This intimate portrait of both iconic and unknown midcentury European designers and architectural masterpieces reveals an inspiring personal approach to modernism. This gorgeously photographed volume features the intimate and private spaces of both the icons and unknown vanguards of European midcentury architecture and design. Showcasing the functional beauty of midcentury design, Modern Originals presents the innovative homes by some of the most compelling and influential European midcentury designers, including Le Corbusier, Alvar Aalto, Finn Juhl, Robin and Lucienne Day, and Gae Aulenti, to name a few.

Williamson gained exclusive access to homes that are often closed to the public, and this intimacy is reflected in her richly detailed photographs. Each chapter is dedicated to a single home where the interiors are intact as they were lived in by their designers. Examples include the iconic Studio Achille Castiglioni in Milan; the Helsinki home of Aino and Alvar Aalto with signs of functionalism preserved; Finn Juhl's Scandinavian farmhouse, with warm woods and bursts of primary colors; and Carlo Mollino's eccentric Italian lair filled with his sensually shaped designs. This rare glimpse into the personal spaces of legendary designers in the midcentury canon reveals the highest expression of their ideas created for the most demanding of clients: themselves.

About the Author:

Leslie Williamson pursues both fine art and commercial photography, garnering numerous accolades, including being a Surface magazine Avant Guardian and featured in Communication Arts magazine. In addition, her work has appeared in Dwell, Surface, and Travel + Leisure magazines, among other publications. She is the author and photographer of Rizzoli's Handcrafted Modern. 

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Acclaimed photographer, author, and Bay Area native Leslie Williamson returns to her roots with a tribute to the most fertile soil for creativity: California.

Following her ultra-successful Handcrafted Modern and Modern Originals, Leslie Williamson is back with an original and compelling take on California’s pioneering cultural and creative forces. Williamson’s distinctive, warm photography of charming, often handcrafted interiors combined with personal, compelling texts create intimate, revealing portraits of the homes of design and lifestyle trailblazers. Featured homes include fashion designer Christina Kim’s airy loft in downtown Los Angeles; chef Alice Waters’s book-lined Craftsman bungalow in Berkeley; and artist Alma Allen’s studio and home in the desert, filled with his finished and in-progress biomorphic wood and bronze sculptures.

Powerfully personal and deeply authentic, this beautiful book will appeal not only to lovers of bohemian architecture but also to anyone who feels the pull of the West Coast lifestyle. Showcasing thirteen unique homes from the rugged coast of Big Sur to the sunlight-filled modernist structures of Los Angeles and San Diego, this book is a journey through the very best that California design has to offer.

About the Author:

Leslie Williamson has garnered numerous accolades for her unique and personal approach to photographing interiors, seeing beyond the clutter of the everyday into the soul of a space. She travels often, splitting her time between her own books and fine art projects and shooting for design and editorial clients around the world: World of Interiors, Casa Brutus, T: the New York Times Style Magazine, Apartamento, Maharam, StudioIlse, and Commune Design to name a few. She is the author and photographer of Handcrafted Modern (2010) and Modern Originals (2014), both published by Rizzoli.

A stunning collection of homes and studios of 15 extraordinary artists, from painter Georgia O’Keeffe’s Abiquiú home and sculptor Isamu Noguchi’s Japanese retreat to new discoveries such as Gordon Onslow Ford’s California haven.

Noted photographer Leslie Williamson’s latest book presents the homes and studios from a group of renowned artists, ranging from Barbara Hepworth to Joan Miró. Documented in her inimitable atmospheric style, the images capture how these artists lived and worked.

Williamson’s images reveal not only these artists’ creative process as viewed through their studios, but also shows how they manifested their creativity in the stylish interiors and the personal touches in the spaces they called home. The spaces featured range from Vanessa Bell’s proto–shabby chic home Charleston in southern England to Andrew Wyeth’s Yankee-chic farmhouse in Pennsylvania. Taken together, Still Lives is a must-have document to inspire and illuminate for art lovers, interiors enthusiasts, and the cultured reader.

About the Author:

Leslie Williamson has garnered numerous accolades for her unique and personal approach to photographing interiors, seeing beyond the clutter of the everyday into the soul of a space. She travels often, splitting her time between her own books and fine art projects and shooting for design and editorial clients around the world, such as World of Interiors, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Apartamento, Maharam, StudioIlse, and Commune Design.

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Інтимна та відверта колекція фотографій вражаюче красивих, культових та невідкритих інтер'єрів середини століття. Серед значних інтер'єрів середини століття жоден не є таким відомим, але мало публікованим, як будинки, створені архітекторами та дизайнерами інтер'єрів для себе. Ця колекція нещодавно замовлених фотографій представляє найпереконливіші будинки впливових дизайнерів середини століття, таких як Рассел Райт, Джордж Накасіма, Гаррі Бертойя, Чарльз та Рей Імс, Єва Цейзель та інші. Інтимні та водночас відверті фотографії Вільямсон показують ці креативні будинки такими, якими в них жили їхні дизайнери: історичний будинок Вальтера Гропіуса в стилі Баухаус у Массачусетсі; плавуче модерністське гніздо Альберта Фрея на скельному виступі Палм-Спрінгс; повністю ручної роботи будинок Вортона Ешеріка в Пенсільванії, від органічних різьблених сходів до культових меблів. Особисті та захоплюючі дух по черзі — ці будинки є зразковими дослідженнями побутового модернізму в його найтеплішому та найкреативнішому вигляді.

Про автора:

Леслі Вільямсон — фотограф із Сан-Франциско. Її роботи з'являлися в журналах Dwell, Surface та Travel + Leisure.

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