Tour of Ace Hotels Around The World.Ace Hotels really do live up to their name. Each one has a unique style, a fascinating history, and an Ace Philosophy at its heart. For Ace, hospitality is "compassion" and the hotel is a "potential for real, fluid community." Ace Hotels...
Gallery Post // Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles.The concept for Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles is based on a marriage between decadence and democracy, 1920’s Hollywood glamour and modern...
Vedas: Garments and Space Design by Nicholas Alan Cope & Dustin Edward Arnold.Vedas: Garments and Space Design is an ongoing collaboration between LA-based Nicholas Alan Cope & Dustin Edward Arnold. This captivating series of fashion images is created by photographing Cope & Arnold's own sculptural garments which...
Daft Punk at Lautner’s Sheats Goldstein Residence in LA.I realise that Yellowtrace is not a music blog, so we shall leave Daft Punk's brand new album “Random Access Memories” alone, while I draw your attention to something else. I'm talking about their recent slick photo shoot set in a...
Video // The House of Neutra by David Netto.The interior designer and writer David Netto takes a tour of Neutra VDL Research House on Silver Lake Boulevard in Los...
Oh Kappetain, My Kappetain // Los Angeles Home of Architect Ray Kappe.I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – LA houses like this are what happens when modernist ideas go to the coast, unwinds by the beach, and unravels in all this louche, approachable brilliance. This is the sort of modern house...
Malibu Stacy’s Dream Home.I’ll preface this with a disclaimer – I’m about to hold forth on Los Angeles modernism, and I have not been to LA. One day I plan to, with the sole intention of soaking up some great mid-century modernist architecture and design. And...
Paper Geode Street Art by A Common Name.Hello everyone! My name is Chloé Douglas and I am a Vancouver designer and the founder of Plenty of Colour, a blog devoted to colour. I am honoured to be guest posting on yellowtrace as Dana welcomes her baby into the world. Can you...
Earl’s Gourmet Grub in LA | by FreelandBuck.Earl’s Gourmet Grub {what a name!} is an artisanal deli and gourmet market that opened in May 2010 in Los Angeles. The restaurant was designed by FreelandBuck, with contemporary technology to fit an old-world sensibility inspired by its...