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If you have read The House that Pinterest Built, Smart Spaces, The
Alchemy of Things, or Elements of Style you're going to love
Perfect Imperfect. Wabi-sabi and new creative interior design
expressions: Perfect Imperfect is a stunning collection of homes
and studios of creatives from all over the world, with
thought-provoking text by Karen McCartney and stunning visuals by
Sharyn Cairns and Glen Proebstel. Perfect Imperfect takes as its
founding principle the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi. Wabi-Sabi
advocates the beauty to be found in imperfection, impermanence and
the authentic. Importantly this is done without losing sight of the
benefits of living in the 21st century; where designers are merging
digital technology with the handmade, rethinking how to use space
and accommodating the natural world. Creating a new interior design
vocabulary: As the collaborative process for creating Perfect
Imperfect involved working across continents, the authors created a
list of words and phrases that define how to curate the work they
include in their stunning book. Their new interior design and
interior decorating vocabulary includes terms such as mutability,
irregularity, unfinished and incomplete, void, the effects of
accident, unpretentious, simplicity, contrasts, and Leonard Koren's
idea that 'beauty can be coaxed out of ugliness'. The new words and
phrases introduced by the authors define the book's visual
sections: Spirit of Nature Strange Beauty Mark of Hand Deep Shadow
Weathering & Decay And, Incomplete and Irregular A beautiful,
inspirational decorative book: Perfect Imperfect is a celebration
of accident, curation, collection, hesitation, collaboration,
reuse, reimagining and true originality. It explores an established
aesthetic in a new way and embraces current design objects
alongside well-worn ones; featuring interior settings that mix
comfort, design and an off-beat beauty.
'Karen McCartney's Iconic Australian Houses books are re-imagined so cleverly in this freshly redesigned, encyclopaedic book, which brings together in one volume the best of 50 years of Australian residential architecture.' Lucy Feagins - The Design Files Iconic: Modern Australian Houses 1950--2000 showcases, in a fresh, new and collectible edition, the best residential projects from the previously published works 50/60/70 and 70/80/90 and which formed successful exhibitions shown at the Museum of Sydney. Completely redesigned in a new format, with revised introduction, this classic will find audiences both new to and familiar with the gems of Australian modernist architecture. Featuring houses from: Harry Seidler, Peter Muller, Roy Grounds, Peter McIntyre, Russell Jack, Robin Boyd, McGlashan Everist, Enrico Taglietti, Neville Gruzman, Bruce Rickard, Hugh Buhrich, Ian McKay, Iwan Iwanoff, Ian Collins, Richard Leplastrier, Glenn Murcott, Barrie Marshall, Ken Woolley, Lovell Chen, Wood Marsh, Andresen O'Gorman, Durbach Block, Sean Godsell, Stutchbury and Harper, Donovan Hill, John Wardle.
To Karen, the super house has nothing to do with size; instead, it
is one that has a strong connection with nature, that goes well
beyond the everyday, and that, through the sensitivity of both
architect and client, is imbued with mindfulness. From Australia to
Ireland, Italy to Morocco, she's found such spiritually uplifting
places. Following interviews with many of the architects and
owners, she discusses each house in detail; her informed and
engaging text is matched by Richard Powers' striking photography. A
must for anyone interested in architecture and design.
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