Country: (E)

Jasper Conran's Country is unlike any lifestyle book you've ever seen. It's neither a catalog of perfectly decorated spaces nor a how-to compendium of design problems and solutions. Rather, it is a deeply moving vision of the pleasures of country life and an intensely felt celebration, in pictures and text, of all things rural-the landscapes, the people, the houses, the traditions.

Country's captivating photographs delight the eye as Conran uses the landscape and homes that are familiar to him to explore universal themes as he travels through the seasons, moving from indoors to outdoors while lovingly documenting country life as it is lived today. It's not a book to "refer to" for help or advice this project or that. It is a book to spend a good long time with as you weave your own dreams for that universally desired life-one lived well, and in the country.

Jasper Conran is an internationally successful designer with a brand recognized all over the world. He first studied in the UK and then later at New York Parson's School of Design. He is most recognized for his couture fashion and his diffusion line, J by Jasper Conran, for Debenhams. However, his first line of fashion appeared in Henri Bendel's of New York. He also designs crystal and china for Wedgewood, glassware, home ware, fragrances, fabrics, jewelry, wallpaper and furniture. He has won numerous awards including British Fashion Designer of the Year.

Acclaimed UK photographer Andrew Montgomery is responsible for this book's stunning look.