Ruyi Dumpling & Wine Bar by Hecker Guthrie // Melbourne.Ruyi Dumpling & Wine Bar opened its fabulous Hecker Guthrie designed doors earlier this month in Melbourne. The 56 seater restaurant is a union of beautifully presented contemporary Chinese food, exceptional design and modern restaurant...
The Standard by GamFratesi // Copenhagen, Denmark.The Standard in Copenhagen is the latest venture by renowned Danish ”gastronomic entrepreneur” Claus Meyer, with world famous jazz musician, Niels Lan Doky. Together with the Danish-Italian design duo, GamFratesi, they recently set out...
Shiny Disco Balls: Disco Volante by Lukas Galehr // Vienna, Austria.And just as I thought I'd seen it all, along comes a giant Disco Ball Pizza Oven... I'm literally squealing with excitement at this little nugget of genius. Disco Volante is a Viennese pizzeria designed by Lukas Galehr. This interior is a...
Yellowtrace Spotlight // October 2013.Did you guys notice it's October already? How did that happen? This can only mean one thing - it's time for our October 2013 round of Yellowtrace Spotlight. This month's design news brings us two fantastic local projects by Woods Bagot in...
Interview // Nicholas Gurney.Nicholas Gurney is an exciting young Australian designer on the rise who established his design studio in 2012 focusing on small-scale, modest projects. Since then, he has developed an impressive body of work, particularly for someone so...
House of Salad by Metaphor // Bangkok, Thailand.Metaphor Design Studio have drawn inspiration from the artist's studio for this Bangkok restaurant, House of Salad. Embracing the slightly dishevelled quality we typically associate with an artist's space, it's reinterpreted with an almost...
Eat-Drink Design Awards // 2013 Shortlist.The annual Eat-Drink-Design Awards has announced the 2013 shortlist for eighty-one projects from across Australia and New Zealand. This initiative recognises design excellence in the hospitality arena, and is the only awards program in...
Oval Barcelona by Flexoarquitectura.You see, as much as I love a project with a big fat budget to work on or to share with you, I am also quite partial towards projects that were time and budget challenged, but have managed to rise to the occasion. I've said it before and...
Avigdor 22 Event Space by Pitsou Kedem Architects // Tel Aviv, Israel.Avigdor 22 is contemporary event space, designed by Pitsou Kedem in collaboration with Dan Troim Architecture. Unlike the unfortunate images conjured up in my mind at the thought of event venues, at Avigdor 22 there are no hints of...
