Learning to See: Bringing the World Around You Into Your Home

Vicente Wolf, Louis Oliver Gropp, Vicente Wolf,

ISBN 10: 1579652174 / ISBN 13: 9781579652173

Published by Artisan Publishers October 2002, 2002

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Acclaimed as one to the country's top one hundred interior designers by both 'Metropolitan Home' and 'Architectural Digest,' Vicente Wolf is the uncontested master of cool, luminous rooms that combine strength and sensuality. From a rich but disciplined palette of materials, he creates a signature minimalism that is simple, handsome, and eminently comfortable. In 'Learning to See,' Wolf shares the secrets of his alchemy, insights into a design process that he says starts with taking his traveler's eye into every environment. If you, like he, can simply transfer the special excitement and intense sensations you feel when you are in nature or when you first encounter something exotic to the way you want to feel on entering a room for the first time, you can learn to see. With incisive text and more than one hundred sixty photographs, Wolf walks you through this process. While providing step-by-step instructions on such practical matters as how to create floor plans, treat windows, arrange furniture, hang pictures, use flowers and mirrors and other accents, he helps instill confidence to trust your own aesthetic inspiration. Top dog designer Wolf shares the secrets of his alchemy and insights into a design process that starts with taking his traveler's eye into every environment. With incisive text and more than 160 photos, Wolf provides step-by-step instructions on how to create floor plans, treat windows, arrange furniture, hang pictures, use flowers and more. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learning to See: Bringing the World Around You Into Your Home
• Publisher: Artisan Publishers October 2002
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1579652174
• ISBN 13: 9781579652173
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Used - Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Interior Design - Designers, A-Z

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Synopsis

Acclaimed as one to the country's top one hundred interior designers by both Metropolitan Home and Architectural Digest, Vicente Wolf is the uncontested master of cool, luminous rooms that combine strength and sensuality. From a rich but disciplined palette of materials, he creates a signature minimalism that is simple, handsome, and eminently comfortable. In Learning to See, Wolf shares the secrets of his alchemy, insights into a design process that he says starts with taking his traveler's eye into every environment. If you, like he, can simply transfer the special excitement and intense sensations you feel when you are in nature or when you first encounter something exotic to the way you want to feel on entering a room for the first time, you can learn to see. With incisive text and more than one hundred sixty photographs, Wolf walks you through this process. While providing step-by-step instructions on such practical matters as how to create floor plans, treat windows, arrange furniture, hang pictures, use flowers and mirrors and other accents, he helps instill confidence to trust your own aesthetic inspiration.

About the Author

Vicente Wolf was born in Cuba and came to the United States with his family when he was fifteen. The work of his internationally renowned design firm has been featured in magazines such as Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, House Beautiful, Metropolitan Home, and House & Garden. He lives in New York City.