Welcome To The World Baby Yellowtrace!

Dearest yellowtrace friends, And so we meet again... I hope you've enjoyed all the posts during the last 5 weeks and that you haven't missed me too much. Do tell! I thought it was only fair to give you a little update on what I've been...

Vincent Van Duysen’s Home In Antwerp.

Completed more than 10 years ago, this house looks as beautiful and relevant today as it did back in 2001. Featuring Vincent Van Duysen's signature spare aesthetic, the house is a true expression of honest design essence, abstraction and...

By Hand.

Ella here again of pages from my moleskine. Dana is still busy laying the foundations for design-eagle-eye junior (it’s no easy feat) so I’m hanging around for one more post. Today I’ll be talking hand drawings. I've witnessed...

French Folds.

UK Restaurant & Bar Design Awards are on for another year (eagle-eyes amongst you would have notice that I blogged about one of the entries already this week). While I'm not here to talk about these awards in general (you can do your own...

A Little Ray of Sunshine…

Dearest yellowtrace friends, If you are reading this post, that can only mean one thing - our little ray of sunshine has finally arrived and I am now officially mama yellowtrace. Ummm... Wow! Can you believe it? I am literally pinching...

Liu Bolin + JR = Extreme Love!

French street artist JR and Chinese expert camouflagioligist (is that a word?) Liu Bolin recently collaborated on this amazing temporary art project in New York City. JR assembled a large-scale mural of Bolin and pasted it on a large brick...

Ochre Barn by Carl Turner Architects | Norfolk, England.

Ochre Barn is a multi purpose development that houses a retreat, studio space and a private residence for Carl Turner, principal of London based studio Carl Turner Architects, and his partner Mary Martin. Despite it's rural setting at...

Deliciously Curvalicious.

Let's just clear something up from the outset - in case the title of this post made you think we are going to discuss Beyonce's post-baby body, you're in the wrong place. This post has nothing to do with her curvaceous hips and mama-jugs,...

Casa do Conto (House of Tales) Hotel | Porto, Portugal.

Designed by Pedra Líquida (Liquid Stone), Casa do Conto (House of Tales) began over three years ago, however a fatal fire interrupted the project in March 2009. The owner and the architects went on to complete the hotel and subsequently...