Creative Space: Urban Homes Of Artists And Innovators
I have to share with you my current favorite design book. It’s called Creative Space: Urban Homes Of Artists And Innovators and I can’t stop looking at it.
I’m obsessed with how people live but I’m even more obsessed with how creative people live. To quote from the introduction:
Creative people’s spaces provide a glimpse into creative thought. Their homes give an insight into their work – how they collect inspiration and how their work influences the space around them.
The best way I can describe it is that it’s like the Selby in a giant (9 1/2″ x 11″)Â book form with delicious, full page photos. It takes you into the homes of 30 artists, designers, writers and other creative types in 6 cities and the homes featured run the whole gamut in style.
Each home starts with a profile and Q&A with the homeowner about their work, influences and other interesting insights into their style.
And just like the Selby, there is a real lived-in quality to these homes which feels so much more intimate than most books or magazines. If you’re tired of cookie cutter design, these eclectic interiors with sometimes wacky collections and hodgepodge furnishings will be totally refreshing.
As a fun bonus, there’s even a one-page city guide for each of the cities featured. I highly recommend it for fellow creative personalities and anyone interested in inventive interiors.
(Photos: Laurence King Publishing)
Amazingly beautiful. You just want to get creative after seeing these pics! Inspiring!
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Thank you for sharing this book!
And I so loved your post about the beautiful bed! Gorgeous!
Greet
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I'd love to get my hands on a copy of this book – it looks terrific! Another book for the Christmas list. Lee
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*sigh*
My Amazon wish list is now officially outta control.
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What an interesting concept for a book! I'm adding this to my Amazon wish list right now, too.
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This looks good! I like the idea of real homes that aren't over-styled, and I imagine the subconscious styling of creative people would give rise to individuality in very useable spaces.
Looks like a fantastic book! The knotty pine room looks like a cozy, thoughtful space for writing.
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What a fantastic book! Our landlord in Marrakech is a high profile interiors stylist and we got to live in his own house for a couple of months too and it was a perfect lesson in style.
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Ha! I think I really need this book…. I am so OCD, I just want to go into these spaces and stash away the stacks of stuff, straighten out crooked signs, and paint over that knotty pine paneling on photo #3… so you see? I really do need this book. Because I am totally drawn to the cozy feeling these spaces exude…and I want to be able to live more like that. This sounds like a terrific book – not only inspiring interiors to look at, but also an interesting read.
-maria
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Yet another design book to add to my coveting list! BTW – added you to my blogroll today – never realized you haven't been there this whole time. Sacrelig!
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I love books about people and how they live. I'm off to see Mr Amazon right now! Leigh
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I like the sound of this book, Alek.
I get quite fed up with magazines sometimes with their perfect, uninspirational and clinical rooms.
These sound as if they are eclectic, interesting and inspiring.
I will look out for it. XXXX
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this looks amazing!!!
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Hooray. Real homes of creative people that feel authentic. I am so over cookie-cutter interiors – over-designed, over-worked, styled within an inch of their lives, homogenous and booringly blah and safe.
A favourite post – please can we have some more?
Great post! I love this idea! I too have a small obsession to see how creative people live! What a great idea! I want that book…. I'm off to Amazon to look for it ….
Natascha
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Sounds coffee table worthy!