As soon as I was growing up in Los Angeles I had been a bookworm since I had been sort of a lonely little woman, and that I managed to lose myself in the dream world of novels. My parents invited me to see, and I see what I could get my hands on. As an adult, I am still a voracious reader and also a speed reader, to boot. There is nothing like the visual feeling of a publication's weight in mind along with also the act of turning the pages. To me, it is a loving tribute to the written words and gorgeous images that are included inside the pages of a publication.
That is why I've a hefty book set at home - many of these design books, naturally. Not only are they valued resources of wisdom and inspiration that I turn to they supply an ease of use that only isn't available online or an e-reader. Unlike a publication, which you read in the very first page to the past, design novels are designed to be reversed. And you just can't flip through a hand-held apparatus how that you can a publication.
So, with that, here are my six favorite style publications:
1. Judith Miller, "Furniture: World Styles from Classical to Contemporary." Hands down, the best book on distinguishing fashions. Filled with information, details, details. Advice on stuff, why something seems how it will, succulent tidbits, the events and people affecting furniture layout. Here is the book that I wish I'd written! It is my bible.
2. Christopher Payne (general editor), "Sotheby's Concise Encyclopedia of Furniture." Christopher Payne is a Brit and contains the crisp and enchanting manner of composing the Brits are famous for. This is among my go-to-books for fast and concise info on a specific style.
3. Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Period Rooms in the Metropolitan Museum of Art." Luscious pictures of this fabulous period rooms in the Met from Jacobean to Frank Lloyd Wright.
4. Frederick Litchfield, "Illustrated History of Furniture: From the Earliest to the Present Time." I've the 1893 edition which I printed from Project Gutenberg, and it's fabulous! Unbelievably detailed examples of furniture and period rooms. There are not any photos, just detailed examples. A great deal of juicy details about different designers and historic figures.
5. Mario Praz, "An Illustrated History of Interior Decoration: from Pompeii to Art Nouveau." Mainly exemplified through paintings of this period of time, but a fantastic source of whole room schemes found through artists' eyes.
6. Virginia McAlester and Lee McAlester, "Great American Houses and Their Architectural Styles." Beautiful photographs and floor plans of several of the highest examples of contemporary architectural styles.