Over 200 colour images explore the most creative uses of stripes today and their varied and colourful appearances throughout history, from Aboriginal body painting to pop culture - think Elvis performing 'Jailhouse Rock' - to the works of modern artists such as Ellsworth Kelly, in the fashions of Missoni, on uniforms and national flags, as attention getting markings on street signs and lighthouses, and of course in interior design and architecture, including their iconic use in canvas fabrics, and on wallpapers and interiors by Todd Oldham, Muriel Brandolini, Jamie Drake, and many more.

The first monograph of one of today's most influential interior designers, with dazzling residences designed for Sean Combs, Lenny Kravitz, and Mexican novelist Laura Esquivel.
"Suspending Reality" draws on over sixty of Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz's projects, designed over his firm's twenty-year history, to provide both a long-awaited peek into the creative mind of a celebrity designer, and a generous dose of advice for those inspired to decorate show-stopping rooms of their own. Lively chapters cover everything from how to evaluate an empty room or use a client's Pinterest page to generate a...