Eujin Rhee

Old-fashioned filament lightbulb fixtures hang on the wall. Photo by: Martin Kaufmann

The exterior metal framework logo. Photo by: Martin Kaufmann

In the open kitchen, stacks of cups wait to be filled, machines wait to serve piping hot beverages, and spoons ready to stir. Photo by: Stine Christiansen

Once home to a shoe repairer and abandoned for the last two years, Central Hotel & Café received a much-needed makeover from owner Leif Thingtved, who is seen here peering out the one-roomed hotel located above the downstairs café. The single room comes with a bathroom, flat screen television, high-speed internet, Royal Eden bed, and mini bar. Photo by: Martin Kaufmann

Quaffing a perfect cappuccino is this writer’s true weakness.

The hotel and café's outdoor signage. Photo by: Martin Kaufmann

The café's blackboard menu lists many global favorites such as an espresso, Americano, and iced coffee. Apparently some of the best coffee around is brewed here. Hotel guests are treated to a complimentary organic breakfast. Photo by: Martin Kaufmann

Diana: London's Most Enduring Logo Transit signage is an especially fascinating genre. The graphics have to relay loads of information to a great number of people. When done right, you don't "notice" the design, you just get from point A to point B hassle-free. So I really enjoyed the capsule history of London's Underground logo summarized in CoDesign: "The Roundel is neither picture nor typography. The Roundel is always instantly recognizable as itself in whatever context it is placed while simultaneously communicating the idea of transportation, urban cool, and serving as a visual metonym for London itself," writes Logo for London author David Lawrence. For more on transportation signage, view my story on New York's WalkNYC design by Pentagram.

Kelsey: Kim Thome Our friends at Sight Unseen are the brave explorers of design's new world, particularly those working in the super-colorful, Memphis-inspired vein. This week Sight Unseen posted a look at Kim Thome's stripe-heavy exhibition at London's William Benington Gallery, and it's eye candy galore. Behold!

Olivia: Alessi Fiato Sul Collo Necklace Ever since I popped into the Alessi store a couple of weeks ago, I've been infatuated with Mario Trimarchi's collar necklace. In Sicily, where Trimarchi grew up, a sirocco (warm Mediterranean wind) would occasionally blow through. According to local lore this wind was dangerous, so the neighbors would gather into a windowless room to smoke and play rounds of cards until it was over. When the door to the room was opened, the sirocco would rush in and cause the cards to scatter about, the effect of which Trimarchi captured in the stainless-steel Fiato Sul Collo. Photo courtesy Modern Seed.

Anna: Columbia's Breaking Bad Two days after the very last episode, AMAZING BEST SERIES ENDING episode EVER, Columbia announces they too are busting out their own Heisenberg. The Latin-American remake of Breaking Bad is called Metástasis. Meet your new spanish converted characters such as Walter Blanco, Jose Miguel Rosas (Pinkman) & Cielo (Spanish for Sky[ler]). Olé!

Julia: Beautiful Fashion Illustrations by Dadu Shin I recently stumbled across "I Don't Like Clothes", a personal project by New York City-based illustrator Dadu Shin. His unique designs caught my eye immediately. They are full of colors and interesting patterns, and I would truly love to wear any one of his pieces.

Eujin: 1920s Bauhaus Stage Costumes I've been a little negligent on dressing up for Halloween in the past year or two, but there's no excuse now! Shown here: Das Triadische Ballet, 1924

Landscape architect Tait Moring installed pavers around the structure’s perimeter and kept the tree cover intact. Photo by: Kimberly Davis

For this Swedish kitchen, an extra-thin slab of Carrara marble was used for the countertop and backsplash so that it would recede into the space, not overwhelm it. The room is also outfitted with IKEA cabinets painted a serene powder blue—adding a vintage vibe, and a high-low sense of style.

The interior consists of five different levels, all linked by a steel-and-wood staircase. Carbone sourced the chandelier from a local shop.

Tall and surprisingly open, the Tel Aviv Town House by Pitsou Kedem Architects continues in the tradition of its Bauhaus-inspired neighbors with a white facade and black window frames.

Karen White, David MacNaughtan, and their sons, Griffin and Finlay, hang out on the front deckof their narrow home in Toronto’s leafy Roncesvalles neighborhood. A narrow modernist composition of glass panes and purple brick, the house slips like a bookmark between two older buildings, a bright three-story abode on a lot narrower than most suburban driveways. Photo by Dean Kaufman. Read more about the small house here.

Renowned designer and architect Jens Risom sourced parts from a catalog for his customized A-frame and had them delivered in pieces to his remote island site off Rhode Island, helped to raise the aesthetic profile of modular construction.

A Lot for a Little Regina and Andy Rihn weren’t exactly modernists when they first began their frustrating, unproductive slog through the pricey Austin, Texas, real estate market. “We just liked things that were old and wood,” Andy says. “That was our aesthetic.” But thankfully for them, the first-time homebuyers got lucky. Read the entire article here. Photo by: Misty Keasler

Rookie firm Patch Work Architecture used locally sourced Lawson cypress to clad the exterior of a 970-square-foot house in New Zealand. Vibrant painted accents contrast with the otherwise neutral structure. Steel trusses, painted in a blue hue called Lochmara from Resene, are visible through the fiberglass panels on the veranda. Photo by: Paul McCredie

Bryan and Robin relax in a corner of the living room; the custom rug is from the Rug Affair.

Sheets of unframed glass fill the spaces between the building’s operable windows and the sloping eave of the roof, giving the house, as architect Alan Organschi puts it, “the feel of coming apart at the seams—of surfaces unhinged.”

Anna: Carrie The Musical Stephen King was all I read in my youth and I'm a HUGE fan of horror movies. Musicals are ok, but a musical like this one..YES please! San Francisco's Ray of Light Theatre is presenting Carrie The Musical this fall at Victoria Theatre. I'm totally getting my prom dress out of storage…it's so ON!

Diana: Abstract, Nature-Inspired Street Art Italy-native Tellas's work has been described as "symptomatic of a new breed of quieter street artists." We like the contemplative geometric fields he creates—they're easy to get lost in. Catch a time lapse of his work here:

Erika: Field Installation at Hyde Park in Sydney Auckland, New Zealand–based design firm Out of the Dark has created Field, an installation in Sydney’s Hyde Park, for the 2013 Sydney Art and About Festival, on now through October 20. The design comprises 81 mirror posts measuring over six feet tall that showcase, celebrate, and replicate their surroundings. Photo courtesy City of Sydney.

Kelsey: Flatware Fiesta If Mondo Blogo isn't on your design reading blog(o)roll, what are you waiting for? It's a treasure trove of archival design content, organized by (or rather, published at the whim of) Patrick Parrish, who started Mondo Cane gallery/store in New York in 1994. This post from way back tickles my fancy this week, as I just finished my own flatware hunt. These picks range from the flat and Bauahus-inspired to curvier, anthropomorphic, and Post Modern cutlery. It's enough to fuel your Ebay searches for decades.

Even in ever-gray and gloomy Seattle, the 24-by-10-foot front window lets in enough light that the couple rarely needs to turn on any lamps inside the house.

Michelle Linden encountered a common real estate dilemma: a less than stellar home in a convenient and desirable neighborhood. Rather than scrap plans to be able to walk to the grocery store, live adjacent to a major bike route, and be close to friends, Linden decided to take on the fixer-uper.

When the Zimmerman family settled in Seattle, Washington, in the late 1990s they bought a 1,100-square-foot Craftsman built in the 1920s. Fast-forward to today. Not wanting to leave their beloved neighborhood, but hurting for space, they enlisted the help of local design-build firm Ninebark to create a separate living area. Working from sketches that the residents had from their uncle, Gary Schoemaker, an architect in New York, Ninebark realized a refined structure that serves as a playroom, office, and guesthouse for visitors, complete with a kitchenette and full bathroom.

A rolling ladder made from salvaged wood and components leads to a small, yet well equipped, office.

The living room coffee table is Michelle's own design and the Salema sofa was purchased from Area 51, a Seattle purveyor of new and vintage furniture.

The floor-to-ceiling windows at either end of a Seattle boathouse allow light to stream through the entire 1,000-square-foot space.

All of the plywood, concrete, and steel surfaces inside the house were left unfinished. “We like to use natural materials in their raw state and minimize the use of synthetic surfaces and drywall,” says Mihalyo.

Suzanne and Brooks Kelley at the back of their 1,100-square-foot guest cottage.

Weinfeld’s cinematic streak is also evident in the home’s interiors: he designed the entertainment center in the media room. The rug is from Clatt Carpete & Cia. Throughout the house, the Strozenbergs use floor-to-ceiling curtains for privacy.