Furniture

'Whether you're a passionate collector looking for ways to display your finds, or a minimalist on a mission to tame the clutter, The Stuff of Life has you covered.' Remodelista.com Hilary Robertson reveals a multitude of ways to style and display the...

Frames often catch the eye and arouse the curiosity of visitors to galleries and museums, yet labels and catalogues rarely comment on them. Nicholas Penny conveys his interest in the history of frames, the design and techniques of frame-making, what...

Details Make a Home takes a closer look at the details behind international interiors stylist and art director Hans Blomquist's unique and idiosyncratic take on the world. In hundreds of ravishingly beautiful, inspiring pictures, he encourages the...

Design, DIY, and computer-controlled fabrication are a powerful combination for making high-quality customized things. Written by the founders of the architecture, design, and research firm Filson and Rohrbacher, this book takes you through the basics of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9784770031211Author David SavageFormat HardbackPage Count 232Imprint Kodansha International LtdPublisher Kodansha America, IncWeight(grams) 1385g

Stuart Walker's design work has been described as life-changing, inspiring, disturbing and ferocious. Drawing on an extraordinarily diverse range of sources and informed by creative practice, Design for Life penetrates to the heart of modern culture and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781782494973Author Liz BauwensFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint CICO BooksPublisher Ryland, Peters & Small LtdWeight(grams) 958g

This complete overview of contemporary studio furniture celebrates the achievements of an international selection of designers producing works of individual artistic expression that sit as comfortably in museums as they do in domestic settings. Featuring...

This first major monograph on cabinetmaker Jean-Henri Riesener traces his life and career, bringing new insights into his business practice, designs and construction techniques. Jean-Henri Riesener (1734-1806) was one of the greatest French...

The Soviet Union has left a vast heritage in interior design that is largely unknown in the West. Other than architecture and graphic or product design, interior design from the Soviet era has not yet been thoroughly investigated. For the first time...

For around 300 years, the harpsichord was the leading domestic musical instrument and often a highly fashionable piece of furniture as well. Usurped by the piano at the beginning of the nineteenth century, it was taken up again with the first revival of...

Designed for function, each chair has a story to tell about the history and evolution of American design, art, and craftmanship. At the heart of the catalogue is the presentation of 57 chairs from the DeMell Jacobsen Collection of American Art covered in...

British Furniture 1820 to 1920: The Luxury Market, written by celebrated furniture historian Christopher Payne and including over 1,000 superb photographs, is a landmark publication and the first book to comprehensively assess British furniture design...

On a farmlike compound near New Hope, Pennsylvania, George Nakashima, his family, and fellow wood-workers create exquisite furniture from richly grained, rare timber. Tables, desks, chairs, and cabinets from this simple workshop grace the homes and...

"A great gift for design aficionados and interiors addicts." - Irish Examiner With expert analysis, great photography, and a huge selection of familiar and unusual objects, this book explains what truly makes a design great and reveals the hidden...

Emily Henson explores the elements that come together to create this eclectic, colourful and contemporary look and draws inspiration from an array of real-life Bohemian Modern homes. The Bohemian Modern home is a place where creativity, individuality...

In Artists' Homes, writer and photographer Tom Harford Thompson presents some thirty individual, eccentric houses and workspaces, from a music producer's studio in Hackney to an eco-warrior's treehouse on the Sussex Downs. His evocative photographs show...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788887029864Author Nicholas CullinanFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Fondazione PradaPublisher Fondazione Prada

This stylish publication celebrates the impact of contemporary Nordic style on interiors, furnishings and product design. Its attractiveness lies in the simplicity, attention to detail and high quality of materials that have long been associated with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316231411Author Beth MacyFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Back Bay BooksPublisher Back Bay BooksWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm * 33mm

Bring joy into your home using playful patterns, bold prints and vivid colours with Emily Henson's Be Bold with Colour and Pattern. Interiors trends for 2022 include strong, saturated colour and eye-catching patterns. Fresh greens, uplifting pinks and...

This book explores the history of the furniture manufacturer Harris Lebus from 1840 to 1970. Four generations of the Lebus family were engaged in the business which evolved from a family partnership into a public company. Oliver Lebus was chairman when...

'Each spread is a mosaic of people, places, products and artworks from a singular point of view.' - New York Times A stunning and inspiring visual inventory from one the most creative and popular designers working today French designer Ronan Bouroullec...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635617627Author Mike DunbarFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint Echo Point Books & MediaPublisher Echo Point Books & MediaWeight(grams)...

Through the impact of shops like Habitat and IKEA, and of the countless glossy magazines, books and catalogues that focus on the concept of 'interior design', we have all become familiar with the idea of our homes and public interiors containing items of...

Phaidon's much-loved monograph on the legendary Italian designer and architect, Ettore Sottsass The re-release of this highly acclaimed title demonstrates the continual fascination, from both fans and collectors, with the life and work of Italian...

Plastic has shaped our daily lives like no other material. Originally associated with convenience, progress, even revolution, today plastic seems to have lost its utopian appeal. Plastic is everywhere, yet most conspicuous as waste and as a key factor in...

For at least 150 years, Thomas Chippendale has been synonymous with beautifully made eighteenth-century furniture in a variety of styles - Rococo, Chinese, Gothic and Neoclassical. Born in Otley, Yorkshire, in 1718, Chippendale rose to fame because of...

Build stylish and functional furniture from salvaged materials. This innovative guide presents dozens of strategies for upcycling scrap cardboard, metal, plastic, or wood into dependable shelving units, sturdy tables, and fun lamps. With directions for...

A celebration of the rich and varied work of Italian-born American artist, designer, and master of metal, Harry Bertoia From chapel altarpieces and bronze fountains, to wire chairs and silver brooches, Harry Bertoia's creative output was varied in the...

As featured in Bookforum, ELLE Decor, and Interior Design MagazineThe first and only monograph on the life and work of the iconic Danish-American mid-century furniture designer Jens Risom - an unsung hero of Mid-Century Modern designJens Risom, a key...

C.F.A. Voysey (1857-1941) was an architect-designer who advocated honest and thorough design, and championed high standards of craftsmanship applied only to the finest materials. The resulting objects-simple yet elegant, often enhanced by beautiful and...

A design monograph series on the most remarkable architects, designers, brands and design movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, each book contains a historical-critical essay discussing the life and work of the subject, followed by an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623260316Author Eames DemetriosFormat HardbackPage Count 408Imprint AMMO Books LLCPublisher AMMO Books LLC

A master furniture maker, designer, sculptor, and educator, Wendell Castle is in his sixth decade of a fruitful and creative career that began in 1958 and that parallels the emergence and growth of the American studio craft movement. Also available:...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783967041477Author GestaltenFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint gestaltenPublisher Die Gestalten Verlag

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782370741684Author Ivan MiettonFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Editions Skira ParisPublisher Editions Skira ParisWeight(grams) 1570g

Our streets are enriched by a huge variety of objects, from water fountains and horse troughs to post boxes, signposts and more. Collectively, these objects are known as street furniture. From Roman-era milestones to modern infrastructure disguised as...

Scandinavian style has long been associated with light, clean-lined spaces or pared-down monochrome interiors. However, in recent years the colour palette has seen a dramatic shift away from pale, cool shades and dramatic, darker and more characterful...

An inspiring collection of the writings of two of the 20th century's most brilliant and influential designers An Eames Anthology collects for the first time the writings of the esteemed American architects and designers Charles and Ray Eames,...