Tips for Summer #2: Monochrome Home

Monday, July 06, 2015

Tips for Summer #2: Monochrome Home

Sought-after interiors stylist Hilary Robertson celebrates the stylish simplicity of the monochromatic home - elegant interiors in black, white, and every shade of grey in between. In the first chapter, "Living in Black and White", Hilary analyzes successful monochrome interiors, providing moodboards for different schemes. Next, In the "Mix takes" a closer look at the effective tools of texture, light, and scale and pattern and the roles that they have to play. The third chapter, The "Dark Room", visits real homes that feature darker monochrome palettes, while, following on, "Let there be Light" provides examples of homes with a whiter, brighter approach. Finally, in Monochrome Home Hilary Robertson shows how to bring the look right up to date, visiting the fabulously inspiring homes of artists and designers from Europe to the US.

Hilary Robertson, Monochrome Home, Rylandpeters & Small, London, 2015 (€ 30)

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Eamesiana is a project by Andrea Terranova and Raffaela Cardia, italian trends scouts on contemporary design.

"The Eameses created the future we're still living"

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Charles Eames (1907–78) and Ray Eames (1912–88) gave shape to America's twentieth century. Their lives and work represented the US's defining movements: the West Coast's coming-of-age, the economy's shift from making goods to producing information, and the global expansion of American culture. The Eameses embraced the era's visionary concept of modern design as an agent of social change, elevating it to a national agenda. Their evolution from furniture designers to cultural ambassadors demonstrated their boundless talents and the overlap of their interests with those of their country. In a rare era of shared objectives, the Eameses partnered with the governments (US, India) and the country's top businesses to lead the charge to modernize postwar America.