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Interiors: The Home Since 1700
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Steven Parissien (Author)
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Laurence King Publishers (Editor)
The development of the domestic interior is a history of consumption and taste. In this book, for the first time, this story is set against the cultural and industrial changes taking place in the western world since the seventeenth century.
Unlike almost all previous histories, this book does not deal exclusively with the grand houses of the aristocracy: Steven Parissien's masterly text concentrates rather on the homes of the merchants and middle classes, who have been the first to take advantage of new technologies to furnish and decorate their homes.
Fully illustrated with contemporary plates from catalogs and books, as well as paintings and photography, this beautiful book traces a constantly absorbing and often surprising story, as it took place all over Western Europe and North America. Ideal for all students of and enthusiasts for the domestic interior and period settings. Steven Parissien's strongly narrative text explains not simply what happened, but why.
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Italian Interior Design: Italian Interiors 1990-1999/Italienische Interieurs 1990-1999 (Tools)
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Laura Andreini (Author)
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Nicola Flora (Editor)
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Paolo Giardiello (Editor)
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Gennaro Postiglione (Editor)
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Te Neues Publishing Company (Editor)
Italian design has an extraordinary reputation worldwide, but is there such a thing as an Italian aesthetic? In the worlds of fashion, cars, buildings and furniture, the answer is a resounding yes. For decades, Italian designers and architects have been applauded for their elegance, originality, and perfection. Names such as Studio Archea, Paolo Deganello, Alessandro Mendini, and Ettore Sottsass are synonymous with a fascinating formal vocabulary and are known far beyond the borders of their native country. Italian Interior Design explores this question at the very core. It presents thirty-four remarkable interiors, each created within the past decade, by some of Italy?s most admired designers. Illustrated with brilliant photographs, sketches, plans and informed by a highly informative text, this guide to the best in Italian design offers a window into a culture that places a high value on beauty, simplicity, and utility.
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The Kitchen (Living Concepts)
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Klaus Spechtenhauser (Author)
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Klaus Spechtenhauser (Editor)
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Birkhäuser Architecture (Editor)
The kitchen is regaining its role as the central living space in home life. Since the 1990s the kitchen has moved into the fashion and design spotlight, and this publication now examines and reviews its significance in an architectural, cultural, social and economical context. The authors and contributors look at important developments and revolutionary kitchen concepts of the last decades including standardized kitchens and open kitchen living spaces; they also review design basics, current trends, the changing demands posed by patch-work families or single person households. Even culinary aspects are included. This is a book which should certainly have its place in every 21st century kitchen. Our new book series "Living concepts" presents clearly and concisely selected topics relating to aspects of the home. It is aimed at general readers as well as specialists, and edited by the ETH Wohnforum Zurich.
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Living Modern: Bringing Modernism Home
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Andrew Weaving (Author)
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Lisa Freedman (Author)
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Chronicle Books (Editor)
Architectural modernism was revolutionary when it first appeared in the 1920s, and its innovation showed the world just what twentieth-century design could bring. Living Modern is a grand showcase of classic homes by such design luminaries as Mies van der Rohe, Charles and Ray Eames, Alvar Aalto, Richard Neutra, and many more. With over 200 detailed photographs of both entirely new work and remodeled originals, as well as numerous historical images, the true trademarks of modernism and of each designer are revealed. Ranging from materials and color to lighting and floor plans, Living Modern is an excellent primer to modern home style from its inception to the timeless features applied to the interiors of today.
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Loft Design: Solutions for Creating a Livable Space
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Katherine Stone (Author)
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Rockport Publishers (Editor)
If you think of lofts as urban oddities inhabited only by Soho artists, think again. Celebrity television host and loft expert Katherine Stone has been chronicling the rising popularity of lofts for years. In this hands-on book, she shares her wisdom and trade secrets with home and business owners everywhere. Katherine Stone reveals how to transform spaces large and small into open, inviting, and practical areas for living comfortably and working well. From homes to offices to corporations, here are a range of innovative loft designs that achieve the intricate balance between practicality and aesthetic beauty. Stone reveals the inventive ideas that made these lofts spectacular sharing tips and techniques for everything from planning, ergonomic issues, and decorating concerns to specifics such as lighting, scale, and space definition. Both a primer and inspiration for home and business owners and designers, this hardworking guide will take loft design and decorating to new heights.
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Lofts: Good Ideas (Good Ideas Series)
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Aurora Cuito (Author)
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Collins Design (Editor)
Although loft living once meant converting old industrial warehouses, today it has evolved into a style and approach for modern living spaces. This new volume in the Good Ideas series provides more than 50 recent examples of contemporary lofts from around the world, ranging from remodeled industrial buildings to old farmhouses and garages transformed for today's lifestyle. With 800 photographs, Good Ideas: Lofts is an incredible value for anyone who dreams of owning or living in a loft.
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London Apartments (Tools)
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teNeues (Creator)
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teNeues (Editor)
Narrow winding streets, tasteful gardens, and centuries? old structures have long made London the Capital of Quaint. But in the past few years this historic city has made a name for itself in the world of architecture and design, and nowhere is that distinction more evident than in its apartment dwellings, as this colorful volume clearly proves. If you thought living in London meant electric fireplaces and damp cheerless parlors decorated with your grandmother?s furniture, think again. Windows that wow, rooms vibrating with color, kitchens so sleek they seem to melt into the walls and bathrooms so luxurious they seem to make other rooms unnecessary?all these and more can be found between the covers of this elegant book that will both inspire and transport. Forty intimate home tours of beautifully appointed apartments, each with its own character, take readers through the basics of space, lighting, and color. Blueprints, sketches, and an informative text aimed at professionals and laypeople alike present each apartment?s unique challenges and design strategy. From the witty to the high-tech, the minimalist to the lavish, these London apartments showcase the best work of today?s architects and designers and secure London?s reputation as one of the most exciting places to live in the world.
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Maison--Christian Liaigre
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Herbert Ypma (Author)
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Christian Liaigre (Author)
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Thames & Hudson (Editor)
Christian Liaigre's epoch-defining interiors include the Mercer Hotel in New York, offices for Valentino Couture in Paris, and Selfridges department store in London, as well as private residences for Calvin Klein, Karl Lagerfeld, and Kenzo. His luxurious dark-wood minimalism and masculine palette of creams, browns, and grays have redefined modernism, supplanting the Scandinavian blond timbers on white that just a few years ago were the sine qua non of the modern interior. Working in close collaboration with Liaigre, Herbert Ypma set out to capture and document eight recent and previously unpublished residential projects. They are incredibly diverse: a modernist retreat on the Galician coast belonging to the family of Spanish fashion designer Adolfo Dominguez; a former artist's atelier in Montparnasse; Rupert Murdoch's capacious SoHo loft; an eighteenth-century Bavarian timber farmhouse owned by the proprietor and designer of Germany's fashion label Strenesse; and Liaigre's own fisherman's cottage retreat on the Ile de Ré. The integrity and pervasive calm of Liaigre's spaces reflect an instinctive aversion to the clamor of modern life. His materials are luxuriously authentic?exotic African timbers such as ebony; linen, silk, and wool; marble and natural stone; and his signature bronze hardware. And, as every project demonstrates, he makes deep connections with the tradition of each location, whether it be the industrial heritage of downtown Manhattan or the wild coastal landscape of Corsica. 500 color illustrations.
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Naturally Modern: Creating Interiors with Wood, Leather, Stone, and Natural Fabrics
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Ros Byam Shaw (Author)
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Andrew Wood (Photographer)
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Harry N. Abrams (Editor)
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. In a world dominated by technology, nature's raw materials are back in fashion0and with them a taste for interiors that minimize clutter and accentuate sensual appeal. Design writer Ros Byam Shaw offers a wealth of useful and inspirational decorating ideas to help the reader bring the colors and textures of nature into the home. As illustrated in some 250 photographs of contemporary American, European, and Asian rooms, natural materials bring a warmth and intimacy to both country and city dwellings-and a look that will wear beyond the vagaries of fashion. With its emphasis on simplicity, durability, and comfort, this is an interior design manual perfectly suited to today's lifestyles. ROS BYAM SHAW is a former features editor of World of Interiors. She is now a freelance journalist and writes on design and interiors for Country Life, House & Garden, and various other publications. She lives in London. ANDREW WOOD specializes in interior and fashion photography. 250 illustrations in full color, 91/4 x 9"
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