<i>Contemporary Follies</i> showcases outstanding examples of contemporary design that address our place in nature. Emerging from the Enlightenment spirit of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Jefferson, the English picturesque folly, and the forest retreats of Scandinavian modernists, these projects inspire contemplation and creativity in their spatial energy and alliance with the environment. <br /> <br />The book features fifty structures, including work by internationally recognized firms such as Arata Isozaki & Associates, Heatherwick Studios, Patkau Architects, Steven Ehrlich Architects, TEN Arquitectos as well as innovative young studios in all parts of the world: Norway, United Kingdom, Austria, Chile, Germany, Ecuador, Finland, Taiwan, Spain, Canada, Netherlands, United States, Czech Republic, France, and Switzerland. <br /> <br />International in scope and focused on design excellence, this collection of exquisite buildings will appeal to all who yearn for a place of their own, a retreat in which to regroup and reprioritize. Together these small structures are the contemporary interpretation of the folly, the small building nestled in the landscape, a place apart.
A straight-to-the-point ?everything-you-need-to-know? guide to the world of professional illustration for aspiring artists and recent art-school graduates?not only the technical essentials (the difference between narrative versus conceptual illustration, diagramming a composition, mastering negative space, and the impact of different mediums from watercolor to digital to textiles), but industry insights, real-world insider advice, and honest personal development tips from an experienced teacher (?if you say your style is ?manga? or ?anime? then you have no style?). <br /> <br />From a <i>Newsweek</i> cover depicting the Bush family as characters on <i>Game of Thrones</i>; to the Sistine Chapel (the complete illustrated bible)?visual storytelling through illustration has been an important mode of communication in every culture since ancient times. Unlike a fine artist, an illustrator creates images that serve a specific purpose, and successful illustrators need much more than just talent. <br /> <br />Drawing on a decade of teaching, including at Maryland Institute College of Art and as cofounder of the new Baltimore Academy of Illustration, along with over three decades of professional experience as an illustrator for clients like Marvel Comics, Relapse Records, and <i>The Village Voice</i>?Greg Houston places aspiring artists and recent graduates squarely in the current marketplace, and inspires them to pursue work in the large and lucrative field of professional illustration in a way that will be personally and professionally rewarding for years to come. <i>Illustration that Works</i> demonstrates exactly why illustration is so important to the way we see and communicate today, and how it can be done effectively in an infinite number of styles. <br /> <br /> <b>Includes: <br /></b> <br /> <b>Thought-provoking assignments</b> <br /> - Illustrate an op-ed that?s either pro or against religion in the public sphere <br /> - Create 3 posters for an HBO documentary series on sex (that can still be displayed anywhere) <br /> - Illustrate a pair of identical twins whose lives have veered apart dramatically <br /> <br /> <b>400 examples of artwork</b> <br /> - Assignments completed by talented students <br /> - Pieces from 50 classic and contemporary master illustrators including Brian Sanders, Marshall Arisman, Roberto Parada, Steve Brodner, Paul Rogers, and Greg Spalenka <br /> - Houston?s own pieces, both finished and failed
Award-winning photographer Kerri McCaffety looks at the city's most innovative and iconic interiors in a quest to define the essence of the unique New Orleans style. Sumptuous fabrics, elegant architectural details, intricate collections, bold abstract art, and fresh, contemporary lines are all captured in her stunning photographs. <br /> <br />What makes New Orleans different from everywhere else? The answer is its history: three centuries of complex cultural influences?French, Spanish, and African?converging in a unique climate and a strategic location at the mouth of the Mississippi River. It?s an alluring but elusive mélange of sophisticated and primitive, elegant and raw in a sultry, seductive atmosphere of faded glory. <br /> <br /> But as New Orleans recovers from the devastation wrought by Katrina, there is an infusion of contemporary energy, manifest in all dimensions?political, social, cultural, culinary, artistic. Interior design is moving toward a fresh elegance while still embracing the extravagance of the past. The grandeur of the Greek revival architecture and the drama of the live oaks are tempered by a fresh, more relaxed elegance that respects classical proportions and details but introduces a more contemporary vocabulary in furnishings and accessories. <b> </b> <br /> <br />More than forty houses and apartments are featured from all parts of the city?the French Quarter, the Warehouse District, the Garden District, and the multiple neighborhoods that comprise Uptown. <br /> <br /> Social commentator and <i>Vogue</i> contributor Julia Reed?s introductory essay surveys the traditions of the city, placing its style in a cultural and historic context. Commentary from interior designers, scholars, and antiques dealers creates a rich tapestry of perspectives and opinions on a perennially fascinating place.
Creating settings where great art can live in harmony with the style of the interiors and provide an elegant and inviting living space for the collectors is the hallmark of James Aman?s design. His goal is to integrate contemporary, often provocative works of art into brighter, more open spaces that inspire and delight the collectors and complement the way they live. Working collaboratively with his clients, Aman applies the same artistic principles of light, color, texture, and scale that characterize the world?s best art in the selection of fabrics and furnishings that surround and enhance the collections. <br /> <br /> The look that has evolved is more open, streamlined, and tailored, but it is still respectful of classic details. Sumptuous materials and bespoke furniture and decorative objects, often the work of partner John Meeks, complement art collections that include works by Picasso, Dubuffet, Giacometti, Rothko, and Warhol as well as contemporary masters like John Currin, Damien Hirst, Cindy Sherman, and Richard Prince. <br /> <br /> <i>The New Formal</i> includes ten magnificent residences?landmark Park Avenue apartments and Upper East Side townhouses in New York as well as stunning properties in Greenwich, the Hamptons, and Palm Beach. Unlike many designers, Aman works exclusively with a small number of loyal clients whose trust he has gained over multiple projects. His portfolio offers an unprecedented glimpse into this rarified world.
Explore 100 gardens from around the world with this illustrated guide to the design elements of each--from historical style to planting and landscape design. This comprehensive reference offers gardens from many periods of history--Islamic, Renaissance, English Landscape, Arts and Crafts, and more--and geographically diverse environments--from a nighttime sculpture garden on the Oregon coast, to a sustainable water garden in the mountains of Vermont, and the Mughal garden at the Indian president's palace in New Delhi. They are inspirational works made by both talented amateurs and major international garden designers--including Britain's Christopher Bradley Hole, Italy's Luciano Giubbilei and Paolo Pejrone, and Americans Isabelle Green, Raymond Jungles, and Martha Schwartz. In this affordable volume boasting 500 illustrations, readers are led through the details of each garden and provided with the tools needed to understand and replicate each exemplary design--whether the site is rural or urban, a backyard or a beach, in any climate, and on any budget. Each beautiful project photo is followed by a list of key concepts, numbered close-ups that highlight aspects of the design, and expert write-ups to explain how each element serves the garden as a whole.
Interior designer Richard Mishaan believes that all furniture and decorative accessories with inherently good form can be combined successfully regardless of style, period, or price. He creates exuberant, bold, glamorous spaces known for their masterful use of art that are nevertheless comfortable above all. In his work, every room is treated to at least one small luxury: bespoke embroidery on a wall covering, a shimmery midcentury Murano-glass chandelier, or a screen covered in wallpaper patterned like malachite. <br /> <br /> Mishaan believes that the best interiors are layered and rich. He skillfully brings together furnishings and objects from myriad eras?Italian neoclassic, seventeenth-century French, African tribal, Art Deco, Biedermeier?in a contemporary fusion style that has become his signature. This volume covers Mishaan?s best work since 2009 and includes a dozen spaces of every scale, from gemlike city apartments to Hamptons estates and the presidential suite at the St. Regis Hotel. Throughout, he weaves tips on how to live well in any size dwelling; full-color photography illustrates his ideas for truly personalizing spaces and for injecting areas devoted completely to comfort in every room.
Plein air painting, the art of painting outdoors, offers possibilities artists can?t find inside the studio. When painters set up easels outside, they put themselves in direct contact with nature. Responsiveness to the landscape?s changing light, forms, and colors yields work that?s lively and spontaneous. However, plein air painting also poses a set of challenges not encountered in the studio. There are matters of choosing a location, rationing the number of supplies to bring, working within a time limit, adjusting to sudden changes in weather, and possibly even testing physical endurance when transporting equipment to a painting site. <br /> <br /> <i>The Art of Plein Air Painting </i>presents the full picture of what painting <i>en plein air </i>requires. Devoted plein air artist M. Stephen Doherty guides readers through how to choose the best spot, which materials and tools to bring, and the basics of mixing colors and preparing canvases and panels ahead of time. Sidebars and step-by-step demonstrations cover topics that range from sketching out a composition to starting a painting with washes or lines, toning a surface, and doing a cityscape. Doherty even teaches how to do a nocturne?a painting made after the sun has gone down. <br /> <br /> Works by famous plein air painters, such as Claude Monet and John Singer Sargent, are discussed, along with works by some of today?s best plein air artists. Doherty interviews contemporary masters Mark Boedges, Clyde Aspevig, Kathryn Stats, Michael Godfrey, Joseph McGurl, and Clive C. Tyler to gain a deeper insight into the plein air process. Finally, the book contains information on plein air events?workshops, county festivals, and juried shows?now being held across North America, as well as advice on selling finished work.
Publishers Weekly,Innovative ideas abound in this classic retrospective of interior design, even as it leans toward the designer's most dramatic examples, such as a barn in Bucks County, Pa., converted to a "guesthouse and entertainment center for their farmhouse." With its grand yet rustic dining table illuminated by vintage carriage lights, and custom wrought-iron banisters made from farm tools, this is no average living space. Yet the book also includes a historic manor house in which a casual family room has a kid-sized kitchen and armchair tucked into the corners and a patterned sofa to hide spills. Most of the selected homes feel lived in rather than staged, in spite of the spotlessness. A 1920s Park Avenue apartment in N.Y.C. gives off a decidedly Liberace vibe, gold leaf and all, but the book also shows off a refined terracotta plaid set of chairs for a client with a more traditional tastes. The sampling of styles, locations (New York; Palm Desert, Calif.; Paris; Los Angeles), and types of homes displays Baird's range and ability to satisfy any client. (Apr.) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Renowned event planner David Stark reveals whimsical, artistic, unexpected designs often created from sustainable, industrial, or low-cost materials to inspire readers?whether planning a wedding, dinner party, or holiday gathering?looking for ideas for their own events. <br /> <br />Twenty-five of David Stark's events are featured?both private celebrations and charitable galas? and showcase how he developed the inspiration for the overarching theme, color palette, and the thoughtful, coordinated details he's known for, and which truly make an event memorable. <br /> <br />From the New York Metropolitan Opera opening gala to Target?s large-scale charitable events and pop-up shops, David Stark?s inimitable influence is sweeping the design world?and thanks to his books, becoming more accessible for his legions of fans. <br /> <br />No matter the event, <i>The Art of the Party</i> is sure to inspire creativity and become an essential resource for years to come.
The Winterthur Museum?s richly illustrated history of British and American fabrics made or used from 1700?1850 is a visual reference for designers and a definitive contribution to textile studies. <br /> <br /> From slipcovers that belonged to George Washington, to bedhangings described by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Delaware?s Winterthur Museum holds some of the finest cotton and linen textiles made or used in America and Britain between 1700 and 1850. One of the fastest growing and potentially most lucrative trades in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, on the forefront of developments in science and engineering, chemistry and technology, the textile industry is a fascinating lens into international trade relations and cultural exchange over nearly two centuries. <br /> <br /> <i>Printed Textiles</i> is a major update to the classic text published by Winterthur in 1970?a sourcebook compiled by celebrated curator Florence Montgomery that detailed all aspects of the fabrics? lifespan, from their design and method of manufacture to their use and exchange value. Linda Eaton, Director of Collections and Senior Curator of Textiles, updates the classic with a particular focus on furnishing fabrics?referred to as ?furnitures.? Building on research that has come to light since 1970 and benefiting from the technical and scientific expertise of the conservators and scientists at Winterthur, Eaton presents a thorough and sweeping study enriched by the diverse approaches to material culture today. <br /> <br /> With hundreds of beautifully photographed samples?engagingly contextualized with iconic figures in American history including Betsy Ross and Benjamin Franklin?this significant addition to textile scholarship allows for a full appreciation of these fascinating fabrics. <i>Printed Textiles </i>is destined to become an essential reference for interior designers, fashion and textile design students, conservators, collectors, and anyone with an interest in the textile industry.