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DESIGN BEHIND DESIRE is a beautifully conceived book about wanting, longing, yearning, generating and fulfilling of a highly sexual and erotic nature and, as an entity within itself, becomes an object of desire as each sensuously laden page is turned. It both demonstrates and embodies desire by exploring the most beautiful objects of and for desire where integrity, beauty, sexuality and sensuality are at the heart of the creations. Many of the striking objects that are depicted are quite dark, bondage inspired, some surreal, others delicate, there are voluptuous pieces and there are one or two eccentric but never the less brilliant creations. All are united in the strength of their vision, conceptual depth and a high degree of craftsmanship with desire and sexuality at their core. Each curated object inspires the imagination, which is the nourishment and fountain of our desires well-being.
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LISA Z. MORGAN is an artist and co-founder of Strumpet & Pink. The subject and object of desire has been a palpable constant within her artistic, commercial and consultancy work both as a motivation and in it's embodiment or articulation. Through her creativity and research she questions how the value of provenance, of rarity and storytelling, puts into question or provokes our understanding and relationship towards desire and our personal measures of wanting.
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Desire is one of the rare emotional states that falls between what should be praised and what should be disdained. It is evocative; desire suggests urgency and extremes, yet the word 'desire' must be elucidated before we can judge it. Our desire can encompass either the great biblical vices lust, gluttony, envy or today's virtues, like passion, enthusiasm and imagination. Design Behind Desire, a new book of art and design edited by Lisa Z. Morgan, co-creator of the lingerie line Strumpet and Pink, aims to address our ambiguous relationship with desire. The book is published by The Curated Collection, an imprint of Farameh Media, a publishing house whose female founder, the multi-lingual former television producer Patrice Farameh, is a rarity in the male-dominated world of art academia. It's easy to forget that until recently desire was banished from polite society, especially polite female society. To be desirous as a woman was to be wanton, and a threat. Morgan divides the book into three stages of desire: generation, contemplation and fulfillment. Each stage is explored through choice quotes from savants of literature and philosophy, and designs from the likes of Alexander McQueen, Coco de Mer and Fleet Illya. Even the cover of the book seems illicit: a torn slit in a silvery-nude cloth invites the reader to reach down onto the lace hardcover. In the chapter called 'fulfillment' readers uncover a secret book within the book, the "Cabinet of Desire," which features snippets of poetry, mythology and cruel eroticism presented within the frame of an ancient leather-bound tome. To appreciate the Cabinet of Desire, one must first experience the build-up of Morgan's carefully chosen artifacts and images, a small selection of which appear in the gallery above. --Interview Magazine
Design Behind Desire is a gorgeous erotic art book curated by Lisa Z. Morgan, co-creator of the couture lingerie line Strumpet and Pink. Published by Farameh Media, which was founded by Patrice Farameh, the book features designs by high-end fetish & erotic designers, including many of our favourites: Coco de Mer, Fleet Ilya, Betony Vernon & Aoi Kotsuhiroi. Accompanied by literary quotes, poems, interviews & what Interview Magazine calls cruel eroticism , the book is a must-have for all collectors & admirers of erotic art. --Juxtapoz
DESIGN BEHIND DESIRE uncovers the concepts that make up modern-day erotica. In the mix: The Bouroullec's Quilt, The Thing; chair and collages by Surface contributor Bruno Grizzo. --Surface Magazine
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- PublisherFarameh
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 0983083150
- ISBN 13 9780983083153
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages368
- EditorLisa Z. Morgan
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