#YellowtraceTravels: Katamama Bali.The 1.5 million special Indonesian bricks that make up Katamama all seem to converge at the entrance. The arrival feels as though it was designed to literally pull you into a mini textural vortex. But of course, these are no ordinary...
Sony Music Entertainment Amsterdam HQ by Space Encounters.Of course Sony Music’s Amsterdam HQ needs a vinyl boardroom table that doubles a DJ booth, and a stairway that is also a bar. It’s work made a bit more entertaining, and I for one, would not mind that meeting being added to my diary....
Casa Josephine’s Fitout for Madrid Advertising Agency is Fresh AF!Madrid ad agency, Mr. Hyde enlisted Spanish interiors studio Casa Josephine to push the whole lifestyle office aesthetic a notch or two further. On the corner of a historic 20th-century building, Mr. Hyde’s HQ had many former lives....
Interview: Emma Templeton of Templeton Architecture.I friggin love our interviews, you guys! And today is another absolute goodie, as we chat to the lovely, thoughtful and generous Emma Templeton, the principal of her eponymous practice, Templeton Architecture. With degrees in both...
Bricks Decoded: Easy, Breezy, Beautiful Breeze Block.In Brazil, it’s known as Cobogó. In India, they call it Jaalis. The French term is Brise-soleil. Here we know it as Breeze Block. Call them what you will, these little units of awesome are making a massive comeback. Back in the 50s...
Barcelona Artist Diego Cabezas Brings Line Drawings to Life.There is a true simplicity and beauty in the work of Diego Cabezas. The incredible sculptures that resemble line drawings come to life through intricate details making them appear three dimensional and abstract. Based in Barcelona,...
Spectacular Aerial Photography Welcomes Us to 2018.It's become our unofficial tradition to welcome you into each New Year with something a little left of centre - not our typical core subject, but something I consider to be equally important and relevant. January is usually when we take a...
Stories On Design | 2017 Archive.Today we conclude our roundups of 2017 archives with a personal favourite and something I am most proud of – ‘Stories on Design’, our most widely read and shared content, and the most engaging for our readers and our social...
Residential Interior Design | 2017 Archive.If there’s one category that’s never in short supply for us to cover here on Yellowtrace, it’s sensational Residential Interiors (and Architecture). Like most human beings, we are passionate about homes and seeing the way people...