Friday Likes 356

No connecting thread this week as we make the final Friday selections of 2020 — the next two weeks will be devoted to The Year in Review — with work from Ho Chi Minh City, Valencia, and Jakarta. KSOUL by M — N Associates KSOUL is an architecture and interior design firm in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, specializing in retail and restaurants. Their identity, designed by local firm M — N Associates, abides to a strict, visible grid across all applications yet it has a delicate sense of playfulness and liveliness to it, thanks in part to the bold “K” monogram, where its arm changes shapes that echo those found in architectural blueprints. The gray and yellow color palette — perfectly on cue and ahead of the curve of Pantone’s 2021 colors of the year — create great contrast with