Restaurante 560 by João Tiago Aguiar Arquitectos // Lisbon, Portugal.Completed in 2009, Restaurant 560 occupies 80sqm of an old building's street level in Lisbon's city centre. The interior is divided into three disctinct zones - the shopfront and entry, dining space in the middle and a service area at the...
Hotel Mera Brasserie by LOFT Magdalena Adamus // Sopot, Poland.Hotel Mera Brasserie is located in a seaside town of Sopot in Poland. It was designed by a Polish studio LOFT Magdalena Adamus. What I really like about this place is the way it balances the serious with the casual. It is sharp and...
Three Weird and Wonderful Products on My Lust List.Here's a little roundup of three weird and wonderful products I spotted recently and would love to own. I know - I'm weird-o-rama. But I cannot help my extreme love for quirkiness, can...
Matadero Theatre and Film Library by ch+qs Arquitectos | Madrid, Spain.Waaah waaah weee waaah!! Design awesomeness alert. Say what - Madrid again? But of-course! That city is flooded with seriously sexy architecture I tell ya. So much design goodness. Designed by the talented folks at ch+qs architects (I...
Thin Black Lines.I don't know if I ever shared with you guys that I started teaching design this year. You know, I had a lot of spare time on my hands and I thought - what the heck, might as well. . In any case, despite the added pressure teaching has...
Helga Steppan.Just the the other day, I received a little correction message on yellowtrace's facebook wall to say that one of the images I had in my Visual Diary album was incorrectly labelled. What? I know - shocking! Yes, I made a mistake. I really...