Ohé Matelot ! offre au lecteur une autre incursion envoûtante dans l'esprit du collectionneur par excellence et archiviste du quotidien, Daniel Rozensztroch. Les intérêts de Rozensztroch se sont déplacés de manière fructueuse entre les Spoon et Herring) et le général (A Life of Things), mais maintenant ils voyagent en mer, rassemblant et présentant une collection singulière d'objets, d'images et de représentations de marins hommes et femmes. L'océan a inspiré une vaste monde de l'imagerie vernaculaire et populaire, une grande partie est étrange et unique, produite par la tension entre les lois de la nature qui régissent les océans et les sociétés flottantes miniatures laissées à leur merci. Méticuleusement assemblé et avec une individualité qui est devenue sa marque de fabrique, Rozensztroch offre au lecteur un régal visuel qui va des jouets anciens et des timbres-poste aux croquis séduisants de l'artiste français Jean Cocteau et à la prose bscandaleusement délirante de Jean Genet.
Une longue histoire d'amitié entre les deux auteurs, Daniel Rozensztroch et Cathie Fidler, est à l'origine de HARENG, UNE HISTOIRE D'AMOUR, un livre qui retrace à la fois l'histoire et l'iconographie associées à leur cher poisson. Rozensztroch - un collectionneur acharné de terrines à harengs dans lesquelles il était coutumier de mettre à mariner, et de servir, les harengs - partage ici sa passion avec Fidler, écrivaine et chercheuse, qui a rassemblé de son côté une iconographie exceptionnelle sur le sujet : étiquettes, affiches, gravures et timbres anciens côtoient dans ce livre des documents publicitaires, des reproductions de tableaux de peintres célèbres. sans oublier une dizaine de recettes traditionnelles, faciles à réaliser. Découvrez l'histoire et l'influence qu'a eu sur (presque) tous les continents ce merveilleux hareng, grâce au regard et aux récits de deux collectionneurs passionnés.
Françoise Dorget, une personnalité bien connue sur la scène du design parisien a voyagé dans le monde entier. Un endroit en particulier - le Maroc - a capturé son coeur et elle retourné encore et encore.
Au fil des ans, elle a amassé une collection de centaines de tapis marocains de tout le pays. Dans Connexions, la vaste collection de Dorget est en plein écran.
En utilisant son étendu connaissance du design et de l'art, Dorget associe chaque tapis à une oeuvre d'art, à ou l'une de ses photographies mémorables - créant un caractère personnel, culturel et significatif lien entre les deux images.
Le livre comprend des informations sur la conception de chaque région et le processus de tissage et les oeuvres d'art comprennent des oeuvres de tels designers et architectes Philippe Starck, Isamo Noguchi et Ettore Sottsass.
Explore the varied and incredibly chic residences crafted by internationally acclaimed decorator Tino Zervudachi in his first monograph, Tino Zervudachi: A Portfolio, written by Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni. Tino applies his unfaltering and flawless design to projects as diverse and all-encompassing as a Parisian château, a Swiss chalet, a zen refuge in Tokyo, a Mediterranean villa, and even a 45-meter long yacht, with a result that is never short of breath-taking. Tino's respect for the individual personality and cultural environment of each space he decorates, and his fearless ability to splash a room with a bold color, or to accent it with a striking piece of contemporary art, makes his work unparalleled.
With a foreword by the internationally esteemed interior decorator and Tino's mentor, David Mlinaric, a preface by Lindy, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava, and dazzling images of Tino's high-profile interiors, Tino Zervudachi: A Portfolio presents an immaculate and inspiring collection of understated glamour that will leave you longing for more.
Les soixante images en noir et blanc qui composent l'ouvrage de Thomas Michael Gunther - André Ostier, Paris avant qu'il ne soit trop tard // Before It Is Too Late - témoignent de l'insatiable curiosité visuelle du photographe français.
Amoureux de Paris, André Ostier débute cette carrière en révélant des scènes éphémères et incongrues de la drôle de guerre. Pendant le grand conflit qui suit, Ostier se concentre sur le portrait, fixant les gestes et les regards d'artistes et d'écrivains, tels Bonnard, Maillol, Matisse, Picasso, principalement dans le Midi. A Paris, de nouveau, à partir de 1945, il travaille dans la mode pour ses amis les couturiers Christian Dior, Jacques Fath et Pierre Balmain, entre autres.
A la même époque, souvent pour Vogue, Ostier tient une chronique des bals et soirées qui ont fait le glamour des décennies 50 et 60.
Né à Paris en 1906, Ostier photographie la ville qu'il aime tant jusqu'à sa mort en 1994.
Dans ce livre, l'historien de la photographie Thomas Michael Gunther rend hommage au plus parisien des photographes, en étudiant de près la passion et la conviction qui ont inspiré André Ostier à prendre ces vues de la Ville lumière.
Une vie de choses présente le monde excentrique de Daniel Rozensztroch et ses innombrables vastes collections de choses quotidiennes, qui englobent les mondes de l'art, des antiquités, des objets trouvés, et tout le reste.
Recueillies au cours des années de voyage dans le monde, le cours de sa vie et ses voyages dans le monde.
Les collections obsessionnelles d'objets vont de l'ordinaire au sublime, en passant par des centaines de brosses à dents, de verre pour la dentelle, la dynastie Jin, les cadres en étain, les décorations de Noël et l'art populaire japonais.
Photographié dans leurs décors dans ses appartements à Paris et Nice, en France, le livre présente permet un regard fascinant sur les deux maisons entières comme cabinets de curiosités.
- Skolnick Architecture + Design Partnership: Public / Private présente la première monographie du cabinet d'architecture primé basé à New York. - Couvrant près de 40 ans de travail, le livre - présenté dans un format unique à double couverture et à deux couvertures - expose des projets dans les secteurs public et privé. - La partie publique comprend un vaste centre d'éducation entrepreneuriale, un centre scientifique construit dans une ancienne halle des turbines, une synagogue baignée de lumière, deux bibliothèques publiques colorées et lumineuses et un musée pour enfants inspiré de Leonardo da Vinci. - La partie privée comprend une maison de ville sur six étages sereinement spatiale, une maison de plage sublimement linéaire, une résidence et des studios pour deux peintres assortis, ainsi que de luxueuses villas jumelles à Anguilla. - Avec le texte de Lee Skolnick, directeur principal, et une préface de Paul Goldberger, critique en architecture primé par le prix Pulitzer; chaque chapitre fournit des informations précieuses sur le processus de planification sensible et hautement intellectuel qui accompagne chaque projet. - Skolnick Architecture + Design Partnership: Public / Private célèbre les réalisations d'une entreprise qui continue de fonctionner au sommet de ses priorités.
- First book by master sculptor and craftsman Michael Coffey - Memoir that spans from the Great Depression, to the tumult of New York City in the 1960s and 1970s, to a long, dedicated career making some of the most high sought after pieces of wood furniture - A highly sophisticated reflection on the relationship between art and life Michael Coffey: Furniture Maker and Sculptor in Wood unsettles the conventional distinction between craftsman and artist, which is often assumed to be the difference between creating something new, as opposed to reproducing old forms. Inspired by but not beholden to artist-craftsmen such as George Nakashima, Wendell Castle, and Jack Rogers Hopkins, Coffey's handmade, one-of-a-kind works seamlessly combine the irregular forms of nature, an aesthetic built on the variable and unexpected, with a deep sense for the haptic and functional qualities of wood. This book includes not only a generous reproduction of Coffey's body of work, but also an in-depth autobiographical reflection on how his formative experience, from his rural and bohemian childhood to community organizing, and to the discovery of his passion for woodworking, molded him into the sculptor and artisan he is today. Coffey makes all his work in his western Massachusetts studio, deeply integrating his life and practice. This reflects the work itself, as this book makes clear, Coffey's pieces that are both uniquely sculptural but also highly functional, recognizing the complex relationship people have with the objects they choose for their space. His pieces are meant to be lived in.
First monograph on well-regarded deisgners and artists Philip and Kelvin LaVerne
The works of Philip and Kelvin LaVerne are already prized among collectors of American 20th-century furniture and art. However, Alchemy: The Art of Philip and Kelvin LaVerne written by gallerist Evan Lobel, reveals for the first time the astonishing breadth and depth of their artistic practice, which ranges from avant-garde furniture to sculpture and painting. As a father and son artist team, the LaVernes' collaboration resulted in hundreds of unique and complex works, incorporating historical references of past civilizations and art historical motifs, with modernist design principles. Alchemy: The Art of Philip and Kelvin LaVerne is a comprehensive testament to the importance of these artist-designers who brought history, craftsmanship, and innovation into conversation with functional design and art. In writing the book with Kelvin LaVerne, Lobel provides unparalleled insight into the method and history of the duo and introduces a bounty of beautiful and never-before-seen images and commentary. This is, and will continue to be, the authoritative account of Philip and Kelvin LaVerne's esteemed place in the history of 20th-century art and design.
Barbara Lane Interiors takes readers on a stunning photographic tour of the art-filled, meticulously tailored interiors designed by Barbara Lane-whose lifelong passion for collecting avant-garde paintings, sculpture, and furniture and whose acute attention to custom detail are reflected here in more than 25 spectacular homes and executive offices from New York's Fifth Avenue to Miami to Paris. Presented in this book for the first time, Lane's remarkable body of work, spanning more than four decades, focuses fresh attention on the importance of art and design in our everyday lives. Celebrated here are many of the 20th- and 21st-century's most revered, inspiring, and ground-breaking artists, such as Barbara Kruger, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Cindy Sherman, Cy Twombly, and Andy Warhol, as well as a roster of modern furniture masters that includes Philippe Anthonioz, André Arbus, and Christian Astuguevieille, to name but a few. An international list of artisans and contemporary craftspeople bring Lane's discerning clients originality, comfort, and lasting beauty to their one-of-a-kind living spaces.
Captured by the design world's most accomplished photographers, Barbara Lane's interiors offer a rare and deeply personal invitation to enter the private spaces of visionary collectors.
Few personalities have fully captured the public's imagination with the power of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Through Wolf's stunning collection, we are offered a fresh and captivating look into the private life of the iconic artist, her exuberant husband, and their influential inner circle, which included French surrealist André Breton, Mexican artist José Miguel Covarrubias, and Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky. These photographs - several of which Kahlo hand-inscribed with dedications, self-deprecating marks, and traces of lipstick - pose fascinating questions about an artist who was both the consummate architect of her own image and a beguiling and wiling photographic subject. Frida Kahlo: Photographs of Myself and Others invites readers to experience the couple's world as an insider, and to take part in the rich narrative these two stunning artists wove throughout their life together. Enhanced by historical notes and quotes from Frida's diary, the book also features a complete facsimile of the couple's family album.
Vicente Wolf is a world-renowned interior desginer, a collector of vintage photographs, and a celebrated photographer. His collection brings together portraits of Kahlo by such luminaries as Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Tina Modotti, Julien Levy, Carl van Vechten, and Lucienne Bloch as well as candid snapshots of Frida and Diego at work and at home.
Monsieur Dior: Once Upon A Time is an exclusive behind-the-scenes look into the ten years Christian Dior ran his esteemed house. As women were starved for glamour following World War II, Dior's New Look was revolutionary in bringing femininity back to fashion with a bold use of fabric and silhouetted lines. In the short time he ran the house, Dior rose to superstardom and managed to expand his empire to perfumes, jewelry, and hosiery while opening boutiques all over the world. Author Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni interviewed dozens of people who had a direct relationship with the fashion designer such as Jacqueline de Ribes, Olivia de Havilland, John Fairchild, Pierre Cardin, Victoire Doutreleau, and many others, including his vendeuses or saleswomen, society clients, models, and muses, giving readers unique intimate insight into how this captivating house operated. With dazzling images by photographers such as Cecil Beaton, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Lord Snowdon, and Willy Maywald, as well as never- before-seen materials from the Dior Archives, this account is a fresh and surprising view into the House of Dior and life of its brilliant founder.
Monsieur Dior: Once Upon A Time is elegantly presented in a Dior grey box with silver tissue paper and a grosgrain bookmark.
Château des Fleurs est un superbe livre sur une des plus interessanted maisons privées construites a Los Angeles dans les dernières années. Inspiree par les classiques châteaux en France, ce château qui mesure plus de 6,000 metres carres, avec des pièces de belles proportions and des détails exquis. Le livre documente le travail de l'architecte William Hefner, base a Los Angeles, avec les détails de construction et de design qui l'ont occupe pour les huit dernières années. Le livre est a document historique qui intéressa ceux qui s'intéressent a l'architecture, a l'histoire, et ceux qui rêvent de belles maisons insolites.
Once Upon a Pillow features a stunning collection of pillows and accessories designed by Rebecca Vizard. Celebrated for her innovative use of rare antique textiles -- from the embroidered metallic threads of ecclesiastical vestments to Venetian Fortuny draperies and Central Asian suzanis --her designs present a perfect balance of art and material culture. A favorite of designers and a discerning public, her pillows and accessories adorn some of America's finest homes. An early childhood fascination with textiles eventually led her to create pillows from her growing personal collection of rare textiles and, when Neiman Marcus placed its first order in 1999, B VIZ Design was officially launched. While her collecting forays frequently take her abroad, she returns to her Louisiana roots and its rich history and tradition of decorative arts for inspiration. In addition to Ms. Vizard's home, rooms in a range of styles and periods by such top flight designers as Gerrie Bremermann, Barry Dixon, Suzanne Kasler and Matthew Patrick Smyth are included to illustrate embroidery, applique, tapestry, needlepoint, Fortuny, damask and brocade and suzani and ethnic pillows. A selection of accessories from lighting, gifts and dog wear of Fortuny fabric is also highlighted and an annotated textile glossary is included.
Early in her career, while working on interior design projects from New York to New Orleans, Rebecca Vizard noticed a void in the pillow market. Discovering a niche for antique textiles, Vizard focused on designing these one of a kind pillows for clients, and in the process employed many local seamstresses. Soon pillows sold to Neiman Marcus and other exclusive stores. Her pillows frequently grace the covers of national publications, such as House Beautiful, Veranda, Elle Decor, Traditional Home, and Architectural Digest.
