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New York–based stylist Colin King shares his wisdom and insights for cultivating beauty in our everyday surroundings — composing objects into simple, sophisticated vignettes that enrich our homes and our lives.

We all desire our rooms to look attractive and reflect a considered approach. Now we have the mastery of Colin King to help us elevate our spaces into environments of personal creativity. Image after image, readers will discover how Colin works his magic when arranging objects on coffee tables, mantels, bookshelves, bedside tables, windowsills, and more. Through a series of anecdotes and visual essays, Colin unpacks his intuitive and deeply personal process, meditating on scale, proportion, palette, and texture. It’s not about buying new things, but rather about dusting off old favorites and seeing them with fresh eyes — looking beyond intended use to discover deeper meaning in the everyday. There’s always the element of chance while contemplating new arrangements again and again. Styling, readers will discover, is a metaphor for life and a daily practice to be honed over time.

The go-to stylist for many of the world’s leading brands and publications, Colin King is a regular contributor to Architectural Digest, T, Ark, and Rum magazines. He regularly collaborates with West Elm, Anthropologie, Zara Home, Crate & Barrel, and Roman and Williams Guild and has his own celebrated product lines with Beni Rugs and Menu, with more in the works.

About the Author:

Colin King has styled and produced feature stories for major design magazines, in addition to working with renowned brands in the design world as a consultant, stylist, and creator. Sam Cochran is an editor, writer, content creator, manager, and public speaker, having worked for more than ten years as a contributor to Architectural Digest.

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Christianity is the most widespread religion in the world.

ARS SACRA pays the due tribute to its art and architecture; a comprehensive compendium presenting just under 2000 years of Christian art, from early Christianity to the present day, with an abundance of illustrations.

These include high-quality photographs in XXL-format, making this an opulent feast for the senses.

This glorious tome impresses with the detail views specifically fitted for the format, which allows the viewer to come within grasp of the displayed objects, often even closer than in reality, and to leisurely indulge in the details.

Excellently researched texts take the reader on a tour through the epochs and highlight the specific changes in the sacral art, architecture, and culture over the centuries.

ARS SACRA as the standard work is all in one: fascinating glorious tome, comprehensive compendium, and substantial textbook.

Now available in a new format, this lavishly illustrated volume explores Art Deco art and design from its origin to its present day influences.

The Art Deco style is so recognizable and widespread that its original influence on the culture in which it emerged has been all but lost in the clutter of imitation. This book draws our attention back to the birth of Art Deco — a period between two devastating world wars when industrialization was flourishing, interest in archaeology was peaking, and movements such as Cubism, Constructivism, Futurism, and Modernism were turning the art world on its head. Brilliantly designed to reflect the style it celebrates, Art Deco is filled with hundreds of examples of painting, architecture, interiors, jewellery, crafts, furniture, and fashion.

Author Norbert Wolf traces the chronology of the Art Deco style by looking at the politics and culture of Europe in the 1920s and early 1930s, and the artistic movements that paralleled its popularity. He follows Art Deco’s influence in Europe and its immigration to the Americas and Asia. Most importantly, this wide-ranging volume looks beyond the era of Art Deco’s origination to the present day. Pointing to the numerous revivals and contemporary echoes in painting and even literature, this beautiful volume demonstrates that Art Deco is alive and well today — often in forms where we least expect it.

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Arnold Schwartzman's stunning photographs of the finest examples of Art Deco from all over the world are collected here as a celebration of one of the world's most popular decorative styles.

Art deco is the 20th century's most glamorous architectural style and the one that shaped popular ideas of modern luxury. With over 200 photographs, this is a visual celebration of this very popular style. Unlike most other books on the subject that tend to be regionally specific, this book highlights Art Deco buildings from all over the world, from Australia to South America, with an emphasis on London, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Miami, and Paris. Art Deco features much careful and exacting detail, and of special interest in this book are photos that zoom in on murals, mosaics, flooring, ironwork, and other ornamental flourishes.

Art Deco began in 1925 and quickly swept the globe becoming the style epitomizing Jazz Age glamour and sophistication. It drew from a variety of influences including ancient Egyptian, Moorish, and Mayan motifs but also modernist movements like Cubism, Fauvism, and De Stijl. Its influence was felt everywhere, from the skylines of New York to Shanghai, and it gained prominence not only with architects and designers but enjoyed a passionate following among the public as well.

About the Author:

Arnold Schwartzman is an Oscar-winning filmmaker, a noted graphic designer, and the author of a score of books including London Art Deco and Deco Landmarks: Art Deco Gems of Los Angeles. He began his design career in British television before moving to Hollywood in 1978. He was the Director of Design for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games and designed many of the key graphic elements for the annual Academy Awards. In 2010, he created the two murals for the Grand Lobby of Cunard's Queen Elizabeth. In 2001 he was awarded an OBE and in 2006 he was appointed a Royal Designer by the Royal Society of Arts.

Deux doreurs de l’atelier de restauration du Château de Versailles ont écrit ce livre technique abondamment illustré. C’est dire s’ils sont à même de transmettre au lecteur les procédés de leur métier en s’appuyant sur un grand nombre d’objets exceptionnels, que ce soit des meubles et des cadres, mais aussi des boiseries, des stucs et même les ornements des toits. Ainsi, il ne s’agit pas ici  uniquement d’un livre sur la dorure sur bois, mais bien un ouvrage de référence sur toutes les techniques du métier de doreur.

Après quelques réflexions sur la manière d’exercer leur profession dans le cadre du Château, les auteurs passent en revue les produits et outils utilisés. Pour ne rien laisser dans l’ombre, ils n’hésitent pas à faire des reportages chez le dernier batteur d’or de France (la maison Dauvet, active depuis 1764) ou chez un fabricant d’outils de doreurs (les fers à reparer de la maison Da Silva).

Les techniques de dorure sont ensuite longuement décrites, et d’innombrables photographies montrent les gestes et procédés utilisés par les professionnels. La dorure à la détrempe (dite aussi à dorure à l’eau ou dorure à l’assiette), la plus belle car susceptible d’un brillant incomparable, est détaillée dans ses 18 étapes. La dorure à la mixion (ou dorure à l’huile), qui est à Versailles surtout utilisée en extérieur, est ensuite expliquée. Les jeux de fonds et les autres techniques de dorure (à la grecque, sur papier, sur plâtre, sur verre, avec feuilles adhérentes) sont également exposées.

Une vingtaine de chefs-d’œuvre que renferment les collections du Château et qui ont été restaurées par l’atelier de dorure sont ensuite examinés et les interventions décrites avec une illustration riche de détails. Certaines salles ornées de boiseries sculptées et dorées sont prétexte à de magnifiques photographies illustrant le travail des doreurs d’hier et d’aujourd’hui. Les dernières pages traitent de la peinture décorative (faux marbre et faux bois) souvent associée à la dorure. Le livre se termine sur un glossaire, les notices  biographiques des artisans cités, une liste de sites Internet, de fournisseurs et d’ouvrages spécialisés.

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Introduction
I. L’ATELIER
Le métier de restaurateur au château
L’atelier de restauratio
Les missions de l’atelier
Les dossiers de restauration
II. Les PRODUITS et OUTILS
Les produits de base
Le battage de l’or de nos jours
Les préparations
La fabrication de l’assiette et de la mixion
Les outils
La fabrication des fers à reparer
Le moulage
III. Les TECHNIQUES de la DORURE
La dorure à la détrempe en restauration
La dorure à la détrempe sur une pièce neuve
Les jeux de fonds
La dorure à la mixtion
Autres techniques de dorure
IV. La DORURE au CHÂTEAU
Les restaurations et réalisations
Les décors dorés à Versailles
V. Les EFFETS DÉCORATIFS
La restauration d’objets d’art et la polychromie
La peinture décorative associée à la dorure
L’ornementation et les frises

Now available in a new edition, this sumptuous volume explores key aspects of Art Nouveau — decorative arts, architecture, fashion, dance, advertising, and more — with an in-depth approach and stunning illustrations.

The Art Nouveau movement became an international phenomenon at the beginning of the twentieth century that ushered in the era of modernity in almost every aspect of cultural life. For decades critics have argued that Art Nouveau was not an artistic period in its own right, but an amalgam of artists and styles that served as a bridge between neoclassicism and modernism. In this comprehensive, authoritative, and copiously illustrated book, art historian Norbert Wolf explores Art Nouveau as a logical outgrowth of the historic forces in which it arose.

This book focuses on the movement's wide variety of applications and reclaims its prominence in the pantheon of modern art history. Chapters on aesthetics, spirituality, and the cult of beauty offer luminous examples of works by Mucha, Gaudí, Hoffmann, Klimt, Horta, Munch, and Tiffany, among many others. Wolf's text is both informed and accessible, providing an exciting narrative that brings the Art Nouveau movement into clear focus. Beautifully produced to appeal to a wide range of readers, this new edition gives one of the world's most popular styles the serious consideration it deserves.

About the Author:

Norbert Wolf is an art historian and author based in Munich. He has published several books with Prestel, including Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Impressionism, and "The Golden Age of Dutch and Flemish Painting", as well as monographs on Albrecht Dürer and Titian.

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In New York, Jason Nazmiyal has a rug collection like no other. For the past three decades, interior designers and collectors have flocked to his Manhattan gallery to source art for the floor, be it a treasured antique classical carpet, an elegant Art Deco rug, or a Scandinavian minimalist piece. This book delves into the history of the handmade carpet across the world, before looking at the many ways rugs can be used to bring together interiors in a variety of styles. From a Mid-Century Modern residence to a contemporary urban sanctuary and a classic Upper East Side apartment, there is a rug for every space. With stunning interior photography and full of practical advice for the professional decorator as well as the amateur enthusiast, this publication is a useful and beautiful addition to the library of anyone with an interest in interior decoration.  

About the Author:

Jason Nazmiyal has been buying and selling antique carpets for over 30 years, from early, classical pieces to Art Deco and Modernist rugs. His Manhattan gallery is where New York interior designers source art for the floor.

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An intimate celebration of British country life with all the hallmarks of how design and dogs are as intertwined as roses and Wellingtons. This dreamy look into some of the most beautiful country homes and gardens in England, lived in by many of Britain's brightest design stars and their dogs, is brimming with inspirations.

At Home in the English Countryside showcases a mix of glamorously bohemian and casually aristocratic country homes captured in original photography and lively text. Presented are the striking and chic houses of several of Great Britain's top international designers, from Paolo Moschino and Kit Kemp to Anouska Hempel and Veere Grenney. Beloved canines of several sizes and breeds, among them whippets, Labrador Retrievers, lurchers, Cavalier Kin Charles spaniels, and Jack Russell terriers, are shown in their picturesque homes and gardens of fragrant flowers.

The designers offer ideas on how to live stylishly with their dogs. Seen are dog collars (one of custom leather and green malachite), dog bowls of antique Spode porcelain, and chic and comfy napping spots. Anglophiles will be inspired by the lives of these designers, who are devoted to their canine companions.

About the Authors:

Lifestyle and design author, Susanna Salk has written many books, including the successful Be Your Own Decorator and The Power of Pattern. She also hosts (and co-produces) the Quintessence "At Home With" video series on YouTube featuring visits with leading tastemakers. Photographer Stacey Bewkes is the founder of Quintessence, a lifestyle blog and the co-producer of the "At Home With" series. Foreword writer Nina Campbell is the doyenne of English interior design today.

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A work of art ― whether it is unexpected, ground-breaking, or one of a kind ― can personalize your interior and transform it into a place like no other. But actually purchasing a signature piece ― or even crossing the threshold into a gallery ― can be a daunting act. How can you develop your own taste or gauge whether you’re making a worthwhile investment? Drawing on a decade of experience at Christie’s, Olivia de Fayet and Fanny Saulay know that the world is full of artistic talents waiting to be discovered and they want to reframe who can access original works.

On a mission to make art accessible to everyone, they compiled their advice into this step-by-step guide that takes the guesswork out of purchasing, guiding amateurs to cultivate an eye and to select favourite pieces. They cover everything you need to know about starting your own collection, from finding artists and galleries to defining your collection, and from purchasing to framing, hanging, maintaining, and conserving the value of your artworks. With tips for designing unique interiors with paintings, sculptures, photographs, and other decorative objects, this essential book will give art aficionados the confidence to select pieces they will love forever.

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Olivia de Fayet and Fanny Saulay, founders of the new-generation art gallery Wilo & Grove, have compiled their expert advice into this step-by-step guide that takes the guesswork out of purchasing and provides amateur collectors with everything they need to know. They explain the workings of the art market, offer pointers on how to take the plunge and make your first purchase, suggest inspirational ways to showcase your collection, and share their expertise in framing, hanging, and preserving artworks.
This essential reference will give collectors of tomorrow the confidence to select artworks that will embellish their homes for a lifetime.

Bestselling brand P.F. Candle Co. offers a modern, “so-easy-you-will-be-tempted-to-try-it” introduction to enhancing your home with fragrance and making your own custom scents and candles

Candles have evolved in both function and style over the years. Gone are the days of overpowering, artificial scents: The focus on subtle, complementary fragrances is here to stay. P.F. Candle Co. has been leading this charge for more than a decade, amassing a huge following, and now they want to share all that they’ve learned in their first book. Equal parts design and DIY, At Home with Fragrance will teach you which fragrances work best for each room, how to interpret your distinct design style into fragrance, and (the best part!) how to make candles, room sprays, and incense with your own custom scents. The design and fragrances featured in this book are inspired by the authors’ home state of California: organic and relaxed elements, as well as scents drawn from nature, are the hallmarks of P.F.’s design ethos. Scent is the perfect way to express your unique design sense—and the art of making your own fragrances and candles offers an affordable DIY approach. Filled with tips and recipes for room sprays, incense, candles, and more, the book unlocks the secrets of P.F.’s hallmark style — creating atmosphere with candles and scent—and helps readers make it their own.

About the Authors:

Self-taught candle makers Kristen Pumphrey and Thomas Neuberger are the owners of P.F. Candle Co., a home-grown fragrance brand distributed in thousands of retailers worldwide.

Get to know the most atmospheric open-air cinemas and drawn up walks around Athen's neighborhoods – one a leafy suburb, another by the sea.

Think of Athens and the first things that spring to mind are ancient ruins and camera-toting crowds (before they hotfoot it to the island-bound ferries at the port of Piraeus, that is). It’s true, the Acropolis is ever-present and during summer the city thrums with schools of holidaymakers. But there’s much more to the Greek capital than temples and tourists.

We’ve looked beyond the admittedly awe-inspiring Parthenon and explored the city’s modernist marvels, from circular school to colonnaded embassy. We’ve combed the cobbled streets for independent boutiques offering straw hats, hand-thrown ceramics and golden jewellery – all proudly “Made in Greece”. When you’re feeling peckish, choose between traditional family-run tavernas and contemporary restaurants spicing up classic Greek dishes.

Attica is a region of riches and, of course, some of the nearby islands are simply too good to miss – so we’ve included a short and sharp list of our top stopovers. For now, though, strap up your sandals and allow us to introduce you to this chaotic but ever-so-charismatic city.

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Monocle reports from around the globe in print, on radio, and online. As its editors and correspondents dart from city to city, they get to know the best places to rest their heads, stretch their limbs, and kick back with a contact in a hard-to-find cocktail bar. 

That information is now available in Monocle’s Travel Guide Series: a line-up of titles that speaks to you in an informed but informal way about everything from architecture to art, late-night bars to early-morning markets. These are books that go beyond the traditional tourist beats to make sure you get the best out of a city — no matter how short your stay. Designed to be compact and collectable, they are also discerning; Monocle’s team won’t list a hundred places to eat but they will tell you where’s best for everything from some tasty fast food to something truly celebratory. Cities are fun. Let’s explore.

Interior design is becoming an ever more comprehensive field of activity. Today interior designers are often involved in the design of new buildings as well as the planning for conversion or new use construction. This compendium is both a reference work and source of inspiration with 500 unique examples of contemporary interior design, featuring the work of world-renowned designers as well as emerging talents. There are a multitude of materials and colors, forms, surfaces and furniture which together with the deployment of light can create a targeted effect.

The selection of cutting-edge projects showcased in this book from private houses to shops, spas, restaurants and offices, among others, provide a global vision. The Atlas of World Interior Design gives a detailed overview of world interior design today, between international trends, regional traditions and individual styles.

CONTENT:
Fauchon Flagship Store in Beijing, China (Christian Biecher)
Opticon in Hamburg, Deutschland (Graft)
Therme Meran, Italien (Matteo Thun)
Ginzan Onsen Fyjiya in Yamagata, Japan (Kengo Kuma)
Facebook Headquarters in Palo Alto, CA, USA (Studio O + A)

Landscape architecture is comprised of a wide and multifaceted range of very diverse outdoor space designs – that can be stern or playful, shrill or romantic, straightforward or low-key. As their main ‘building materials’ are trees and shrubs, flowers and grass, landscape architecture projects are in a constant state of flux. They range from expansive natural and cultivated landscapes, via picturesque front yards and courtyards, spectacular greened façades and roofs, up to innovative outdoor designs that nearly or completely make do without any vegetation at all. 

All works featured in the Atlas of World Landscape Architecture share the fact that they constitute and provide ecologically and socially intact living environments for human beings.

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Superkilen in Copenhagen, Denmark (Topotek 1, BIG, Superflex)
Benidorm Waterfront, Spain (OAB - Carlos Ferrater & Xavier Martí)
London 2012 Olympic Park, United Kingdom (LDA Design, Hargreaves Associates)
Gardens by the Bay in Singapore (Grant Associates)
National September 11 Memorial in New York, USA (Handel Architects) 

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Атлас мировой ландшафтной архитектуры представляет собой обширное и многогранное собрание различных проектов ландшафтного обустройства пространства. Эти проекты могут быть строгими или игривыми, кричащими или романтическими, откровенными или сдержанными. Поскольку основными «строительными материалами», используемыми при реализации этих проектов, являются деревья и кустарники, трава и цветы, объекты ландшафтной архитектуры подвержены постоянным изменениям.

Все эти проекты находятся в диапазоне, включающем как обширные природные территории и живописные наружные и внутренние дворы, так и красочные озелененные фасады и крыши, а также новаторские произведения под открытым небом, авторы которых полностью или почти полностью обошлись без использования каких-либо растений.

Все работы, представленные в Атласе мировой ландшафтной архитектуры, объединяет тот факт, что они создают и обеспечивают экологически и социально устойчивые условия для жизни людей.

James Howard is a sought-after designer who specializes in creating interior architecture. Together with his wife and business partner, Phoebe Howard, Jim owns and operates successful design retail stores with multiple locations throughout the South. The couple also has a furniture collection with Sherrill Furniture, available nationwide.

Jim Howard creates luxe yet comfortable homes for sophisticated clients around the country. His design work is known for the sort of evocative atmosphere that characterizes the world’s great spaces. “Atmosphere” is the magic of a place, the embodiment of all its power to capture your attention and embrace you — some might call it the “wow factor.” But even as it excites, atmosphere also soothes, offering an overall feeling of well-being and calm. Howard wrote this book to convey all he has learned about crafting atmosphere at home, wherever that home may be, whatever aesthetic it might have. Doing so isn’t just a matter of rules or formulas; it is a science as much as an art, which Jim shares in a dozen captivating chapters.

About the Author

James Howard is a sought-after designer who specializes in creating interior architecture. Together with his wife and business partner, Phoebe Howard, Jim owns and operates successful design retail stores throughout the South. The couple has a furniture collection with Sherrill Furniture, available nationwide. The Howards live in Jacksonville, Florida, and Atlanta, Georgia.

Seventeen homes demonstrate how Axel Vervoordt incorporates nature, art, and timeless interiors to create living spaces that encourage self-reflection, inspiration, and happiness.

For a half-century, Axel Vervoordt's vision has been defined by a continual quest for harmony, beauty, and the creation of interior atmospheres that are rooted in the past, connected to the future, and imbued with today's comforts. These eighteen residences -- from an urban New York penthouse or Moscow apartment to a waterfront estate in New England, and from a Tokyo dwelling to a Bordeaux wine château or a Wabi-Sabi farmhouse--reveal how art complements architecture and the elements of nature in an alchemy of Vervoordt expression. Portraits of each residence--including the Vervoordts' own homes in Venice and Belgium -- feature sweeping vistas of the surrounding landscape and a tour through the interiors. Each detail -- from the materials used to the graceful placement of a well-chosen object--offers deep insight into the Vervoordt design approach and abiding principles for living and working well.

About the Authors:

Axel Vervoordt is a collector, antiquarian, designer, and curator. His previous books include Timeless Interiors, Wabi Inspirations, Living with Light, and Stories and Reflections.
Michael James Gardner contributed to Living with Light, At Home with May and Axel Vervoordt, and Stories and Reflections.
Laziz Hamani contributed to Wabi Inspirations and Living with Light.

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Portraits of Interiors is a book about the oasis of home and includes seventeen projects in America, Belgium, England, France, Italy, and Spain, as well as Axel Vervoordt Company’s first work in India, Russia, and Japan.

The book’s guiding concepts are seeking a universal spirit of life and the emotional feeling of oneness that a home can provide. Through 320 pages, the images and text explore the search for an equilibrium between architecture, art, and nature to create the environment of home in which people make the difference.

Published in the fiftieth year of the company’s existence, the firm has been a pioneering leader in the evolution and exploration of diverse cultural traditions and eras to create singular homes all over the world. Demonstrated in this new book, the company’s projects feature a range of traditional, Wabi, and contemporary elements that are rooted in the past and connected to the future.

Photographed by Laziz Hamani with text by Michael Gardner, the featured interiors range from urban penthouses in New York and London to a Wabi barn in Flanders and a Venetian palazzo, to a coastal home in New England and an island retreat in Ibiza. Each home’s unique atmosphere inspires serenity and blends art, architecture and nature in an alchemy of Vervoordt expression.