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Informationen zum Autor Mitchell Owens is the decorative arts editor of Architectural Digest and the former interior-design director of Elle Decor. In addition to writing on subjects ranging from material culture to landscape design to travel for the New York Times, The World of Interiors, Departures, Travel + Leisure , and other publications, he has written two books for Rizzoli: In House (2009) and Charlotte Moss Decorates. For over forty years, Thomas Britt , has been an icon of the interior design industry both nationally and worldwide. A native of Kansas City, Missouri, his designs draw on the European classicism of balance, harmony, and scale. His extensive travels of the world provide another influence in his sense of design. Combined with his bold sense of color, luxurious use of textures, and an eye for detail, his artistry has created some of the world's most beautiful homes. Mr. Britt holds a Bachelor of Science degree from New York University and was graduated from the Parsons School of Design in New York. After graduation in 1959, he worked with interior designer John Gerald for five years before starting his own firm in 1964. Klappentext This first book on the famed designer, renowned for rooms with bold color palettes, strongly graphic style contrasts, multicultural allusions, and stylish innovations, is a sweeping survey of his fifty-year career. Ever since Tom Britt opened his New York-based firm in 1964, he has been creating dramatic environments for his high-profile clients on multiple continents. His masterful design palette, with a wonderfully exotic slant, includes plush upholstered furniture, boldly patterned carpets, seductive lighting, and an elegantly theatrical use of mirrors. The resulting spaces are perfect for luxuriating and entertaining. From a chic pied-áa-terre in San Francisco and tantalizing rooms at New York's famed Dakota apartment building to suburban manses in America's Midwest and a palace apartment in Jaipur, Britt's inimitable style merges saturated colors with an easy luxury. This book is necessary reading for anyone interested in the modern masters of interior design. Tom Britt has been a presence in the interior design industry both nationally and worldwide for over fifty years. A native of Kansas City, Missouri, he has been extensively featured in Architectural Digest and has appeared in many other domestic publications such as Elle Decor, House Beautiful, House & Garden, the New York Times, and W magazine. Zusammenfassung For readers who enjoyed Mario Buatta , Tom Britt's monograph documents the fifty-year career of one of America's greatest designers. Britt's interiors reflect a cleanly tailored and brightly hued modernity, with all the embellishments of refined and luxurious decoration. A must-have addition to Rizzoli's list of books on the modern masters of interior design. Fabulous: The Dazzling Interiors of Tom Britt is a sweeping survey of (and the first book about) the AD100 interior designer's grand way with decoration. Color palettes are bold, style contrasts are high energy, even the smallest room is packed with swagger and panache, and multicultural allusions abound....
