Download or read book The Life Eclectic written by Alexander Breeze and published by Hardie Grant Books. This book was released on 2022-03-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Life Eclectic is a stunning interiors book that celebrates the individuality of eclectic decorating styles through 20 homes of creatives from around the world. Featuring homes of the world's most well-respected creatives, including Studio MacLean, Jane Hallworth and Luca Guadagnino, The Life Eclectic is a celebration of individuality, and embracing the joy that fluidity in taste can bring. How often have you leafed through an interiors book and wondered how you might be able to recreate the eclectic, joyful and chic style of famed designers, when your mis-match belongings seem to juxtapose in all the wrong ways? The Life Eclectic is an interiors book that through carefully selected case studies of homes from the UK, US, Australia, Italy, France and beyond, shows how highly regarded designers, artists, film directors and musicians curate their treasured (and varied) possessions to glorious effect.
Download or read book The Maverick Soul written by Miv Watts and published by Hardie Grant. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Maverick Soul, Miv Watts opens the doors to twenty-five authentic bohemian homes, occupied by some of the world's most inspirational free spirits. From artists and musicians, to writers, actors, stylists, farmers and more, this is a collection of people who have the courage to live life on their own terms, and are comfortable in their own skin. From Paris to London, Sydney to New York and various other places across the globe, subjects include Marianne Faithfull, Simon Finch, Wendy Whiteley, Griffin Dunne, Linda Rodin and more. No one person is a reproduction of another; each of us is unique, shaped by the diversities of our own individual layers, and this book is a celebration of just that.
Download or read book The Natural Eclectic written by Heather Ross and published by . This book was released on 2016-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Natural Eclectic offers a glimpse into the inspiring world of West-Coast artist, photographer and stylist Heather Ross. Through her stunning photos and philosophical explorations on beauty, nature and design, Heather shows how to bring a nature-inspired aesthetic to life. Readers who want to style their own spaces can glean from Heather's knowledge of European flea markets and her sustainable approach to foraging for both vintage and natural treasures. With the same artist's touch she brings to her much loved boutique, she shares professional styling tips on creating engaging displays and vignettes through the art of placement. Known for her serene color palette described as "where the sea meets the shore," Heather also sheds light on the subtle use of color. This book is a visual feast that will delight and inspire."--
Download or read book Art Life by Sig Bergamin written by Beatriz Milhazes and published by Assouline Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-01 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Architect and designer Sig Bergamin is known for his eclectic vision and vivid interiors that are the perfect mélanges of chic. A constant traveller, Bergamin loves collecting treasures wherever he goes—totems that inspire and evolve his craft. He is also an avid art collector, a tendency that comes across in each of his meticulously designed spaces, where Warhols, Hirsts and Lichtensteins are seamlessly blended with minimalist and maximalist decor from around the world.
Download or read book Little Pictures of Japan written by Olive Beaupré Miller and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Foreword: Friends of Moon and Winds-so were the Japanese poets called who wrote the tiny poems that comprise the greater part of this book. Dewdrops of smallest compass are they, yet mirroring in vivid flashes the whole of Japanese life. In few words of primitive, childlike simplicity these old sages sang, for the little hokku poems are gems of only three lines comprising no more than seventeen syllables, the tiniest poems in the world. These minute gems, however, usher one into that atmosphere of tender sympathy with all that has life, that world of benign serenity where dwelt the ancient poets of Japan. Cricket, butterfly, bee, and frog, stars, flowers, winds-these were the things of which they sang. What could be more simple or within the understanding of the smallest child? Yet here is real poetry, and not mere doggerel, the finest poetry of Japan. -- Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Eclectic Country written by Mary Emmerling and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this memoir/design book, Emmerling takes her readers sleuthing and partying at Round Top antiques fair; reminisces on her days at Mademoiselle, House Beautiful and other top magazines; shares oodles of her favorite things; and shares personal, fresh country decorating in her own home and those of a few close friends. MARY EMMERLING is an iconic innovator of American Country style. She has authored 30 previous books, including Art of the Cross, Turquoise, Skull, Heart, and Buckle and most recently The American Flag: Art, Design, Fashion. She lives in Scottsdale, Arizona. REED DAVIS is an editorial and commercial photographer living in Los Angeles and New York.
Download or read book Indelible Adventures written by Terence Wallis and published by . This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortly after his father's death, Terence began writing a weekly blog about his life adventures as a memoir for his children. What begins as a journey of grief evolves into a series of evocative, candid and often humorous adventures about his life as a child in rural Australia to his current cosmopolitan life in Canada. This emotional and powerful series of short stories begin with his father's diagnosis of terminal brain cancer and his stark realization that he knows so very little about his father and the harsh reality that he only has a short time to get to know him. The similarities between his relationship with his children and the one he had with his father mirror each other, especially given his high demands as a senior executive that take him away from his family on a regular basis. His decision to change the nature of his relationship with his children beginning with his weekly story allows him to gain perspective in his life, which undoubtedly leads to wholesale change. His now celebrated blog is read by more than 30,000 people from around the world and is regarded, as a weekly "must read."
Download or read book The Little Bach Book written by David J Gordon and published by . This book was released on 2017-05 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The central subject of this richly illustrated book is the life and career of J. S. Bach, but nearly half the pages are devoted to engaging and detailed descriptions of the everyday world that surrounded him in the early 1700s. Both elements contain the unexpected. Written by a master storyteller and renowned performer of Bach's music.
Download or read book The Interior Design Style Lookbook written by Aseel Ahmad and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-05 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Interior Design Styles Lookbook (c) is an awesome tool & reference for interior designers, homeowners, and anyone who is interested in the design field. It contains 24 of the most popular interior design styles. The styles in this book are the following: Arabian, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Bohemian, Coastal, Contemporary, Eclectic, Farmhouse, Hollywood Regency, Industrial, Japanese, Mediterranean, Mid-Century Modern, Minimal, Modern, Moroccan, Parisian, Rustic, Scandinavian, Shabby Chic, Traditional, Transitional, Tribal, and Tropical. For each style, you will find the definition, bullet points of the characteristics, as well as illustrations to represent the style, with tips to apply it on your projects, and keywords to use with your clients, paired with a tool that helps you mix and match interior design styles!
Download or read book An Eclectic Bestiary written by Birgit Spengler and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2019-06-30 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays, poetry, and visual art collected here consider the more-than-human cultures of our multispecies world. At a time when humanity's impact has put our planet's ecosystems into great jeopardy, the book explores literary, sonic, and visual imaginaries that feature encounters between and across a variety of living creatures: beetles and bisons, people and pigeons, trees and spiderwebs, vegetables and violets, orchards and octopi, vampires and tricksters. Offering a wide range of critical and creative contributions to Human Animal Studies, Critical Plant Studies and the Nonhuman Turn, the volume seeks to foster new ways of imagining a more »response-able« coexistence on our shared Earth.
Download or read book Careening Through an Eclectic Life A Surgeon s Tale written by Jerry M. Shuck, M.D., D.Sc and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-29 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Careening Through an Eclectic Life: A Surgeon’s Tale By: Jerry M. Shuck, M.D., D.Sc Careening Through an Eclectic Life: A Surgeon’s Tale is a collection of stories from author Jerry M. Shuck’s life. He was inspired by two high school friends and teammates from Cincinnati to write a book after hearing his telling of some of these stories. The events depicted in this autobiography include Shuck’s time in professional baseball, his experiences as an army surgeon, and many moments from his fifty-year surgical career. Follow along and enjoy the read as the author describes his most amusing and meaningful memories.
Download or read book I Can t Be the Only One Hearing This written by Cedric Hendrix and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-12 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music provides the soundtrack to our lives. But music's true excitement is often found on the off-beats. Cedric Hendrix has been a music fan for more than four decades. His life of public service has been enhanced by a seemingly endless search for the best bands playing the perfect songs, the majority of which have been ignored by the commercial music industry. At first, Hendrix discovered music via radio. But chance encounters, unplanned circumstances, and fortuitous timing have combined to send Hendrix down a musical path explored by a seemingly chosen few. The information he stockpiled qualifies him for membership in what seems like an exclusive club. Hendrix wants to swing those club doors open to anyone willing to listen. I Can't Be the Only One Hearing This is more than a book about music. It is an odyssey: an autobiographical journey through life via melody, harmony, and rhythm. Events mark the passage of time. Hendrix's musical discoveries mark the events. With the aid of musicians, journalists, record store experts, web designers, music store owners, and fans, Hendrix offers a look at music and bands both above and below the radar. He shows how through it all, there are really only two kinds of music: good and bad. Which is which is up to the listener. Music is the soundtrack to life. Cedric Hendrix wants to share his life's soundtrack. Put on your headphones and press "play."
Download or read book John Rombola written by Veronique Vienne and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2009-10-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Rombola started his career illustrating for magazines, and his work frequently appeared in Life, Holiday, and Town & Country. Recently rediscovered by a new generation of art and design lovers, John Rombola's rambunctious, spirited art is gathered in this first-ever comprehensive monograph of his work. Art and cultural critic Veronique Vienne explores Rombola's career through selections from his most well-known series,including his line drawings of the New York skyline, his scintillating take on Manhattan's society women, and lush gouache and ink drawings from his travels, both real and imagined, to the tropics and to Europe. Lively and often funny, the drawings in this volume reveal the spirited style of an eccentric artist who moves to his own, whimsical rhythm. Rombola works primarily in gouache and ink on paper; his art is in the permanent collection of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.
Download or read book I Wonder written by Marian Bantjes and published by The Monacelli Press, LLC. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From typographic illustrator Marian Bantjes, I Wonder will make you think in new ways about art, design, beauty, and popular culture. This unique presentation features the elaborately crafted word pictures of Marian Bantjes, the most inventive and creative typographic illustrator of our time. Whether intricately hand-drawn or using computer illustration software, Bantjes's work crosses the boundaries of time, style, and technology. There is, however, another side to Bantjes's visual work: her thoughtful treatises on art, design, beauty, and popular culture that add a deeper dimension to the decorative nature of her best-known work. These reflections cover the cult of Santa, road-side advertising, photography and memory, the alphabet's letterforms, heraldry, and stars. Bantjes's writing style ranges from the playful to the confrontational, but it is always imbued with perspicacity, insight, and a sense of fun. Intended to inspire creatives of any persuasion, this is more than a collection of ideas: Bantjes has meticulously illustrated every page of the book in her inimitable style to create an accessible work of art that is far greater than the sum of its parts. Quirky, poignant, astute, funny--this beautiful book presents a compelling collection of observations on visual culture and design. In Stefan Sagmeister's telling words, Bantjes's work is his "favorite example of beauty facilitating the communication of meaning." This paperback edition is expanded with a new essay from the author.
Download or read book Life Unstyled written by Emily Henson and published by Ryland Peters & Small. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are bombarded by perfect interiors, images that aren't attainable because they have been styled to the point where they bear no resemblance to reality. These interiors may be stunning, but they aren't an honest reflection of how we really live. Life Unstyled is about taking inspiration from real homes that are beautiful, creative and inspiring but at the same time a little rough around the edges, with signs of everyday life evident throughout. The first section, 'Homes Unstyled', sets out Emily's manifesto for creating a stylish home that is beautiful but lived in. A Home is Never Done advocates allowing your space to evolve gradually so it is an ever-changing expression of your tastes and interests. Work with What You've Got suggests ways to make the most of the home you have rather than yearning for unattainable perfection. Signs of Life offers ideas for wrangling papers, clutter and other stuff. Creative Clutter tackles collections and displays, while Break the Rules rejects style diktats and shows how individuality can bring a home to life. The second section, 'People Live Here', visits real-life homes that are definitely not perfect yet display incredible style and creativity and reflect their owners' needs, tastes and style. And throughout the book, quick fixes, DIY makes and ' Every Home Should Have...' boxes offer creative solutions with unique results.
Download or read book Daylight Maybe written by Sean Welsh and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-06 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the already congested 36th Avenue, May was in full swing. Paul usually would check the temperature before leaving but he saw the sun in full rays and decided it was warm enough. He had no money for his usual stop at the Dunkin' Donuts for his large black and every-thing bagel with cream cheese. The sun was gentle and bright, and he wished that he were not so hung over while everything was so clear and beautiful past a long winter, the empty dreariness of March, and the rains of April. The weather had played a bigger role in Paul's life in the past year and he generally concerned himself with it most every day. ScWAuthor Sean welsh was nominated for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Fellowship Award for his book of short stories One From The Ice. Daylight. Mr. Welsh is also a 2019 eLit, Bronze Medal Award Winner in Literary Fiction for his first novel Daylight Maybe.
Download or read book The Epiplectic Bicycle written by Edward Gorey and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1997 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of an intrepid voyage of epic proportion with a hero unequaled in the annals of literature. Gorey is "a man of enormous erudition . . . an artist and writer of genius" ("The New Yorker").