Interiors Now! Volume 2.

combined & juxtaposed!
aka
"the sky's the limit, man!"















Interiors Now! Volume 2. (here)
(I'm heading for the beach tomorrow with a stack of new books and magazines)


"Periods in the past are very much linked to distinctive prevailing tastes. The early 20th century was dominated by Art Nouveau and Jugendstil, the 1920s and 1930s by Art Deco, and the 1990s by pared-down minimalism typified by the likes of Christian Liaigre and John Pawson. In many ways, the first decade of the 21st century saw a reaction to the latter. We have witnessed the return of pattern and wallpaper.

We have re-embraced a certain exuberance and rejected the mono-style “total look”. Instead, pieces from different periods and vernaculars are combined and juxtaposed. Another trend has been the development of “design as art”—one-off or limited-edition creations produced by galleries that sell for astronomical sums..."



read forward to the book here...







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I love California; EVERYTHING is so ARTIFICIAL.
-David Hockney

California Design:
The Legacy of the West Coast Craft and Style

"The furniture, jewelry, recreational objects, ceramics, fabric arts, and other designs that emerged from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s California would come to identify its outdoorsy, eccentric, sometimes entirely funky persona."













"The furniture, jewelry, recreational objects, ceramics, fabric arts, and other designs that emerged from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s California would come to identify its outdoorsy, eccentric, sometimes entirely funky persona. And the best of these were exhibited, sometimes idolized, through a series of popular shows at the Pasadena Art Museum.

California Design is a detailed retrospective of these exhibitions and the West Coast style they epitomized, replete with hundreds of innovative photographs showcasing the works in all their original glory. Signature works from Charles & Ray Eames, Tropi-Cal, Don Chadwick (co-creator of the Aeron chair), and many other designers and studios illustrate twenty years of style that was as diverse as it was pioneering. "

Jo Lauria is an independent curator of decorative arts and the author of several books. She lives in Los Angeles. Suzanne Baizerman is Curator of Crafts and Decorative Arts at the Oakland Museum of California. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.


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the weekend warriors pt 6....
via AAPC



California Design:
The Legacy of the West Coast Craft and Style









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YHBHS book list.
a quest for color!





















YHBHS book list.

1. Memphis: Research, Experiences, Failures and Successes of New Design [Paperback]
2. "William Diamond and Anthony Baratta are in the business of invention. In twenty-eight years of collaboration, the New York City-based duo has created a design style without limits: one that defies predictability, embraces the extraordinary, and begs to be loved and lived in.

Featuring stunning new photography from Michel Arnaud, All-American: The Exuberant Style of William Diamond and Anthony Baratta is a compendium of the designers' most recent, most ambitious, and most exciting projects. From a traditional Colonial house in Connecticut and a log cabin in Idaho that overlooks the Rockies, to the New York City apartments that define urbane living, the range and innovation of Diamond Baratta Design's work is presented in all its artistry and extravagance."

via here.....

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Y H B H S (card catalog) selection 12

India Carpenter, artist, London
"It's such a simplistic statement that it's almost embarrassing to admit, but every time I look at it, I can't help thinking about the people 500... 2000 years ago who sat down and made these objects, with their hands and their knowledge, and with such skill and such elegance."























Two Thousand Years of Oriental Ceramics



India Carpenter writes: "It was quite an easy choice to be honest. It's a big book. The shelf it lives on is pretty rickety. I know it's going to cause an accident and I will be the victim. But, in the meantime this is what I have to say about it........

My book is Two Thousand Years of Oriental Ceramics printed in 1961 by Thames and Hudson.

It lives within easy reach on a shelf above my desk in my studio. It's an exquisite and epic book, thick heavy pages full of large black and white prints and beautiful hand mounted colour plates.

The objects in this book really do blow me away. Each piece, without exception has been created with such immense skill and refinement. They are quite intense objects, just beautiful and full of soul. It's such a simplistic statement that it's almost embarrassing to admit, but every time I look at it I can't help thinking about the people 500... 2000 years ago who sat down and made these objects, with their hands and their knowledge and with such skill and such elegance. It's pretty wondrous. I find it enormously inspiring."















India Carpenter is an artist living in London. Go here to see more of her work. Or follow this link to read a previous YHBHS interview with India Carpenter here...

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YHBHS card catalog.









For the upcoming month of December YOU HAVE BEEN HERE SOMETIME will be doing things a bit different! Y H B H S has asked Writers, Artists, Interior and Furniture Designers, Bloggers, Gallery and Store Owner/Directors, and various design enthusiasts a very important question:

WHAT BOOK(s) HAS INSPIRED YOU THE MOST? (& will inspire us!)

The next month, YHBHS will be posting the results. I hope you enjoy this feature as much as I have enjoyed creating it. I have had such a great time corresponding with so many talented people, sharing inspiration from all over the world. It continues to blow me away the amount of amazing people I have met from this site. Thank you to everyone for taking the time to write back with your favorite book!!!

All regular postings from YHBHS will resume in the 2011. Happy Holidays~

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So far, the list of participants includes: (with hopefully many more to be added!)



Matt Olson of ROLU DESIGN STUDIO, Brooks Hudson Thomas of SPECIFIC, Rodney Hill, partner MARC FOXX, Jason Roskey of Fern NYC, furniture designer, Gerard O'Brien Reform Gallery , Andrew from AN AMBITIOUS PROJECT COLLAPSING, blogger, Ben & Makoto of SCOUT REGALIA, designers, Paul Sepuya, artist, Ivan Navarro, artist , Don Freeman, photographer, Lindsey Brown of OUNO DESIGN, Anna Sew Hoy, artist, Kristin Dickson of IKO IKO, Fergus Feehily, artist Davide Balula, artist, Genevieve Dellinger, TELL YOU TODAY, designer Keegan McHargue, artist, Walter Manning of OLD CHUM and Old Faithful Shop, , Morgan Satterfield of THE BRICK HOUSE, Brian Paquette, interior designer, Christopher Farr of Christopher Farr, Meaghan Roddy, design specialist, NYC, Galerie Half, Los Angeles, Kevin H Beer, designer, Hollywood Forever, Kevin, Peter Loughrey, Los Angeles Modern Auctions , Liz Arnold, writer, and HOMEBODIES, Suzy Annetta of STUDIO ANNETTA, interior designer, Mary, artist, photographer, blogger UNCHANGING WINDOW, Andy Beach, REFERENCE LIBRARY, Andrew Russeth, 16 MILES of STRING, India Carpenter, designer / artist, Keehnan Konyha, decorator, 2THEWALLS, plus more!

















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