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This easily navigable resource provides 125 swatches of the most recognized and widely used varieties of fabric to encourage consideration of not just their aesthetic appeal but also their structure, feel and weight. Natural fabrics such as cottons, silks, wools and linens are included, as are artificial and synthetic fabrics like nylons, polyesters, microfibres, metallics and soya fabrics, and fabrics made from alternative plant fibres like bamboo and hemp.

With information on fibres, basic construction of fabrics, weights, construction, and weave comparison, the book will help student fashion designers to make informed textile choices based upon an understanding of raw materials together with the processes that make up a fabric. The book will be useful for anyone who works with fabrics and is the ideal companion to Fabric for Fashion: The Complete Guide.

About the Authors:

Clive Hallett has worked in the fashion industry since 1972 and has been a design consultant since 1978. He lectures at the London College of Fashion.

Amanda Johnston teaches on several fashion design courses at London College of Fashion. She has worked as a design consultant since 1982.

Pearl Lowe has a passion for vintage finds with character – jewel-toned velvet sofas, hand-dyed lace curtains, gleaming lacquer cabinets – and these are the essential ingredients of Faded Glamour, a gloriously decadent and perfectly lived-in decorating style. With evocative photography, Pearl’s beautiful Georgian home is revealed, showcasing her trademark blend of grandly romantic and cool rock ’n’ roll interiors. Take a tour through the colourful living rooms, intimate bedrooms and plush bathrooms of her creative friends’ unique homes. There are hand-painted peacocks and an emerald silk bedspread in the charming house of a renowned British fashion designer; bright contemporary paintings on the perfectly rustic plaster walls of Hauser and Wirth in Somerset; a rainbow staircase and vivid embroidered wall hangings in the home of an eclectic jewellery designer and so much more.

About the Author:

Pearl Lowe is a former singer and is now known for her love of vintage interiors and fashion. In 2001, she launched ‘Pearl Lowe’, her signature range of lace curtains and cushions. In 2006, Pearl moved to Somerset where she began designing her own bespoke handmade dresses and childrenswear that were sold to Liberty and The Cross in London. Alongside her textiles work, Pearl has also designed interiors for many private clients. Her first book, Pearl Lowe’s Vintage Craft, was released in 2013. Pearl is based in Frome, Somerset.

The American farmhouse represents integrity, ingenuity, self-reliance, and agricultural heritage.

Today, the farmhouse is a rare survivor from another era that can be found sensitively reinterpreted by artists, carefully preserved by original owners, or functionally maintained by farm-to-table artisanal food producers.

In more than 200 stunning images, Steve Gross and Sue Daley have painstakingly photographed 20 of the most beautifully preserved farmhouses in the northeast. Some are working farmhouses that have been passed down in families for generations; some have been made productive again by a whole new generation of organic farmers. Still others have been rescued from neglect and restored to their former splendor.

Each house is accompanied by an overview of the farmhouse owner and how he or she maintains the property.

Fans of the farm-to-table movement as well as historic architecture and preservation will find this an intriguing and beautiful read.

Farrow & Ball Recipes for Decorating offers winning colour combinations created by the experts at Farrow & Ball for every room in your home.

At the heart of the book are 13 case studies of inspirational homes, from city apartments to country cottages, explored in turn to reveal how selecting the right range of colours can create a harmonious whole. For each case study there is a detailed colour palette recipe and a menu of ideas to copy. Colour is then considered room by room, showing how to combine colour with light and space to get the most of every area of the house, be it a large kitchen or a compact study.

Farrow & Ball is a leader in the luxury paint and wallpaper market, catering to top designers and discerning homeowners who seek the finest quality products to adorn their walls. Offering a unique historical color palette, stunning depth of color, great coverage and a wide choice of finishes, Farrow & Ball products are found in many of the world's most exclusive properties. In Farrow & Ball: The Art of Color, Brian Coleman hosts a tour of cottages, castles, lofts and beyond that illustrate how paint and wallpaper are paramount to a room's overall design and feel. Visually stunning interiors and inspiring color schemes reveal how to build cohesive, stylish rooms by using furnishings and fabrics that blend with and accent the walls.

Farrow & Ball Living with Colour

Farrow & Ball: Decorating with Colour

Showing how goods are successfully displayed today, this volume presents the most innovative and creative examples from all continents, ranging from designer shops to boutiques or flagship stores.

Quality of design has been an indispensable component of successful sales strategies since time immemorial, and has only gained in importance in the age of internet sales. Retail shopping must be fun and passionately celebrated as an emotional experience. Since one trend chases the next, design must display sustainability and flexibility or to precisely feature the current collection. Whether it be urban-casual, street-fashion, prêt-à-porter or haute-couture, the task is to provide the perfect stage for each fashion and to address the right target group. After a short historical essay, Fashion World shows how goods are successfully displayed today. The spectrum ranges from strident designer shops to elegant boutiques, to prestigious flagship stores. Every design in this book is tailored to its task.

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Fashion is a way of celebrating the diversity and variety of the world we live in. It is a state of mind and an extension of one's self. Buying clothes, whether it be street fashion, urban outdoor, prêt-à-porter or haute-couture, should always be fun and celebrated passionately as an unique experience.

Designers of fashion stores have the mission to create environments that provide the perfect stage for every garment and appeal to their specific target groups. This title presents the most innovative and creative examples from all continents. The spectrum ranges from strident designer shops to elegant boutiques and prestigious flagship stores. Every design in this volume is tailored to its task, thereby setting new design trends. It will certainly impress not only avowed fashion addicts, while awakening readers' desire to indulge in their next clothes shopping experience.

From the contents:

- Hermès Rive Gauche in Paris, France (RDAI)
- Siki Im Concept Store in New York, USA (Leong Leong)
- Monki Carnaby Street in London, Great Britain (Electric Dreams)
- Arzu Kaporl Gallery in Istanbul, Turkey (Autoban)
- Fame Agenda Docklands in Melbourne, Australia (Matt Gibson)

A lavish exploration of unmatched savoir-faire, this volume showcases the rooms and creations of the world's most prestigious decorative woodwork firm.

The French woodwork purveyor Féau & Cie has supplied architects, designers, and museums with period panelling since 1875. Featuring documents, drawings, plaster models, panels, and antique boiserie rooms, its archive of 25,000 pieces -- many from the eighteenth century and Art Deco era -- is an unrivalled source of inspiration for re-creating heirloom spaces as well as for constructing spectacular contemporary pieces. Though the house remains best known for its magical historic rooms, it has collaborated with architects and decorators on original projects since its beginnings, and today's design greats -- including Michael S. Smith, Brian J. McCarthy, and Robert Couturier, among others -- regularly call upon the firm for elaborate projects.

In this first book of the firm's work, Féau & Cie reveals a selection of its most exceptional projects, from magnificent historical abodes to daring modern creations, including a palace in Tuscany and residences in Paris, London, New York, Malibu, and Atlanta. Dazzling images of finished interiors are accompanied by details of panels, doors, and decor, while exclusive photographs by lensman Robert Polidori explore the house's Parisian atelier. The unique savoir-faire of joiners, sculptors, gilders, and painter-decorators shines through in this visual celebration of decorative masterpieces, which is bound to delight design masters and art lovers alike.

About the Authors:

Founded in 1875, Féau & Cie is a Paris-based firm specializing in antique wood panelling and reproductions. Olivier Gabet is the director of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. Robert Polidori is one of the world's most acclaimed photographers of architecture and interiors.

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In Field Guide to Urban Gardening, author Kevin Espiritu of Epic Gardening shares the basics of growing plants, offers tips on how to choose the right urban gardening method, and troubleshoots the most common problems you’ll encounter.

If you think it’s impossible to grow your own food because you don’t have a large yard or you live in the city…think again. There is a plethora of urban gardening options to create beautiful, productive edible gardens no matter where you live. The key to succeeding as an urban gardener is to choose the method(s) that make sense for your unique living situation and then give your plants what they need to thrive. Kevin helps you do just that.

But he doesn’t stop there. He also provides in-depth garden plans, from upcycled DIY projects and intensive hydroponic systems to beautiful and functional raised beds. Urban gardening is a real, growing, and important movement in today’s world. This fact-packed book is your roadmap to get growing today.

Urban gardening techniques featured include:

- Container Gardening
- Raised Beds
- Indoor Edibles
- Balconies and Rooftops
- Hydroponics

About the Author:

Kevin Espiritu is an urban gardener, plant lover, and the founder of Epic Gardening, a website dedicated to the goal of teaching 10,000,000 people around the world how to grow their own plants. Kevin focuses on practical growing methods and demystifying all of the complex terminology and processes into simple, easy-to-follow guides. He is the author of Field Guide to Urban Gardening.

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In their first book, acclaimed architects Ken Pursley and Craig Dixon explore how to create gracious homes with welcoming entryways, soulful interiors, inviting porches, and ebullient gardens.

Founded on the simple principle “Build beautiful things,” the architectural team of Pursley Dixon, like populist architects Bobby McAlpine and Jeff Dungan, is known for blending elements of tradition with a modern lifestyle. In Finding Home, they share 15 stunning houses in three distinct styles: rustic mountain escapes, dreamy retreats by the water, and elegant houses in town. Each house has its own thoughtful visual narrative, but all are connected on an innate and authentic level by their sense of proportion, attention to detail, and a marvelous affinity with nature, displayed in their soothing neutral palettes, oversize windows that bring the outdoors in, and natural materials such as rough-hewn stone and unfinished wood. Little touches of humanity await discovery, such as a sleeping nook perched right out into the highest branches of a tree. These eccentricities and secrets add to the distinctly Southern sense of warmth and refuge these homes provide, homes whose open interiors and majestic porches easily accommodate family and gatherings.
 
Featuring their own interior design work as well as that of acclaimed decorators such as Suzanne Kasler, Phoebe Howard, and Circa Interiors, Finding Home is about creating houses of inherent beauty that will spark an emotional connection to last a lifetime.

About the Authors:

Recipients of the Veranda/ADAC Architecture Firm of the Year award and the Southern Living Home of the Year Award, Pursley Dixon Architecture’s work has been featured in numerous publications, including Traditional Home, Veranda, Garden & Gun, and Southern Living.

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From warm-weather climates to properties built on permafrost, homeowners everywhere are discovering anew the allure of fire outdoors. With zoning laws, resources, and proximity often limiting the open bonfire enjoyed by our ancestors, fire is being tamed in a variety of attractive ways by creative landscape architects, designers, builders, and manufacturers. Today's outdoor fires radiate warmth for chilly evenings, add an attractive glow to gathered faces, form focal centers for outdoor gatherings, and provide a means of food preparation al fresco.

This book presents a wide variety of ideas for outdoor fireplaces, fire pits, and cook centers. Manufactured outdoor hearth products and custom handmade masterpieces address a huge array of styles to satisfy a broad range of tastes and budgets. A selection of outdoor cook centers is also included, complete with wood-burning pizza ovens. Over 200 images of designs by professional landscape architects, contractors, custom home builders, kitchen designers, and hearth product manufacturers were compiled to provide inspiration and present the most complete book on the subject ever published.

From Erin Benzakein, a leader in the locaflor farm-to-centerpiece movement and owner of internationally renowned Floret Flower Farm, Cut Flower Garden is equal parts instruction and inspiration — a book overflowing with lush photography of magnificent flowers and breathtaking arrangements organized by season. This beautiful guide to growing, harvesting, and arranging gorgeous blooms year-round gives readers vital tools to nurture a stunning flower garden and use their blossoms to create showstopping arrangements.

With irresistible photos of Erin's flower farm that showcase exquisite blooms, tips for growing in a variety of spaces and climates as well as step-by-step instructions for lavish garlands, airy centerpieces, and romantic floral décor for every season, Floret Farm's Cut Flower Garden informs and entices gardeners of all skill levels.

This beautiful gardening book and guide to growing, harvesting, and arranging gorgeous blooms year-round provides readers with vital tools to nurture a stunning flower garden and use their blossoms and cut flowers to create show-stopping arrangements. It makes a beautiful gift for any occasion, for friends, loved ones and gardening lovers alike!

About the Author:

Erin Benzakein is a farmer-florist and the founder of Floret Farm. Her first book Floret Farm's Cut Flower Garden won the American Horticultural Society Book Award. She lives in Mount Vernon, Washington.

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A stunning guide to growing, harvesting, and arranging gorgeous dahlia blooms from celebrated farmer-florist and New York Times bestselling author Erin Benzakein, founder of Floret Flower Farm.

World-renowned flower farmer and floral designer Erin Benzakein reveals all the secrets to growing, cultivating, and arranging gorgeous dahlias. These coveted floral treasures come in a dazzling range of colors, sizes, and forms, with enough variety for virtually every garden space and personal preference, making them one of the most beloved flowers for arrangements. 

In these pages, readers will discover:

_Expert advice for planting, harvesting, and arranging garden-fresh dahlias
_A simple-to-follow overview of the dahlia classification system
_An A–Z guide with photos and descriptions of more than 350 varieties
_Step-by-step how-to’s for designing show-stopping dahlia bouquets that elevate any occasion

Filled with Wisdom: Overflowing with hundreds of lush photographs and invaluable advice, Discovering Dahlias is an essential resource for gardeners and a must-have for anyone who loves flowers, including flower lovers, avid and novice gardeners, floral designers, florists, small farmers, stylists, and designers.

Beautiful Present: This book is a beautiful present for Mother’s Day and a thoughtful gift for nature lovers, flower enthusiasts, and gardeners. The colorful, flower-forward package pairs perfectly with a bouquet of flowers, seeds, or a vase.

About the Author:

Erin Benzakein’s gorgeous flowers are celebrated throughout the world. Her book Floret Farm’s A Year in Flowers was a New York Times bestseller and her first book, Floret Farm’s Cut Flower Garden, won the American Horticultural Society Book Award.

Many designers, from jewellers to architects, use folding techniques to make three-dimensional forms from two-dimensional sheets of fabric, cardboard, plastic, metal and other materials.

This unique handbook explains key folding techniques, such as pleated surfaces, curved folding and crumpling. It has been updated with a new chapter covering some lesser-known techniques, suggesting yet more creative possibilities. The techniques are accompanied by clear step-by-step drawings, specially commissioned photography and ten new instructional videos.

About the Author:

Paul Jackson is a well-respected professional paper artist, bestselling author of over 30 books on paper arts and crafts, teacher and passionate advocate of folding as a language of design.

Breathtaking houses that are built lovingly with noble materials and heritage methods, always presented in profound conversation with nature.

JLF Architects, based in Bozeman, Montana, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming, believe first and foremost that architecture should be rooted in its particular place, responding in a meaningful way to the natural or built environment. Using local materials and partnering with the best local craftsmen, JLF Architects seeks to create buildings that are tactile and modern, environmentally responsible and authentic, artful and crafted.

Now more than 30 years since its founding, the firm has grown along with the range and complexity of its projects, and still considers the desire to build in partnership with the land to be an approach that remains valid and increasingly resonant. JLF Architects’ first projects were houses and these projects excite the firm still.

JLF Architects have found that by exploring the inti-mate relationship between family, place, and building they can create unique living environments that possess a compelling authenticity and beauty.

About the Authors:

Award-winning journalist Seabring Davis has worked as an editor and writer in the publishing industry for 20 years. She is the former editor-in-chief of Big Sky Journal and editor emeritus of Western Art & Architecture. She is the author of The New Montana Cabin and four other lifestyle books, including the High Plains Book Award Culinary winner A Taste of Montana as well as A Montana Table: Recipes from Chico Hot Springs Resort. Audrey Hall is a photographer, writer, and producer based in Livingston, Montana. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including Western Interiors and Design, the New York Times, Sunset, and Mountain Living. 

Breathtaking houses that are built lovingly with noble materials and heritage methods, always presented in profound conversation with nature.

JLF Architects, based in Bozeman, Montana, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming, believe first and foremost that architecture should be rooted in its particular place, responding in a meaningful way to the natural or built environment. Using local materials and partnering with the best local craftsmen, JLF Architects seeks to create buildings that are tactile and modern, environmentally responsible and authentic, artful and crafted.

Now more than 30 years since its founding, the firm has grown along with the range and complexity of its projects, and still considers the desire to build in partnership with the land to be an approach that remains valid and increasingly resonant. JLF Architects’ first projects were houses and these projects excite the firm still.

JLF Architects have found that by exploring the inti-mate relationship between family, place, and building they can create unique living environments that possess a compelling authenticity and beauty.

About the Authors:

Award-winning journalist Seabring Davis has worked as an editor and writer in the publishing industry for 20 years. She is the former editor-in-chief of Big Sky Journal and editor emeritus of Western Art & Architecture. She is the author of The New Montana Cabin and four other lifestyle books, including the High Plains Book Award Culinary winner A Taste of Montana as well as A Montana Table: Recipes from Chico Hot Springs Resort. Audrey Hall is a photographer, writer, and producer based in Livingston, Montana. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including Western Interiors and Design, the New York Times, Sunset, and Mountain Living.