The Art of Living

Text by Claudia Steinberg
Photographed by Barbel Miebach

Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $65.00

To artists and designers, a home is a canvas on which they can project themselves, a testing ground for creative impulses, a place to display the objects that inspire them, a venue for experimentation with forms and materials that later appear in their own work. In this unique volume, photographer Bärbel... Read more >

The Architecture of Natural Light

Written by Henry Plummer

Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $65.00

Shelter and natural light are fundamental elements of architecture. The first is concerned with protection from natural elements; the second with the creative and sometimes spiritual interaction between the man-made and the natural worlds. One is solid and static, the other illuminates and animates.

Architects through the ages have preoccupied themselves with... Read more >

Dark Nostalgia

Written by Eva Hagberg

Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $45.00

As the late twentieth-century fascination with rounded shapes, organic influences, and plastics fades, interior designers are increasingly drawn to deep colors, polished woods, velvets, furs, leather, dark metals, and brick that have a nostalgic quality—materials used liberally in centuries gone by. Efforts to shape a more authentic, less austere present by... Read more >

Rooms to Remember
The Classic Interiors of Suzanne Tucker
Written by Suzanne Tucker

Format: Hardcover
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $65.00

In the work of interior designer Suzanne Tucker, art and artifact collections are displayed to best advantage for daily enjoyment by their owners, custom-mixed wall colors are set off by richly sensual textiles and forms, and inherited pieces are blended with newly found treasures to bestow a subtle aura of age... Read more >

Modern Luxury

Written by Richard Mishaan
Foreword by Pamela Fiori

Format: Hardcover, 216 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $50.00

Interior designer Richard Mishaan believes that all good furniture and art can be combined successfully regardless of style, period, or price. Drawing on his international background and love of travel, he combs the world to find exquisite, unique pieces for his clients. Mishaan skillfully brings together furnishings and objects from myriad... Read more >

Monochrome

Written by Paula Rice Jackson
Introduction by John F. Saladino

Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $50.00

More than any other element of interior design, color sets the mood of a room. Once the palette is limited to a single color, the effect can be dramatic and powerful or sublime. Monochrome features projects by more than twenty internationally known interior designers who have created rooms based around one... Read more >

Bringing Paris Home

Written by Penny Drue Baird

Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: October 7, 2008
Price: $45.00

Bringing Paris Home invites the reader to re-create the panache of French interior style in an American setting. Author Penny Drue Baird shares her love and knowledge of French history and decorative arts and describes the design elements essential to an elegant French interior—architectural details, furniture, paint and wall covering, fireplaces... Read more >

Perfect Neutrals
Color you can Live with
Written by Stephanie Hoppen

Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2007
Price: $35.00

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Crossing Boundaries
A Global Vision of Design
Written by Vicente Wolf

Format: Hardcover, 232 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2006
Price: $50.00

Good design knows no boundaries.
—Vicente Wolf

Famed interior designer Vicente Wolf is known for a modern and elegant design sensibility that is guided by integrity and simplicity. He is also a photographer of note, capturing images of his own design work and of his travels. Crossing Boundaries is a fascinating combination of... Read more >

Graceland

Written by Chuck Murphy
Foreword by Priscilla Presley

Format: Hardcover, 18 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2006
Price: $40.00

Elvis Presley purchased the Graceland Mansion in 1957—and half a century later, it remains one of the world’s most popular tourist attractions. In this illustrated pop-up celebration, you’ll embark on an all-access walk through of the house and grounds. Every page features meticulously designed replicas of Graceland’s most famous sites, including:
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Cube Chic

Written by Kelly Moore

Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2006
Price: $15.95

Had enough of your bland, boring office cubicle? Cube Chic has the solution. This hip, irreverent style book offers inspirational cube designs for every taste, from Tiki to Zen. With more than 90 full-color photographs and helpful decorating tips, you’ll learn how to transform your work space into your own cube-sized... Read more >