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This volume addresses the elements of wood as it is used by interior designers and architects in residential interior design. Categorized by type of wood, each chapter reveals through colour photographs and descriptions how particular materials are used in interior design to express the client's need and lifestyle.
An inspirational book appealing to a public searching for a deeper and more meaningful life. Its focus is on the power of positive thought to lift one out of the mundane and into a more fulfilling existence.
Author Carol Soucek King presents the finest work of world-class architects and designers whose creativity, technical skill and boundless imaginative powers have transformed living spaces around the world using glass in its myriad forms: transparent, translucent, sandblasted, etched, stained in jewel tones or cast in decorative tiles. Versatile, strong and supremely beautiful, glass offers unlimited possibilities. Structural and design ideas abound throughout this richly illustrated volume - an invaluable resource for architects, designers and all those who plan to build, buy, remodel, renovate or enhance their home through the creative use of glass.
Selective Eye ®, is of the career photography of Jason Hailey - his pioneering works in abstract color photography which presage a focus of contemporary art on environmental issues, and advertising projects of people and products, celebrities, industrial/automotive and calendar models; it spans a thirty period from 1955-1985. Included are Hailey's commentaries on art philosophy and photography, as well pictures of family, friends, and life activities. The book showcases the adventurous life of being a creative photographer. Jason is grateful for a rewarding profession career and hopes through this work to inspire others towards advancing the art and craft of contemporary photography.
The comprehensive guide to furniture design— expanded and updated Furniture designers draw on a range of knowledge and disciplines to create their work. From history to theory to technology, Furniture Design offers a comprehensive survey of the essential craft- and practice-related aspects of furniture design. Generously illustrated with photographs and drawings—including a new color section—this Second Edition features updated coverage of material specifications, green design, digital design, and fabrication technologies. It also features twenty-five case studies of furniture design that represent a broad selection of works, designers, and techniques, including recent designs produced...
Feng Shui for Architecture is an easy-to-use manual to incorporate Scientific Feng Shui into the design, renovation, and decorating of your home. The final goal is to support your well-being, as well as your family's, in all aspects of life. It is also particularly useful during a real estate pre-acquisition inspection, for it offers examples of bad Feng Shui (to avoid), good Feng Shui (to desire), and how to correct any overall problems. This will help you to evaluate the kind of investment to be made and to make the property Feng Shui proof (as well as decide if you want to either buy it or pass on it). The only book on the market written by an architect, interior designer, and Feng Shui e...
Reports for 1980-19 also include the Annual report of the National Council on the Arts.
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