Paris’ Legendary Nightclub Les Bains Returns as a Luxury Hotel & Bar.Once a private bathhouse for the likes of Marcel Proust, a hotspot for the Bohemians of the Belle Époque, and a famed nightclub where Jagger and Bowie romped, Les Bains is back. Les Bains is both a homage to the heritage of its storied...
Playtype Typography House & Concept Store in Copenhagen.So, day after day I will ride my bike between Nørrebro and Vesterbro, and nearly every time I will ride straight past the front door of Copenhagen typography house Playtype. Not from a lack of intrigue, more a lack of time, it took me a...
Cathay Pacific’s The Pier First Class Lounge in Hong Kong by Ilse Crawford of Studioilse.The Pier First Class Lounge in Hong Kong expresses the heartfelt warmth, considered simplicity and contemporary Asian values at the heart of the Cathay Pacific new brand design ethos. Designed by Studioilse, London-based studio lead by...
Interior Design & Ephemeral Installations by Susana Piquer of Colapso.Susana Piquer is Barcelona-based interior designer and art director, working as a freelancer under the moniker Colapso. Colapso is a studio with a "laboratory soul", with a global view of design, and open to all kinds of creative projects,...
Thomas Bendel Unifies Parts of Two Different Buildings Into a Single Apartment in Germany.This shrine-to-minimalism was created by combining parts of two completely different buildings. To make things even more complicated, the buildings had a completely different feel as each one hailed from a different era to the another....
Sydney Label Jac + Jack Opens A Store In London.Sydney based Jac+ Jack founders Jac Hunt and Lisa ‘Jack’ Dempsey are excited to announce that the brand’s first international store in London is now...
Stories on Design // Un-Walls.We often approach walls as barriers and dividers, or something that's solid, that might be painted, or coated, or lined, clad, upholstered... You get the idea. But what happens when we start thinking about walls as something a lot more...
Yellowtrace Spotlight // June 2015.Welcome to the June edition of Yellowtrace Spotlight! This month we are sharing a whole bunch of design news including a super sexy new venue in Paris by Rodolphe Parente, beautiful new products, fun prints & photographs, clever office...
Theatre of Suspended Scents: Illuminum Fragrance Shop in London by Antonino Cardillo.Sicily-born London-based architect Antonino Cardillo is back with another killer project - a 27sqm jewell of a retail store in London for Illuminum Fragrance, completed in April this year. This is a small but another courageous project by...