Playfully rejecting the orderly restraint of midcentury design, the French avant-garde designer and architect Pierre Paulin (1927–2009) imagined sleek departure lounges for the jet set, perfume bottles for Courrèges, and unforgettable Pop-era pieces like the Orange Slice chair, the shell-shaped Oyster chair, and the Tongue, a wavy, low-slung chaise. Paulin’s signature innovation was to wrap his pieces in colorful stretch jersey, softening them and concealing their inner steel and wood. In their casual, kinetic sprawl, his chairs not only offered an invitation to relax and lounge; they also took the temperature of Paris in the late 1960s. Fascinated by the possibilities of new materials, Paulin was both a modernist and a traditionalist, a designer who took equal care designing ordinary objects such as fans, razors, and fondue pots as he did outfitting the private quarters of French presidents Pompidou and Mitterand. This vibrantly illustrated book draws from previously unpublished archives a wealth of vivid drawings, models, and photographs to reveal the restless energy of this midcentury icon, whose works are finding new popularity today.

Pierre Paulin Life and Work /anglais

Arts & Photography

DESCENDRE NADINE

Architecture

Scriptum

HIDDEN TUSCANY UNUSUAL DESTINATIONS

Travel

LISTRI AND CUNACCIA

Europe

Language:Chinese.HardCover Pub Date: 2002 Pages: 240 in Publisher: Scriptum 10 years of technical visits to 100 countries visited and the 1000 villas documented. All styles and all periods illustrated with 700 photographs and 300 drawings.

Villa details /anglais

GUAITA

Private Ireland

Simon McBride

Karen Howes

Photography & Video

Whether it’s the tiny hand-held jewel that holds only a lipstick or the trendy Prada backpack, handbags are our most essential accessory. The ultimate status symbol, bags also speak volumes about our approach to style. This gorgeous book presents the best of contemporary design from the world’s leading firms. Ranging from the status bags of Gucci and Hermès to the exquisite beaded purses of Jamin Puech and Nathalie Hambro, and laden with color photos and sketches, Bags: A Lexicon of Style is a must for fashion lovers and those with a sense of bags as art. Valerie Steele is Chief Curator of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. Among her books are The Corset: A Cultural History, Paris Fashion, Fetish, and Fifty Years of Fashion. Laird Borrelli, a fashion historian, also works at The Museum at F.I.T.

BAGS A LEXICON OF STYME

STEELE AND BORELLI

Decorative Arts & Design

Ski Style Alpine Interiors Architecture

McBride, Simon

The Japanese House

MURATA/BLACK

Bachelor Style showcases some of the most fabulous bachelor pads imaginable - whether a boat shed, a country shack, a high-tech apartment with state-of-the-art media and exercise equipment, a low-tech loft with boxing gym, a proper country house, or an exotic hideaway on a palm-fringed beach. Drawing on four archetypal male characters, Bachelor Style explores the full gamut of masculine style: The smooth playboy with a slick pad designed for entertaining and seduction; the dandy, whose passion for art, antiques and aesthetics is displayed in an immaculate environment; the gentleman, surrounded by emblems of his good taste and breeding; and the lad whose living space is designed for maximizing fun and minimizing chores.

Bachelor style /anglais

GRIFFITHS

Beautifully produced and lavishly illustrated, 'The Provencal House' is a stunning visual exploration of what many consider to be the region's main attraction - Provencal architecture and interior design.

Provencal House /anglais

Thornycroft

Tells the stories of the adventurous botanist explorers who collected plants under dangerous conditions, which are now commonly grown in our gardens. The paintings have been selected from the archives of The Natural History Museum, London.

Potted Histories /anglais

KNAPP

History & Criticism

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