As one of the world's foremost interior designers, Tricia Guild has
a passionate belief that the way we choose to live has a
significant impact on our well-being and happiness. The homes that
we live in, the things that we surround ourselves with, and the
everyday choices we make, can profoundly affect our outlook and
positivity. It is no surprise, then, that Tricia practises what she
preaches: she finds it impossible to separate her work as a
designer from other aspects of her life, and she believes that, in
seeking creative inspiration in each experience, especially in
enjoying the things that bring pleasure to our lives, we can
perfect the art of living. For Tricia, Italy is a particularly
enduring passion: the culture, landscape, architecture, food and
music all strike a creative chord. She has had a house there for
many years. The last home was a rustic farmhouse, but when Tricia
and her family began the search for a new property, she knew it
would be decidedly different. In this new Italian home, Tricia
found the perfect opportunity to create a contemporary interior
reflecting a love of modernity and simplicity that has evolved over
the years. In Tricia's view, modernity does not mean a lack of
colour, pattern or texture; a contemporary interior can be both
decorative and minimal - in fact, a confident use of colour and
pattern can be the very thing that makes it even more wonderful.
Here, working with the architect Stephen Marshall and the garden
designer Arne Maynard, Tricia has created a special home - a
contemporary interpretation of the local vernacular - that
represents her kind of modern. In In My View, Tricia charts the
creation of her stunning Italian home set amid verdant oil groves.
We are taken on an extensive tour of the breathtaking property,
right from the entrance steps and the rooms/spaces in the main
house to the outdoor dining areas, studio, guest accommodation,
kitchen garden and pool house. Stephen and Arne offer insight into
their collaboration with Tricia, describing, among other things,
the selection of materials - local stone, concrete, glass and
galvanized metal - for the house, and the planting on the terraces
and around the rolling lawns of the garden. Local artisans and
craftspeople also played a crucial role in bringing this truly
magnificent yet relaxing and comfortable home to life. Tricia also
presents her new London home - a Victorian townhouse in a corner
plot, where, with the same team of Stephen and Arne - she set about
creating an urban retreat comprising three distinct areas to
accommodate living, dining and resting. While life in Italy for
Tricia is about seasonality and nature, her life in London is
centred on her work at Designers Guild, the company she founded in
1970. Her London home therefore is, she says, `sharply
experimental', her version of a lab, where she tests designs and
assesses how colours work together. In this section of the book,
Tricia provides a glimpse of working life and the design process at
the company headquarters in west London. Throughout the book,
Tricia shares the moodboards that helped her to realize her dream
homes in Italy and London. For Tricia, moodboards are vital in the
early stages of any project, large or small, because they help to
stimulate the creative process, even define how one wishes to live,
by establishing the language, rhythm and style of each space. The
choices that one makes here, the process of selection and careful
editing, lie at the heart of finding one's own style. In My View
reveals the personal choices have shaped the way Tricia lives now,
and will inspire the reader to develop their individual style and
thus create their own special view.
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