You Can Find Inspiration in Everything : And if You Can't, Look Again

Smith, Paul

ISBN 10: 1900828189 / ISBN 13: 9781900828185

Published by Violette Editions 2001, London, 2001

About this Item

296 pp. Publisher's quarter black cloth over floral-design cloth boards. Gilt lettering to front board & spine. In the original styrofoam box with blind-stamped lettering to styrofoam and paper title label to spine. Styrofoam box is in Good condition only with some chips to edges & spine. Book is in Fine unused condition. Full colour illustrations throughout. With the three inserts and the magnifying glass in the box. 1900828189 4to. Seller Inventory # 55728

Bibliographic Details

Title: You Can Find Inspiration in Everything : And...

Publisher: Violette Editions 2001, London

Publication Date: 2001

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Publishers Box

Edition: First Edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

Unlike any other fashion designer at work today, Paul Smith has managed to combine a flair for eccentric, subversive detail, a dedication to the highest standards of craftmanship, and a business and marketing sense that has made him simply the most successful designer in British history. But this publication is not a fashion monograph; it is not a catalogue of suits. Rather, imagine Paul Smith's brain on a page: cleverly original and often humorous thoughts and ideas, perfectly executed, not just on the back of a man or a woman, but in shop windows, in advertising campaigns, in toys, photographs, and souvenirs brought back from travels throughout the world that became the inspiration for the look of a season. Words and images crash together in striking contrast to reveal the passions and amusements of a designer committed to both modesty in his pursuits and stunning innovation. Designed by Alan Aboud, Art Director for Paul Smith for more than a decade, and with a slipcase designed by Jonathan Ive (famed designer of the iMac), this publication will bring together observations, images, and, in its own unique design and production, all of the extraordinary qualities possessed by Paul Smith himself.

About the Author:

Paul Smith is the most successful fashion designer in British history. Still independently owned, Paul Smith's clothing label has an annual revenue of over $300 million. In 1991, he was awarded the British Designer for Industry Award. For the past three years he has been named "GQ's" Designer of the Year. For services to fashion design, he was knighted, Sir Paul Smith, in 2000. He was the subject of an exhibition called True Brit at the Design Museum London, which traveled to Japan.