ll be talking hand drawings. I've witnessed...

The Slow and Green: Yoyogi Village by Kurkku.

'Retail villages' have been an emerging occurrence in Tokyo as of recently, and Yoyogi Village is one such concept which integrates a green, slow space/ sanctuary with an exclusive retail experience for the sophisticated urban crowd. The...