Frank Carlson Library

A photographic tour through designers' own spaces, from a Greenwich Village town home to a Park Slope brownstone and beyond. Designers' homes often serve as laboratories where they are free to experiment. These spaces are filled with the designer's most personal and cherished objects, furnishings, and artwork that are concentrated expressions of their style and interests. New York Design at Home profiles 27 homes and looks at how these creative professionals-among...

New York magazine's interiors editor shares some of her most memorable house profiles in this stunning and inspiring visual tour. For “May I Come In?”, design editor extraordinaire Wendy Goodman visits seventy homes that express their owners' spirit and passions. In this pantheon, imagination and originality hold sway: Artists and eccentrics are the equals of aristocrats and the mandarins of design. Alba Clemente's closet is a Renaissance theater,...

American Furniture & Decoration Colonial & Federal is Edward Stratton Holloway's illustrated manual on Colonial and Federal furniture and decoration, it was first published in 1928. Holloway was born in Ashland, Greene County, New York in 1859. He attended Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts between 18881 and 1905 and then went on to work as art director for the publisher J. B. Lippincott Co. for 46 years where he wrote a number of books on interior...

De símbolo de poder económico a fuente de salud y bienestar, la piscina es comodidad integral, física y psicológica: incluso cuando no se utiliza, su visión es relajante, y también resulta una delicia escuchar el chapoteo del agua. Pero la piscina, además de constituir una alegría para quien la posee, plantea también una serie de problemas: cómo y dónde ambientarla, cómo construirla, cómo «amueblarla», cómo escoger los materiales y...

The Man Cave Book by Mike Yost and Jeff Wilser is a tribute to great and glorious man spaces and the craftsmen behind them. Complete with instructions and insights into creating your own unique refuge and shrine to beer, sports, and everything else that's right with the world, The Man Cave Book is an essential manual for any man cave enthusiast.

This early work on Italian Villas and their Gardens is a beautifully illustrated look at the subject. Chapters include; Florentine Villas, Sienese Villas, Roman Villas, Villas near Rome, Genoese Villas, Lombard Villas and Villas of Venetia. This fascinating work is thoroughly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of all historians Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and...

¿Cómo lograr una tienda armoniosa y un layout que responda a las exigencias de la marca? Una tienda departamental es el resultado de la interacción de las condiciones existentes del local (forma, tamaño, pilares estructurales, altura) que serán revestidas o integradas con las nuevas consideraciones de diseño. Además, incluye los requerimientos estéticos y técnicos que propone el diseñador. Solo conociendo todos los elementos que participan...

For Alessandra Branca, living means living comfortably. Growing up in Rome, Branca was always surrounded by exquisite art and architecture. She learned early on that beauty is meant to intermingle with everyday life, and to this day her interior designs, while abiding by classical principles, comfortably accommodate her clients' lifestyles. "You can't just do something that looks pretty,†? she says. "It has to work.†? In this book, the designer-based...

Why struggle to market interior design when you can get specialized advice from a top-notch consultant? In Marketing Interior Design, Lloyd Princeton offers you the same high-quality insights that he gives to his clientele. Drawing on his professional expertise as well as the experiences of his clients, he provides detailed guidance to help you learn to: •figure out what to charge and have the confidence to demand that price •write your business...

La première édition de cet ouvrage a été très bien reçue par le milieu de l'enseignement et par celui de la pratique du design d'intérieur. Comme des changements sont survenus récemment, une mise à jour s'imposait donc. Entre autres, les nouveaux paramètres de la Loi sur les architectes y sont détaillés, ainsi que les tâches de gestion qui découlent de la réalisation des projets de design. Les techniques de réseautage, de communication...