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Melding rational forms with poetry, Mathieu Lehanneur has become a rising star of a new generation of designers.

In only a short period of time the French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has established himself as a rising star of the global design community. He creates breakthrough work at the nexus of design and the human body, bionic structures, geometric forms, and both the rational and irrational sides of science. Lehanneur shapes aesthetic objects that provide astounding insight into the complexity of organic systems as well as cleverly address and comment on social issues.

This first monograph is a cutting-edge collection of Mathieu Lehanneur’s creative explorations in the areas of interior design, product design, and art. The featured work includes filtration systems of interior air by plants, a recuperative sleeping space based on physiological studies of sleeping disorders, workshop rooms for children at the Centre Pompidou, ceramic jars created from population data provided by the UN, and the stunning redesign of the chancel of a Romanesque church that is as modern as it is timeless.

The book includes an extensive conversation with the designer by Hans Ulrich Obrist as well as texts by the Museum of Modern Art’s Paola Antonelli and Ross Lovegrove, and others illuminate the incomparable visual language that make Mathieu Lehanneur one of the most celebrated and sought-after designers working today.

Over 25 years in business, covering architecture and interior decoration, the Collection Privée team has completed a multitude of projects - houses, apartments, boats, aeroplanes and offices. As well as the Côte d'Azur where they have their stronghold, Gilles Pellerin and Nicolette Schouten work both in France and abroad. London, Brussels, Amsterdam, Lyon, Saint Petersburg, Ibiza, Gstaad, Zurich, Moscow... they take on all styles and all settings. All their travel has made them flexible and capable of adapting to any situation.

The Mediterranean coast is attracting a growing number of people from all over the world, both holiday-makers and other visitors, some of whom eventually decide to settle in one of the countries that enjoy its unique environment.

The benign climate, with its dry summers and mild winters, as well as the stunning tapestry of bays, rocky coves, sandy beaches, lush mountain ranges and strong red earth have all conspired to create a unique Mediterranean architectural style. Exceptionally beautiful houses, apartments and estates, many of which have been meticulously restored, all reflect their surroundings.

The bright colours, the terracotta tiles of the roofs, the white-washed walls and interior details are still the most typical design elements but reinterpreted in a thousand different ways. The residences featured in this book are fine examples of the splendour and enchantment of Mediterranean architecture.

They have been selected to pay homage to the various cultures that contribute to resplendence and to illustrate the perfect fusion between tradition modernism.

The Mediterranean lifestyle is as multifaceted as the cultures that have evolved around the Mediterranean Sea. It has absorbed African, Arab and European influences and incorporates the various local architectural styles. A common element of Mediterranean design is living in harmony with nature – the climatic conditions in particular have always affected the residential culture around the world’s largest inland sea.

Light and breezy layouts, cooling materials, and shade providing constructions are complemented by terraces, patios and gardens. Mediterranean Living shows rural dream residences made of natural rock as well as airy apartments at the heart of metropolises and ultra-modern villas. It takes us on a journey from Spain via Greece all the way to Morocco and Israel.

From the contents:

• House of the Infinite in Cadiz, Spain (Alberto Campo Baeza)
• Fobe House in Tassoulante, Morocco (Guilhem Eustache)
• House U in Dubrovnik, Croatia (Studio 3LHD)
• Bodrum Residence in Bodrum, Turkey (Emre Arolat Architects)
• House Olivi in Treia, Italiy (Wespi de Meuron Romeo architects)

Mediterranean lifestyle is the envy of the world.

A fusion of interior style, glorious landscapes and bold architectural design, Mediterranean Modern presents twenty-five of the most desirable houses of the region in a format that speaks directly to the increasingly design-savvy.

It presents twenty-five houses – from southern Spain to northern Africa, from Greece to the Balearic Islands – which, though differing in their locations and styles, are united by clean lines, open-plans and seamless indoor-outdoor living.

With fabulous photographs and work by internationally established architects such as Alberto Campo Baeza and Rudy Ricciotti, the design and content of this book will inspire anyone interested in interior design, domestic architecture, DIY, or contemporary building.

About the Author:

Dominic Bradbury is a writer and freelance journalist specializing in architecture and design. He has written over 20 books, including Mid-Century Modern Complete, The Iconic House, and The Iconic Interior. He contributes to magazines and newspapers in the UK, US, Australia, and internationally, including The Financial Times, The Times, Telegraph, House & Garden, World of Interiors, Wallpaper, and Vogue Living.

For years Metropolitan Home magazine published a favourite annual issue known as the Design 100, which honoured superlative invention and creativity in international design.

METROPOLITAN HOME'S DESIGN 100 is, in a sense, a book-size version of the best selling issue, focusing on the best homes and the best rooms ever to have appeared in Met Home. Each of the 100 houses, apartments, lofts or rooms included in the book is the greatest of something, each represents some essential area of Met Home's faithful coverage of the evolution of modern design, and each has been created by one of the best designers or architects of our time. The 100 taken as a whole have been curated in the spirit of Met Home in an attempt to be lively, beautiful, accessible, aspirational and at the same time real.

Exploding with color, textures, patterns, and ideas, this guide to the best of Mexican décor is packed cover to cover with splendid eye-popping photos. From Costa Careyes to the Yucatan Peninsula, this diverse selection of villas, casitas, haciendas, cabanas, and palapas paints a multihued picture of Mexican style.

Miami has long been known for its miles of sandy beaches and for the melting pot of Hispanic immigrants who reside in neighbourhoods extending inland from Miami Beach. But the third most popular American city after Los Angeles and New York is also famous for its unique contemporary architecture.

Miami Houses is a beautifully produced and copiously illustrated tour of residential design by renowned architects such as Ramon Pacheco, Pablo Uribe, Barry Sugarman, Alain Schuhmann, and Santiago Bernal.

The dazzling re-designs of houses in the landmark Art Deco District and the distinctive Latin-inspired interior design on view here have succeeded in making innovation the hallmark of Miami style. Includes an introduction and helpful captions.

What city made Don Johnson a Ferrari-driving pastel-suit-wearing international icon, is playground for the America’s retired upper crust, birthplace of the plastic-pink-flamingo-in-the-front-yard phenomenon, and home to America’s biggest Cuban population? You don’t have to be a genius to figure out that Miami is the singular town in question. Fun, happy, and sexy homes populate this dreamy seaside city where blue sky, green palm leaves, and electric vibes provide an exotic backdrop to the fabulous and outrageous interiors we’ve selected for you. Among the gems we’ve mined for this new addition to our Interiors collection are locations used in the television series “Flipper” and “Miami Vice,” a house on stilts suspended over the crystal clear ocean water, a high-rise apartment with jaw-dropping views, the Art Deco fabulousness of Morris Lapidus’s Eden Roc hotel, and a Cuban woman’s modest home bursting with kitschy religious paraphernalia. Whether they’re exploding with color and pizzazz or imploding with white minimalism, these are the crème de la crème of Miami pads.

Fun, happy, and sexy homes populate this dreamy seaside city where blue sky, green palm leaves, and electric vibes provide an exotic backdrop to the fabulous and outrageous interiors we`ve selected for you. Whether they`re exploding with color and pizzazz or imploding with white minimalism, these are the crème de la crème of Miami pads.

Highlights include:
• classic 1950s Eden Roc Hotel by Morris Lapidus
• residence of artist Michele Oka in South Beach
• the house of Tui Pranich designed according to strict Feng Shui principles
• apartment of a Cuban woman in an Art Deco district
• "Stiltsville" - colorful huts hovering over the water on stilts

Creating your dream house - a prospect as exciting as it is daunting. Michael S Smith, a favorite among celebrity clientele, reveals the method of his design magic. Offering thoughtful ideas and practical advice, the designer walks the reader through his process, from the gathering of resource material (from magazines and iconic films to something as simple as a shell or a swatch of vintage fabric), expertly pairing simpler and grander elements (or inexpensive with more extravagant objects), perfecting the editing process, to knowing when a room is finished.

Detailing the nearly encyclopedic range of styles he culls from to create his signature style, the designer describes recent examples of his work, beginning with a modest and quirkily designed house in Bel Air, Smith redid for himself. Razed, rebuilt, and decorated over the course of five years, the house allowed Smith to experiment and explore ideas freely and the result is a gracious home, as welcoming as it is stylish. In addition to his California residence, twenty other projects are featured, from a New England clapboard to a Malibu villa overlooking the Pacific to a city townhouse. In each, Smith deconstructs the elements which come together to make the ideal home.

About the Author

One of Architectural Digest’s 100 Top Designers and winner of Elle Decor’s Designer of the Year Award in 2003, Michael S. Smith is an internationally respected interior designer. He is the author of Michael Smith’s Elements of Style. Christine Pittel is a senior editor at House Beautiful magazine. Her writing has also appeared in the New York Times, Town & Country, Harper's Bazaar, House & Garden, and many other publications.

Acclaimed designer Michael S Smith has earned a reputation as the thinking celebrity's decorator, with a client list that includes Cindy Crawford, Kate Capshaw, Steven Spielberg, Dustin Hoffman, and Michelle Pfeiffer.

Pairing lush interiors with dynamic insider advice, Michael Smith's Elements of Style beautifully captures the essential building blocks of good interior design. Smith covers in depth the most common decorating decisions everyone faces: working with colour, selecting the right paint, choosing window treatments and floor coverings, creating a luxurious bed, and building a furniture collection over time.

Illustrated with stunning colour photography, including a dozen homes presented in-depth to demonstrate how rooms work alone and together, the book also includes practical sidebars on learning how to buy antiques and attend auctions, how to ready your home for sale, and how to create a house that can evolve over time.

This invaluable, idea-filled resource is about polished, fresh design that is both aspirational and attainable.

About the Authors

Michael Smith is one of Architectural Digest's 100 Top Designers and winner of Elle Décor's Designer of the Year award in 2003. His work is regularly featured in Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, Town & Country, W, and House Beautiful, among others.

Diane Dorrans Saeks is the bestselling author of fifteen books, including Hollywood Style, and was a founding editor of Metropolitan Home and Garden Design magazines. She is currently Interior Design editor for Paper City and a correspondent for W and WWD. She lives in San Francisco.

Very small buildings have a special appeal. The constraints of space and cost can actually liberate the imagination. Most of the projects in this book consist of no more than a few key spaces, in many cases just a single space. They are united only by their compact nature, the pleasure that they can provide and the intelligence that they embody.

A brief introduction is followed by five thematic chapters: Public Realm, Community Spaces, On the Move, Compact Living and Extra Space. The 53 case studies include a park bench that transforms into a shelter for the homeless in Australia, an inflatable treetop structure for rainforest observation, a portable house for victims of hurricane Katrina, a transportable church in Finland and a suspended office in France.