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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Design books that inspire
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I’ve been low on design inspiration lately, most likely because I’m low on cash to fund my ideas. I decided to put down the magazines and catalogs for a while and pick up a book I received about a year ago.
“Home: 50 Tastemakers Describe Where it is, What it is and What it means,” by Stafford Cliff (Artisan, $26) got two lousy reviews on Amazon, but I like it for the precise reason that the reviewers did not.
They were looking for “marvelously unique,” spaces, but I think the point of the book is to show the normalcy that goes into decorating most homes even if your name happens to be Celia Birtwell, Lulu Guinness, Tommy Hilfiger or Michael Graves (some of the tastemakers featured in the book).
Cliff states in the introduction that the most innovative designers in the world say the same thing about working with clients, “I ask lots of questions and get my ideas and inspiration from what they tell me.”
The message I get from that is to trust myself, which makes me feel a little better…
Which books help you get back on the design track?
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