African Style Design Details S

Guibourge, Stephane

ISBN 10: 208013681X / ISBN 13: 9782080136817

Published by Flammarion, 1998

Good condition ex-library book with usual library markings and stickers. Seller Inventory # 00103118766

Synopsis:

Materials: Sisal, hemp, stone, wood, root, clay, terra cotta: nature has provided the raw materials. People, through their cultures, beliefs, and rites, have transformed them.

Colors: Ocher sand, white shells, red earth, brown bark...colors become one with the materials, giving our interiors an incomparable charm and naturalness.

Patterns: Symbolic representations of an imaginary or animal world, they derive from a belief, a rite that speaks a language familiar to the soul, the heart, the unconscious.

Shapes: Pure forms, clean lines...Art and crafts combine to offer the very essence of beauty: simplicity.

About the Author:
Designer Annie Desgrippes and photographer Frederic Morellec previously worked together on the photographs for Les Outils de la Campagne (Flammarion). for this new series of books on interior design they have selected and skillfully presented nearly two hundred items that reflect the African lifestyle.

Stephane Guibourge is a novelist and journalist. In the course of his many trips to Africa he has developed a passion for African art and crafts.

Bibliographic Details

Title: African Style Design Details S
Publisher: Flammarion
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good