Stephen Sills is renowned for his ability to design not just innovative and beautiful rooms but to establish an all-pervading atmosphere of luxury and calm. Yet the homes he creates are always practical and up to date. He knows that the desire for comfort, functionality, and convenience are constants, but he also understands that the quest for beauty, serenity, and refinement is paramount, and in our ever more frantic and disruptive world only more rare and precious. In his new book, he details all the elements that go into bringing to fruition his harmonious, even poetic vision of living as a creative act. The book serves as an invaluable resource for any design lover or student. It covers the evolution of Sill s style, in many cases honed on numerous projects for the same client, from renovations of historic buildings to ground-up new construction. The designer discusses how he educates his eye, discovers new artisans, and keeps abreast of trends, technology, and material innovations. Plus he reveals some of his favourite resources, from little known foreign auction houses to the discount racks of major American home-furnishing chains. The array of stunning rooms is backed by practical information, and hard-won wisdom gained as Sills career expanded from the design of his own iconic Manhattan studio apartment to vast estates across the United States and in Europe.

About the Author
Stephen Sills is a celebrated interior designer specializing in transforming interiors into timeless and unique environments for modern living. He approaches every project with sensitivity to architecture, function, and history of the space, enriching the vision of the client. Architectural Digest has described his work as, '... a lucid synthesis of opulence, rigor, and surprise.' His work has been featured in Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, House & Garden, Vogue, Maison & Jardin, W, New York Times Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, among others. His Bedford residence is included in Dominic Bradbury's, American Designers at Home, and HGTV's, 'Top 10 Most Beautiful Homes'. He is included in Elle Decor's, 'A-List' of the Top 25 Designers and is a member of Architectural Digest' AD100- included as one of their 30 Deans of American Design.

Reviews
"Stephen Sills is the designer's designer. He is the one decorators, interior designers and even fashion designers look to for cues on how to create interiors that defy trends and movements. Interiors that transcend time. It speaks volumes that the design legend Karl Lagerfeld was a client. In his latest book, Sills lays open his design process and gives an almost instructional approach to creating interiors with chapters dedicated to the primary and ancillary rooms of a house." -FORBES.COM



Book Information
ISBN 9780847870813
Author Stephen Stills
Format Hardback
Page Count 288
Imprint Rizzoli International Publications
Publisher Rizzoli International Publications