Terence Conran

The Essence of Conran Style

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Conran on Color

A profusely illustrated guide to every aspect of decorating provides ideas and techniques for increasing the beauty and comfort of homes of all styles and sizes

The House Book

In today's world, when making home improvements, there is more to consider than simply changing the way your home looks or functions. Environmental issues should be part of every decision you make - from selecting fabric for soft furnishings to designing and siting a home extension. Eco House Book provides all the information you need to reduce your home's carbon footprint and directly improve your quality of life. Most homes are not decorated, designed, constructed or serviced with ecofriendliness in mind. But you don't have to start again from scratch to make a huge difference to the way your home impacts on the environment. There is a great deal we can do to convert our existing homes into greener, healthier places to live. Eco House Book explains how relatively small changes can be made, including simple repairs to improve energy efficiency and water saving tips, to more dramatic overhauls such as redesigning room use, converting basements and extending your home. Special focus is given to reducing the vast amounts of energy and water that homes consume on a daily basis, with advice on low energy lighting strategies and decorative choices, improving insulation and reducing energy use, the latest green heating systems, alternative ways of generating power, and electricity reducing appliances. As we are urged to change our lifestyles to reduce our carbon footprint and consumption of water, there has never been a better time to green your home.

Eco House Book

Max Fraser

Les auteurs étudient les oeuvres des meilleurs designers contemporains, afin de découvrir les classiques de demain. Ils s'intéressent aussi à leurs sources d'inspiration. A travers les interviews de plus de 100 designers célèbres, ils offrent un éclairage sur le processus créatif.

Design/designers

"A beautifully illustrated guide showing not only key pieces from each designer, but also their inspiration, this essential reference book features interviews with more than 100 leading designers asking them questions such as What was your big break?, What or who has most influenced your work?, What elements of the design process do you find particularly frustrating?, and To what level will you compromise to satisfy your client?. Providing a rare insight into the creative thought processes of today's leading designers, these eye-opening interviews bring famous names to life"--Inside front cover.

Designers on Design

The Kitchen Book

"Every single thing that has been made by man or woman has been designed. We are quick to recognise the designer's imprint in the cut of a couture dress, in the outline of a landmark building or in the shape of the latest motor car. Less visible are those designers who shape and fill our daily lives with everything from the paperclip to the personal stereo, the flatpack shelving unit to the supermarket label. In fact, design is all around us, but we very rarely notice it. In this book, Terence Conran makes us open our eyes and address the ways in which we encounter and relate to design on a daily basis. A fascinating text full of information and anecdote, along with stimulating photography, makes this book an indispensable reference book for all those interested in the subject."--Publisher description.

Terence Conran on Design

Cell phones, watches, coffee cups, grand pianos, light fixtures, even a dog house. Consumer products are brought to life through designers’ imagination and ingenuity, and Terence Conran and Max Fraser present some of the biggest names in the business and the items they’ve created. Between the covers of Designers on Design are interviews with more than a hundred designers, who answer such questions as: What was your big break?; What or who has most influenced your work?; What elements of the design process do you find particularly frustrating?; and To what level will you compromise to satisfy your client? This beautifully illustrated book shows key pieces from each designer, along with a timeline that highlights major developments in the field from the early 1900s to the beginning of this century. Designers on Design provides a rare insight into the creative thought processes of today’s leading designers in their own words.

John McGowan

Roger DuBern

This book develops the principles of basic home improvement to show how to build essential fixtures that combine economy and style. Each section of the book begins with a selection of photographs and advice, and then provides full instructions for a range of original Conrad-designed projects that include a serene "Japanese screen" wardrobe, a kitchen, a tiled bathroom, a bed and wall of display shelving.

Terence Conran's DIY by Design

Stephen Bayley

Intelligence Made Visible

Design

Diarmuid Gavin

Following on from their hugely successful first book, Outdoors, Diarmuid Gavin and Terence Conran collaborate once again to create PLANTING, a stunning and imaginative resource of planting schemes that work for almost any garden space. Using case studies to look at real examples of inspiring planting schemes around the world in detail, PLANTING explores nature's vast palette of plants, where they come from, what grows naturally in which conditions, but most importantly, how they are used in gardens all around the world in contemporary times. From how to look at a garden through a designer's eyes, to planning for color, texture and mood, as well as how to attract wildlife, PLANTING covers everything a gardener needs to know in the twenty-first century, whether they are planning an exotic paradise or an edible kitchen garden.

The Planting Design Book for the 21st Century

Planting

Three years into the new millennium, Sir Terence Conran has once again reinvented his concept of home design, now a harmonious blur between public and private living with a soupcon of professionalism. The Conran movement (stores and style) began in 1974 with The House Book and was updated as The New House Book in 1985 and The Essential House Book in 1994. The significance of the newly added word home in the title should not be overlooked, as the author has gravitated toward LeCorbusier's 1927 statement: "Everybody, quite rightly, dreams of sheltering himself in a sure and permanent home of his own." Ultimate appeals to this primal notion of belonging, starting with an aspirational, visual introduction before separating ideas into three distinct sections: home life, or the different stages of design, from first house to empty nest; home work, exploring all options for decorating, from paint versus plaster to remodeling versus new construction; and compendium, the nitty-gritty information so necessary to understanding and making design choices. A feat worthy of any bookshelf. Barbara Jacobs Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

For Home Design in the Twenty-First Century

Ultimate House Book

Dan Pearson

This reference work is for anyone wanting to improve their garden. Design solutions are presented along with practical information enabling you to create a garden that looks and works as you want it to. The book is split into six sections on essential gardens, exterior design, living space, planting design, a directory and foundation techniques.

The Essential Garden Book

Devoted to the idea of converting a house into a home, this precise and detailed resource offers advice on maximizing space, selecting decorative accessories, and analyzing how different lifestyles affect the home. Providing practical solutions for installing electricity, plumbing and heating systems, this authoritative reference book is for all who want to redecorate or remodel their home. Dedicado a la idea de como convertir una casa en un hogar, esta fuente definitiva y práctica ofrece consejo preciso y detallado de cómo aprovechar el espacio disponible, ideas para instalar la electricidad, calefacción, y fontanería, el estilo de vida, el análisis de opciones decorativas. También incluye una lista valiosa de cómo mantener y cuidar del hogar. Es para todos los que se interesan rediseñar o redecorar su hogar.

diseño e interiorismo

La casa

Inspiring Ideas and Creative Solutions

Terence Conran Small Spaces

Conran combines over 400 inspirational photographs of every conceivable kitchen style with hands-on advice and information covering every stage of planning, fitting and equipping a well designed kitchen, from work surfaces to flooring and plumbing

A Comprehensive Source Book and Guide to Planning, Fitting and Equipping Your Kitchen

Terence Conran's Kitchen Book

Photographs of the professional and home kitchens of chefs and celebrities accompany a history of kitchens since Norman times, ideas for attractive and functional kitchens, descriptions of equipment, and lists of suppliers and manufacturers

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