MBR: The Interior Design Shelf

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The Interior Design Shelf

Hue
Kelly Wearstler
American Modern Books
PO Box 412402, Los Angeles, CA 90041
Myrick Marketing & Media LLC (publicity)
455 Sam Ridley Parkway West, PMB 248, Smyrna, TN 3716
9781934429358 $49.95 www.ammobooks.com

Hue is an incredibly dazzling coffee table book featuring stunning,
full-color, full-page photography of the interior design creations of
Kelly Wearstler. Brilliant and eclectic, these scenes leave an
unforgettable impression on the mind and senses without being jarring.
A glimpse of diverse home decor with original modern flair, Hue is the
union of beauty, practicality, and boldness. Highly recommended,
especially as a source of inspiration for interior designers or anyone
interested in fundamentally transforming their own living space.

Rethinking Sitting
Peter Opsvik
W.W. Norton
500 - 5th Ave, New York NY 10110
0393732886, $39.95 www.wwnorton.com

RETHINKING SITTING comes from a Norwegian industrial designer who
examines whether traditional seating devices are the only,
functionally best design for the human body. There are now many
alternative suggestions on the market - and surprisingly, Opsvik sees
every one of them 'right. He designs chairs that allow as many
different sitting postures as possible - and make it easy to change
between them. RETHINKING SITTING is an outstanding health library
acquisition as well as a fine choice for interior designers.

The Design Directory of Bedding
Jackie Von Tobel
Gibbs Smith
Box 667, Layton, UT 84041
142360444X, $60.00 www.gibbs-smith.com

The Design Directory of Bedding comes with a set of illustrations on
CD-ROM and is packed with bedroom design examples, ideas, and fabrics.
Any interior design or home library will benefit from this resource
directory for fabrics with over 1,000 illustrations and a glossary of
terms for furniture and soft furnishings. From workroom worksheets to
help designers to color drawings of shams, bolsters, neck rolls and
more, THE DESIGN DIRECTORY OF BEDDING is a winner!

Books Do Furnish A Room
Leslie Geddes-Brown
Merrell Publishers
38 High Avenue, 4th floor, Nyack, New York 10960
www.merrellpublishers.com
9781858944913, $39.95, www.amazon.com

Simply stated, "Books Do Furnish a Room" by interior design expert and
author Leslie Geddes-Brown is a 'must' for all dedicated bibliophiles
whose personal book collections have turned their homes and apartments
into sprawling haphazard libraries more resembling overcrowded second-
hand bookstores than elegant living quarters. Packed into just 160-
pages are superbly photographed in full color examples of how books
and book shelving can be brilliant, elegant, and down-right beautiful
elements of interior design, that living and working with books can be
visually transformative and artistic. Of special note are such issues
addressed as 'books without bookshelves', 'combining bookshelves with
storage and display'; and 'floor-to-ceiling bookshelves'. Enhanced
with both a directory and an index, "Books Do Furnish a Room" is an
inspired and inspiring browse, and an enthusiastically recommended
addition for personal, professional, academic, and community library
Interior Design reference collections and supplemental reading lists.

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