Kategoria BISAC: Architecture >> Interior Design - General

The first chapter, Botanical Inspirations, takes a look at the ingredients of the look--antique botanical prints and artworks, flower stalls, potting sheds, and houseplants--and draws upon these sources for fresh ideas to transform your home into a leafy haven.

Moving on, Selina explores five different facets of the botanical look. Vintage Botanicals celebrates the gentle palette and delicate style of...

When Donald Judd began his Marfa project in the early 1970s, it was regarded as an idiosyncratic quest. Today, Judd is revered for his minimalist art and the stringent standards he applied to everything around him, including interiors, architecture, and furniture. The former water stop has become a mecca for artists, art pilgrims, and design aficionados drawn to the creative enclave, the permanent installations called "among the largest and...

Creating Sensory Spaces celebrates spaces enlivened with sensual richness and provides you with the knowledge and tools necessary to create them. Drawing on numerous built case studies in ten countries and illustrated with over 85 full color images, the book presents a new framework for the design of sensory spaces including light, color, temperature, smell, sound, and touch. Bridging across disciplines of architecture, engineering, phenomenology and perceptual psychology, this book informs the design of buildings and neighborhoods that reclaim the role of the body and all the...

Gloria Vanderbilt cleverly noted, "Decorating is autobiography." Reflecting that truism, the interiors in this book capture the individual approaches of these icons of style: Bunny Mellon's spare all-American elegance; Helene Rochas's refined sophistication; Vanessa Bell's colorful bohemianism; Mona von Bismarck's breezy opulence; and Georgia O'Keeffe's earthy chic. Author P. Gaye Tapp analyzes each of her subjects' refined way...

Jonis Hartmann unternimmt in vorliegender Untersuchung den Versuch, Entwurfswerkzeuge jenseits von Stift und Papier begrifflich einzufuhren. Sie setzen a priori an und begleiten den Entwurf geistig. Im Gegensatz zum "genialischen Moment" des Entwerfens sind sie ubertragbar, regelhaft und verbalisierbar. Der Autor erlautert ihre Existenz und Konstituierung phanomenologisch anhand gebauter Beispiele und weist auf ihren aktiven Einsatz in Bereichen wie bspw. dem klimabewussten Bauen hin. Wiederkehr und Mehrdeutigkeit als Entwurfswerkzeuge wirken steuerbar auf das Entwerfen ein und steigern...

From the nation's top college for interior design comes a definitive design school in a book and a fabulous reference for decorating the home.

In the past decade, New York School of Interior Design, which was founded in 1916, has drawn a large crossover audience of passionate decorating enthusiasts and hobbyists--many of them private homeowners who know that thinking like a professional is the surest way to achieve a magnificent home.

This lavishly illustrated and highly detailed interior design bible provides a comprehensive education on home design and decor, from color...