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By Atlanta Bartlett and Karena Callen.
White can work in every home. Classic, timeless, easily adapted to changing fashions, and excellent for maximizing light, it is far from bland or boring. The authors begin by showin you How to Use White to create a multitude of environments--from warm and homey through to cool and calm--with different textures and shades.
By Armelle Baron.
Axel Vervoordt began purchasing antiques in his teens and has steadily built a vast collection of exquisite objects from around the world. He is renowned for his prestigious exhibitions at major world antique fairs, including the New York Design Fair and TEFAF Maastricht. His interior designs, in both traditional and modern settings around the world, combine antiques from all continents with a Zen sensuality, and they blend the old with the new to create harmonious interiors.
By Emily Chalmers and Ali Hanan. It's about taking the essence of country style - a way of living that is gentle, natural and grounded - and giving it a contemporary makeover. You don't have to live in the country to appreciate the lifestyle - its colours, textures and details look just as at home in urban spaces.
By Terence Conran. Conran gives advice on how to create a more comfortable, relaxed way of living through interior design. Throughout, he gives examples of what he considers important elements when designing for ease of living and illustrates these ideas with beautifully photographed interiors that depict a modern, clean, uncluttered style.
By Brian Coleman. Coleman hosts a tour of cottages, castles, lofts and beyond that illustrate how paint and wallpaper are paramount to a room's overall design and feel. Visually stunning interiors and inspiring color schemes reveal how to build cohesive, stylish rooms by using furnishings and fabrics that blend with and accent the walls.
By Terence Conran.
Founder of Habitat stores, designer and author Conran (The Ultimate House Book) recognizes in this prescient work that being upwardly mobile no longer translates into living large, particularly for urban dwellers. Opting for a smaller home enables one to live in a more desirable location, perhaps closer to work; a smaller home is cheaper to run (think energy), easier to maintain and forces one to be more selective in purchases and less acquisitive. "Think laterally and creatively" is Conran's dictum, for example, in assessing needs, decorating the space to make the most of light and air, simplifying architectural details, building in storage and investing in functional, dual-use furniture, i.e., wall beds in neutral shades.
By Gian Carlo Calza. The book features over 150 illustrations ranging from the traditional to thecontemporary. Japan Style is a perfect introduction to Japanese style and culture.
By Suzanne Slesin.
Over 750 magnificent colour photographs reveal the beauty and spirit of modern Japan in a book filled with ideas and inspiration
By Jane Edwards. Edwards shows off her skills in this portfolio of 42 mainly urban spaces. Most owners are in the arts (or a related industry), in love with color, and experts at eclecticism. Exuberant color photographs and minimalist text make for a repeatable and enjoyable viewing experience.
By Herbert Ypma. This volume looks at the London minimum design theme.
By Ros Byam Shaw. A style book, a wish book, and a practical how-to guide to creating handsome and functional interiors, Naturally Modern offers a fresh approach to decorating with natural materials, including wood, leather, stone, and textiles like cotton, linen, and wool.
By Jane Cumberbatch. Jane Cumberbatch's unique approach to interior decoration is based on the timeless appeal of all things simple and natural. With clean outlines, crisp fabrics, and natural materials, "Pure Style" offers a new way of living that is both resourceful and economical. The book provides a visual catalogue of appropriate colours, fabrics, textures, furniture, lighting, and decorative objects, and then shows how to bring them together to create your own interpretation of the look. Filled with a wealth of ideas and trade secrets, "Pure Style" offers ethos for living that teaches selectivity and promotes a general pairing down of things.
By Jane Cumberbatch. Books about pared-down minimalist décor--most of them featuring the much-ridiculed all-white-box room with one lonely straight-backed chair in the center--are plentiful. Few people can actually live in those rooms, though, and for those who prefer a little color in their lives, there's Jane Cumberbatch's Pure Style Living.
By Lesley Jackson. Hailed as the British counterparts to Charles and Ray Eames, Robin and Lucienne Day electrified the British design scene in the 1950s with their startling furniture and textile designs. The book features never-before-seen archival material along with over 250 color images of the full range of their work, including furniture, ceramics, textiles, wallpaper, interiors, appliances, exhibit designs, and graphics.
By Magnus Englund and Chrystina Schmidt.
Celebrating the variety and versatility of Scandinavian rural style, this inspirational book showcases an array of beautiful homes in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, reflecting the special relationship that Scandinavians have with nature.
By Magnus Englund and Chrystina Schmidt. Scandinavian Modern traces the development of twentieth-century Scandinavian style, introduces the most important designers and their work and explores some homes in Scandinavia.
By John Bowman.
By Michael Freeman. Space is a photographic exploration of Japanese architecture and design in size-constricted areas, exploring imaginative, ingenious, and revolutionary solutions to space-compromised living. Masters in the art of managing small spaces, the Japanese in their design have given rise to a particular style of ingenuity.
By Diane Waggoner. William Morris was the leader of the British Arts and Crafts movement. The book examines the life and work of the designer and of Morris & Company. It contains detailed studies of Morris's stained glass, interior decoration designs, and book publishing ventures, as well as an essay on his successor at Morris & Company, J. H. Dearle. The book also explores the design legacy of Morris and the firm in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries on both sides of the Atlantic.
By Darryl Carter. A leader in the design world, Carter is recognized for his restrained, distinguished, and livable environments. Known for seamlessly mixing the modern with the classical, Carter presents a comprehensive guide to creating a home that balances individual comfort with a timeless aesthetic.
By Wim Pauwels.
Timeless Living is a stunning collection of modern architectural and interior design projects - a pictorial tour through every room of the house. Every taste is catered for - from formal to relaxed, opulent to minimalist. Three hundred beautiful colour images, many of them double-page spreads, illustrate the very best designs available today, from some of the very best interior designers and architects. Contents: Entrance halls; Sitting rooms; Dining rooms; Kitchens; Bathrooms; Bedrooms and dressing rooms; Spaces for relaxation; Spaces for work; Around the house; In the garden
By Nancy Gent and Elizabeth Betts Hickman. Urban Country Style mixes modern and vintage furnishings with a crisp, clean approach and a touch of the unexpected. Hickman and Gent go beyond the generic idea of an "eclectic mix" and define this popular emerging style by providing a six-element guideline to the style. F.U.S.I.O.N is an acronym around which the chapters are organized: Function, Unexpected, Simple, Integrated, Old and New.
