基本信息出版社：Watson-Guptill
页码：208 页
出版日期：2003年04月
ISBN：0823025179
条形码：9780823025176
装帧：精装
正文语种：英语
丛书名：Decor Best-Sellers
外文书名：创意室内设计(装潢畅销书)

内容简介 *Includes details on 40 homes, representing a diverse group of creative personalities from various industries
*A visual delight of imagination, inspiration, and innovation
*Author has been a guest on the Christopher Lowell Show and has been reporting on contemporary living for over 15 years
编辑推荐 From Publishers Weekly
Lee's latest covers the wildly varying interiors of new homes, 12th-century churches, converted warehouses and rooftop apartments. She's infiltrated the dwelling places of celebrities such as Brazilian fashion designer Carlos Miele, New York fashion designer Betsey Johnson and Italian textile exec Anna Zegna, showing how these design tycoons have matched basics like space, access to daylight and priority of function to customized aspects like character and color. Lee, an editor at London's The Times Magazine, splits her book into four chapters: "classic," "contemporary," "colourful" and "converted." Each section walks readers through 10 homes. Most are sumptuous places, with accent pieces like a shoulder-high sculptural pillar candlestick and showers that have wind traveling through them so the surfaces dry naturally. Still, everyday folk will benefit from some of the ideas, like using blinds that close down to the sill in the evening, giving privacy, but remain open in the upper section to keep the night sky visible.
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From Booklist
What do designers create when they're working for themselves? Lee's thoughtful, beautifully illustrated volume offers the ultimate thrill for design aficionados: a voyeuristic tour of 40 homes conceived and inhabited by artists and designers. Organized into vague style categories--classic, contemporary, colourful, and "converted"--the homes exhibit the wild creativity of their owners, from Dale Chihuly's extravagant, "kaleidoscopic" Seattle mansion to artist Norman Ackroyd's rough, unpolished warehouse home near London Bridge. Throughout, Lee encourages readers to act on their own impulses, develop their own styles, and avoid "following rules slavishly." A short list of suppliers closes this inspiring title for design professionals and browsers alike, who will delight in pouring over these diverse interiors, captured in a mix of expertly photographed detailed and full-room views. Gillian Engberg
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