Designing women: interiors by leading style makers - Hardcover

Women with savoir faire and verve, women who inform and inspire, women who know how to get what they want out of a room - Designing Women takes a fresh look at sixteen contemporary trendsetters. The exclusive group includes Muriel Brandolini, Mariette Himes Gomez, Tricia Guild, Victoria Hagan, Holly Hunt, Charlotte Moss, and Catherine Memmi - innovators whose highly individual styles have strongly influenced the direction of design. In this inspirational book, these icons of interior decoration lead by example: Striking portraits of their personal surroundings reveal how they bring their professional philosophies home. Showcasing the designers' own homes, author Margaret Russell outlines a variety of design approaches to particular rooms, taking into account such elements as scale, fabrics and furnishings, and color and texture. A resource list provides contact information for the designers' favorite sources.

MARGARET RUSSELL is editor in chief of Elle Decor. She has worked as a stylist and design consultant, and is a frequent lecturer on interior decoration. JOHN M. HALL'S photographs have appeared in House Beautiful. Elle Decor, Interior Design, Architectural Digest, Veranda, Nest, and the New York Times magazine, and is featured in many books including Living with Art(Rizzoli), Antiques at Home (Clarkson N. Potter), Simply Flowers (Clarkson N. Potter), Biedermeier (Abbeville), and Fresh Cuts: Arrangements with Flowers, Leaves, Buds, and Branches (Artisan).