Tingtai Teahouse in Shanghai, China by Linehouse.With an emerging coffee house culture in China showing no signs of slowing down, the traditional teahouses in Asia have had to step up their game to stay relevant in today’s highly competitive hospitality market. Linehouse’s latest...
Urban Revivo Flagship Store in Shanghai, China by DOMANI.Guangzhou-based design studio DOMANI is back on our pages, with yet another killer retail project. This time for a young Chinese fashion brand Urban Revivo, and their flagship in Shanghai, China. In order to create a captivating retail...
Amanyangyun Resort in Shanghai, China by Kerry Hill Architects.The passing of celebrated Singapore-based Australian architect, Kerry Hill on 26 August, has rippled through the global design and architecture community, causing great sadness to those who either knew him and everyone else who was touched...
F.E.D. Restaurant in Shanghai by Alberto Caiola.F.E.D. is a modern Shanghai eatery that incorporates edible blooms into an innovative fusion of dishes and drinks. Inspired by its ingenious cuisine, the restaurant’s interiors incorporate visual abstractions of this central floral theme...
Lifestyle Academy in Shanghai, China by Mur Mur Lab.Shanghai-based studio Mur Mur Lab seems to have a fondness for futuristic, ultramodern retail spaces. Their work is centred on creating playful shopping destinations, which capture a sense of theatre and escapism – those elements of...
Bricks Decoded: The Return of Glass Blocks.Go on. Admit it. The thought of glass blocks probably makes you shudder. Unless you fall into the 5%* category of new generation designers who have already embraced the potential of this highly misunderstood and marginalised building...
Cinker Pictures Shanghai Combines Boutique Movie Theatre with Social Spaces.Taking its inspiration from the Space Race era and 70s sci-fi, Cinker Pictures Shanghai expands on the first Beijing cinema concept, drawing together lounges, a bar, restaurant, cinema, terrace, and a gallery, all in the one...
SaloneSatellite Shanghai 2017 Gives a Glimpse into the Future of Chinese Design.The second edition of SaloneSatellite Shanghai drew around 50 young Chinese designers, proving that China is a booming hotbed of opportunities, research, ideas and experimentation. The show was curated by the inimitable Marva Griffin, the...
Highlights From our Visit to Salone del Mobile. Milano Shanghai 2017.Team Yellowtrace was recently invited to attend the Shanghai edition of Salone del Mobile, which sees the world’s most important design event transported all the way from Italy to China. As the only international media on the ground,...