Francois Catroux is an innovator and explorer in interior design, who has always been a master of contemporary style. From his early days as a design prodigy, creatingspace-ageboutiquesforahouseofcouture and apartments that drew from Art Deco and modern design,tochic,mirror-studdedinteriorsrichwith glamour and elegant refinement in residences in Hong Kong, New York, and London, Catroux is at home in the vast world of design. His spaces may surprise with the introduction of irregular elements a chandelier of elk horn or pink florescent lighting in a hallway but Catroux shallmarksensibilitycombinesthemajesty and grandeur of high ceilings, elegant moldings, and gossamerdraperieswithelementsthatsuggest comfortandtasteful,restrainedopulence.Go-to accoutrementsincludesumptuoussofas,rich carpeting, gentle lighting, rooms lined with books, and shipstateroomsinwarmwoodpanellingwithbrass lamps, all measured according to a modern eye. This book looks at Catroux s career chronologically, featuring his first projects in 1968 through his latest, completed only this year, and includes the interiors ofhousesandapartmentsaroundtheglobe,from ParistoNewYork,HongKongtoLosAngeles. Luxuriously photographed, this volume is more than just a design monograph on one of the great, and so farrelativelyuntold,careersinthehistoryof design it is also a lively and intimate read about a life lived in great style.
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