In case you failed to notice, September is almost over (WTF! – it’s practically Christmas time!), which can only mean one thing – our September edition of Yellowtrace Spotlight is upon us. Today we round up the best local and international submissions, including a hotel in one of China’s most popular holiday destinations; an uber-clever Chinese takeaway in The Netherlands; new product releases from BoConcept; newly opened collectible design gallery in Sydney, plus a whole bunch of other hot-to-trot projects. Let’s get stuck into it!
Creative studio Zware Jongens redesigned & rebranded the Chinese Box Club in the Dutch town Weert, making a dusty Chinese takeaway shop concept cool again.
Renowned Adelaide restaurant Orana popped up in Sydney’s Surry Hills with the month-long Orana in Residence, sporting a native plant-filled fit out by SJB.
Restaurant Shinbashi Yakiniku in Carlton by Pierce Widera features mant aspects from traditional Japanese architecture woven throughout the modern interior.
Fiona Lynch has reimagined the foyer & retail space at the TarraWarra Museum of Art, conceived as a spatial insertion sculpted around the existing interior.
First published in 1998, Danish furniture brand BoConcept launches the 21st edition of its annual catalogue penned by award-winning international designers.
Set in Sydney’s Rushcutter’s Bay, Sally Dan-Cuthbert’s newly opened design gallery specialises in Australian visual & functional art, and collectible design.
Culminating a decade’s work, furniture maker Anton Gerner stages an exhibition of contemporary heirloom furniture within National Trust mansion Labassa.
The apartment sales centre in Chongqing, China by Ippolito Fleitz Group is an arresting contemporary structure resembling an art gallery from the outside.