Architectural Voyeurism.As a self-confessed voyeur, I recently noticed a trend in my bulging and ever-growing collection of images - countless examples of beautiful homes that (quite literally) provide a window into the lives of their owners. Modernism has a lot...
Robert Montgomery.Robert Montgomery is an artist based in London who's work spans large typographic billboards, recycled sunlight pieces and drawings. His website says that he "works in a poetic and melancholic post-situationist tradition”. Deep, I...
Leap of Faith.Dear yellowtrace friends, Wowee. I had a huge week last week, and I wanted to share with you my big news… if you’d like to hear about it that is. Yes? Great, then read on. About a year and a half ago, just before I...
Colour Blocking.Unless you've been hiding under a rock for the last little while (in which case, sorry to disturb you... as you were, soldier) you would have definitely noticed the good ol' colour blocking trend in all aspects of design - from fashion,...
Somebody Drew That.I am super excited to welcome the fabulous and super talented Melbourne based architect Byron George of Russell and George. Hooray! You may recall my previous interview with Byron (click right here), and I also interviewed his parter Ryan...
Concept Mood Boards | Bohemian Boutique Hotel.I decided to do something which I hadn't really done before on the blog - I wanted to share some of my recent work with you guys in the hope that you will find it interesting. I was recently approached about designing an interior for a...
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...
Design Free Thursday | World War II Bunkers.And so the somber mood continues here on yellowtrace, even on Design Free Thursday which typically embraces the fun, the whacky and the irreverent side of life. These images caught my eye a few weeks ago, and I never realised that I would...
Out of Sorts.This post was originally going to be about another super cool design-y thing, but it just didn't 'feel' right. So I changed it 4 or 5 times, until I realised that design just isn't all that important to me today and that my thoughts are...