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India is diverse, multilayered, and rich in traditions with a past still passing by. Today India is able to maintain a ritualistic link with the heritage of the skilled craftsmanship, the remarkable presence of the past and the modern building process used; a high quality building stone and other traditional materials. The contemporary Indian design of today would not have being able to exist without the traditional one; as it is distinguished from the autonomous traditions of its ancient Hindu and Buddhist past. This volume at hand, the opens up a new dialogue between tradition and innovation, between craftsmanship and design and bringing both together to form what is now the contemporary design of India. Paying close attention to climate, flora, light, space, and material, to create a crafted space that adds richer texture and allows it to adapt a deeper meaning into the space; focusing on the essential, minimalist by heart and mood by its soul, being more than an aesthetic tool, instead meaningful. Contemporary Indian design is then born out of its cultural influences of its time and place to become the reference of its own culture. As a result, creating a crafted environment that speaks of a journey in time and space.

The sights, smells and sounds of India draw legions of travellers every year in awe of the changing terrain and countryside, but to truly experience the range and diversity of this huge country one needs to gaze into the many, spectacular residences, as rich and eclectic as the landscape that surrounds them. Indian Interiors provides a longing glimpse into these exotic abodes. India's visual culture is ruled by bright colours, religious decoration and the unrelenting heat of the sun, and designers have responded to this challenge in many ways over the centuries. With this book as guide, you can wander into the restored splendour of ancient Maharajas' palaces, enjoy living in houseboats on the lotus-covered lakes of Kashmir, or cool off in imposing colonial buildings built for British rulers wilting in the tropical heat. This is truly a world of contrasts, as we move from simple but beautifully hand-painted tribal huts to the L.A. influenced home of a Hollywood star, from a Buddhist house in Ladakh to the most original house designed in India by Le Corbusier. All the interiors here are lavishly photographed and documented.

We’ve searched far and wide, through Africa’s deserts and jungles, cities and wildlife reserves, islands and mountains, to uncover the continent’s most inspirational dwellings; our goal was to find the kind of interiors that defy description, and we think the results will definitely leave you speechless. Nestled within these pages you’ll find lush modern homes mingling with mud huts, funky artists’ studios, elegant lodges, minimalist houses, ornate traditional homes, townships and much more — all lovingly built and decorated with sensitivity, creativity, craftsmanship, individuality, and sensuality. Inside Africa captures the beauty and diversity of African living.

Beautifully bound with an African tribal motif cloth cover Highlights include:

• Italian sisters Carla and Franka Sozzani’s fairy-tale palace in the Medina of Marrakech
• shoe designer Christian Louboutin’s modest-yet-elegant Cairo home
•a lodge in Tanzania whose interior columns are formed by the trees around which it was built
• multi-level terracotta Troglodyte dwellings in Tunisia
• opulent mosaics, breathtaking courtyards and rooftop lounges in Marrakech Countries featured: Botswana, Egypt, Kenya, Mauritius, Morocco, Réunion, Seychelles, Tanzania, and Tunisia

We’ve searched far and wide, through Africa’s deserts and jungles, cities and wildlife reserves, islands and mountains, to uncover the continent’s most inspirational dwellings; our goal was to find the kind of interiors that defy description, and we think the results will definitely leave you speechless. Nestled within these pages you’ll find lush modern homes mingling with mud huts, funky artists’ studios, elegant lodges, minimalist houses, ornate traditional homes, townships and much more—all lovingly built and decorated with sensitivity, creativity, craftsmanship, individuality, and sensuality. Inside Africa captures the beauty and diversity of African living. Beautifully bound with an African tribal motif cloth cover Highlights include:
• an ultra-modern home in the sprawling hills overlooking Johannesburg
• Ornately painted Kassena huts on the border between Burkina Faso and Ghana
• an opulent Emir’s palace in Nigeria with eye-popping colorful details on the cathedral-like ceilings
• nomads' Moorish tents in the Sahara
• a majestic mansion on a vineyard in South Africa Countries featured: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, and Togo.

Zen. Soothing. Mystical. Meditative. All the most serene words in the world couldn't begin to describe the effect of Asia's most beautiful interiors. Whether it's a monastery in Tibet, a beautiful garden on a rubber plantation in Sri Lanka, or a Tadao Ando-designed house in Japan, each spot chosen for this book is remarkable not only for its aesthetics but for its spirit. Presented in two sublime volumes, these interiors have what it takes to transport you to a sacred place; breathe deeply, delve in, and be inspired. Featuring 100 locations in the following countries: Tibet, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Singapore, and Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Hong Kong, China, and Japan.

Stilt houses to minimalist villas: breathtaking interiors from India to Malaysia Zen. Soothing. Mystical. Meditative. All the most serene words in the world couldn’t begin to describe the effect of Asia’s most beautiful interiors.

Whether it’s a monastery in Tibet, a beautiful garden on a rubber plantation in Sri Lanka, or a private holiday villa in Thailand, each spot chosen for this book is remarkable not only for its aesthetics but for its spirit. The book is “clothed” in a silk-like bright orange fabric, the same color used for Thai monks’ robes, and patterned with flying Garuda birds.

These interiors have what it takes to transport you to a sacred place; breathe deeply, delve in, and be inspired. Featuring 48 locations in the following countries: Tibet, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Singapore, and Malaysia Highlights include: – breathtaking garden designed by Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa – a rice barge in Thailand constructed of golden teak – a modern minimalist villa in Cambodia – traditional Burmese wooden houses on stilts – a high-rise apartment in Singapore – a blue mansion in Malaysia

Holy temples to posh hotels: exceptional interiors from Indonesia to Japan Zen. Soothing. Mystical. Meditative. All the most serene words in the world couldn’t begin to describe the effect of Asia’s most beautiful interiors.

Whether it’s a monastery in Tibet, a coffee plantation in Java or a Tadao Ando-designed house in Japan, each interior was chosen for this book is remarkable not only for its aesthetics but for its spirit. The book is “clothed” in a silk-like curry-coloured fabric adorned with chrysanthemum flowers.

These interiors have what it takes to transport you to a sacred place; breathe deeply, delve in, and be inspired. 51 locations in Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Hong Kong, China, and Japan Highlights include  – holy temples and Buddhist monasteries – posh hotels and charming guesthouses – Balinese bamboo architecture – Javanese coffee plantations – modern contemporary houses in Japan designed by Shigeru Ban, Kengo Kuma, and Tadao Ando.

Described by Christopher Columbus as “the loveliest land ever beheld by human eyes,” Cuba’s sumptuous landscapes are marked by sun-drenched tobacco and sugar cane fields and its cities ripe with music, dancing, and jubilation. Celebrating the relics of Cuba’s revolutionary glory days, this book explores everything from the kinds of interiors seen in Buena Vista Social Club to top-notch luxury hotels and cultural heritage sites. Via a diverse selection of Cuban homes, hotels, gathering places, and more, Inside Cuba takes you on a colorful tour of Cuba’s most archetypal interiors. Just mix up a Mojito, pop in a Compay Segundo CD, and fire up a cigar — you’ll be in the perfect mood to savor these luscious Cuban gems.

Highlights include:

• traditional time-worn homes bearing the patina of generations of habitation
• Modernist houses — including one by Richard Neutra — and artists’ homes
• Cuba’s best eclectic 20th century mansions
• a sugar baron’s grandiose palacio
• Partagás cigar factory, one of Havana’s oldest and finest
• the baroque building Palacio de los Capitanes Generales
• the spectacular and futuristic Mario Girona-designed ice cream haven that is Havana’s most popular hangout
• a home with a Lalique-designed interior
• the bars Ernest Hemingway frequented, the hotel where he stayed between 1932 and 1939, and the estate near Havana he purchased in 1940, where he wrote The Old Man and the Sea
• Mafia casino hotels
• Don Diego Velázquez’s Moorish-influenced home where gold was once processed before being shipped to Spain

Interior design in its everyday presence reflects the changing demands human beings make on their living environment. Well-made interiors reveal the architectural qualities of a building, giving them a finely honed setting of light, shapes and textures.

That is the high art of interior design. Revised and expanded with many outstanding projects, this lavishly illustrated volume takes readers on an exciting journey through interior worlds. The multifaceted rooms arranged by more than fifty designers and architects epitomize the ideal of modern interior design: they are innovative and urban yet essentially timeless and functional.

Hotels for purists, glamorous restaurants, retro shops, avant-garde offices and attractive homes – "Interior Art: New German Interior Design" is a book both inspiring and seductive, an invitation to daydream and discover.

Large-format photographs convey a vivid impression of the atmosphere of these interiors. Illustrative ground plans and detailed drawings complete the picture in an encompassing presentation of current trends in German interior design.

"Interior Design in French Classic Style” presents sixty classic interiors, ranging from hôtels particuliers and châteaux to renowned restaurants that date back to the 18th century! Whether private or public, these places attract the eye to every detail, every material, proving how great classicism can be the source of joyous admiration and refined pleasure. These prestigious addresses that once hosted kings and queens, these timeless spaces that extend their welcome, show how well thought out decoration and fabrics chosen with taste can cross the centuries, and thus offer a beautiful future to new versions of the classic style! Each place is presented with a text exploring the history and design, and the visit continues through magnificent images, rich in colour and elegant patterns and forms, to captivate the reader time after time.

This book features the following projects:

1728
Hôtel Athénée
L’Aubergade
Bastide in Provence
Château de Bonnemare
Château de Boucéel
Hôtel du Bourg Tibourg
Château de Bourron
Château de Brissac
Château du Champ de Bataille
Château Colbert
Château de Verrières
Château des Briottières
Château du Grand-Lucé
Château de Bagnols
Château d’Apigné
Château de Christin
Classicisme Aixois
Château Clément
Cour des Loges
Hotel Design Sorbonne
Domaine de Kerbastic
Ferme Saint-Siméon
Le Grand Véfour
La Grande Cascade
Hôtel de Choiseul Praslin
Hôtel Claude Passart
Hôtel de la Vaupalière
Hôtel des Grands Hommes
Hôtel Martin-Fortris
Château de La Ballue
Château de la Barre
Château de la Bourdaisière
La Gauloise
La Mirande
Château de la Treyne
Château de la Verrerie
Lapérouse
Château de Mirambeau
Hôtel Napoléon
Château de Noizay
Hôtel Raphael
Hôtel Regina
Château de Rochegude
Hôtel Royal Champagne
Château de Saint Augustin
Hôtel Saint James Paris
Château de Saint Paterne
Le Saint Paul
Château de Sainte Cécile
Shangri-La Hotel
Château des Tesnières
The Regent Grand Hotel Bordeaux
Château de Vendeuvre
Villa Carioca
Villa Gallici
Villa Marie

Participating designers:

Vincent Bastie
Timothy Corrigan
Décoration Jacques Garcia
Richard Goulet
François-Joseph Graf
Dominique Honnet
Î TREMA
Bruno & Alexandre Lafourcade
LOVE Editions
Malphettes & Biz
Richard Martinet
J. P. Molyneux Studio
Charles Montemarco
Annie Verlant
Rairies Montrieux
Pierre-Yves Rochon
Arnaud & Clarisse de Saint Martin
Valérie Serin
Bambi Sloan

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This book follows the historical development of the Islamic dynasties and regions, showing the variety of their forms of artistic expression from the beginning until today. From decorative elements of buildings to calligraphy and the embellishment of everyday objects, ornamentation, that most characterise Islamic art form, displayed in an extraordinary rich range of ways. The contributions of important scholars bring to life before our very eyes this culture, which belongs next to Greek and Roman antiquity as one of the pillars of our modern society.

Italian Design presents about 50 projects on new and innovative design and architectural projects of italian designers.  The focus is not only on architecture but also on furniture and product design. 

The designers are introduced with a short characteristic and some of their best projects. An index with contact information of the architects and designers is enclosed.

A sumptuous selection of some of Italy's most beautiful houses, captured by renowned photographer Massimo Listri

The stunning photographs range over sweeping panoramas of the houses in their country settings right down to close-ups of rooms, furniture and design details, highlighting the merging of traditional and modern comforts that epitomizes Italian style.

From the Tuscan home of Colombian artist Fernando Botero to the enchanting Baroque palazzo in Sicily, home to Milanese designer Luisa Beccaria, the images evoke every mood from timeless simplicity to the delights of decorative excess. All of the featured homes offer inspiring sources of ideas that will bring a touch of Italy to any interior.

This new series about the diversity of regional interior design starts with two volumes, one about French, and the other about Italian interiors.

Both titles open the doors to the inner worlds of these two European countries to reflect how they inhabit the private and public realms. They are showing the similarities as well as the differences between and within both countries in terms of their interior styles. The typical is preserved and blended with the contemporary. Each book is a compilation of interior inspiration, from classic to contemporary looks.

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