Scandic Grand Central Hotel in Stockholm.Scandic Grand Central hotel in Stockholm opened it's doors in November of 2011. And let me tell you, I am having trouble inventing an adequate number of superlatives to describe how much I adore this place. Designed by Stockholm based firm...
Jacob Hashimoto.Today I would like to sing praises and throw the yellowtrace spotlight on Jacob Hashimoto. Jacob is contemporary artist born in Greeley, Colorado in 1973, who currently lives and work in New York. Drawing on his Japanese heritage and the...
Mind Bending Installations & Sculptures by Anish Kapoor.Celebrated Bombay born, London based artist Anish Kapoor is renowned for his enigmatic sculptural forms which are incredibly difficult to describe in words. So who am I to even try, right? Right. There is no doubt that his ginormously epic...
Design Free Thursday | Isobel Agency Company Christmas Cards.Possibly THE best and most hilarious annual corporate Christmas cards I have EVER seen! These ridiculously fantastic staff portraits are the work of London based creative agency Isobel. Their idea for the cards came from wanting to reflect...
St Hilaire Church by Mathieu Lehanneur | Melle, France.Smooth, minimalist, organic, seductive, harmonious, futuristic... These are just some of the words which come to mind when looking at the images of St Hilaire Church designed by Paris based Mathieu Lehanneur. These words are not exactly...
Letman and Gijs Frieling for Dries van Noten | Menswear A/W 2012.Did you ever have a moment where you saw something so awesome that you immediately proceeded to hyperventilate and had to quickly look for a paper-bag to breathe into and calm yourself down? No...? Yeah, me neither. I'm waaaay too cool for...
Maroquinaris Zoologicae by Billie Achilleos for Louis Vuitton.Billie Achilleos is a young British artist who was recently commissioned by the French luxury fashion house, Louis Vuitton, for their 100th anniversary celebration of small leather goods. Keeping alive the skills of a forgotten craft,...
Private Moon | Leonid Tishkov & Boris Bendikov.Oh my… This… Is… Something else. You see, I often feel like I am becoming jaded in my daily research for this blog, due to constant overexposure to pure awesomeness, but every once in a while something very special...
Hotel The Exchange | Amsterdam.The genius of Dutch design studio Ina & Matt strikes again (I previously blogged about their work here) - this time in the form of a concept hotel in Amsterdam called Hotel The Exchange. Conceived and presented more like an art...