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Rizzoli International Publications
01 January 2017
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, creating

space-age

boutiques

for

a

house

of

couture and apartments that drew from Art Deco and modern design,

to

chic,

mirror-studded

interiors

rich

with 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 s

hallmark

sensibility

combines

the

majesty and grandeur of high ceilings, elegant moldings, and gossamer

draperies

with

elements

that

suggest comfort

and

tasteful,

restrained

opulence.

Go-to accoutrements

include

sumptuous

sofas,

rich carpeting, gentle lighting, rooms lined with books, and ship

staterooms

in

warm

wood

panelling

with

brass 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 of

houses

and

apartments

around

the

globe,

from Paris

to

New

York,

Hong

Kong

to

Los

Angeles. Luxuriously photographed, this volume is more than just a design monograph on one of the great, and so far

relatively

untold,

careers

in

the

history

of design it is also a lively and intimate read about a life lived in great style.
By:   , ,
Foreword by:  
Imprint:   Rizzoli International Publications
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 312mm,  Width: 262mm,  Spine: 27mm
Weight:   1.939kg
ISBN:   9780847848676
ISBN 10:   0847848671
Pages:   240
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

David Netto, an author and designer of interiors and furniture, is contributing design editor for the Wall Street Journal. His articles have appeared widely, in such publications as the Classicist, Domino, and WSJ Magazine. Diane von Furstenberg is a celebrated fashion designer. In 2015, Time magazine named her to the Time 100, as an Icon.

Reviews for Francois Catroux

David Netto's book on A-list interior designer Francois Catroux was also years in the making, requiring two years alone to convince his subject to agree to the book. Though Catroux's work has been published in magazines and books, this is the first time that his body of work is laid out in a much-awaited tome. -Forbes.com The images in the book are remarkable and author, David Netto, narrates an engaging tale. . . . I am older, wiser and perhaps a bit less prone to gush, but do buy this book. It will show you a thing or two about style and courage and balance. -MrsBlandings.com In the visual biography Fran ois Catroux (Rizzoli), the legendary interior designer looks back chronologically at his incredibly chic body of work, offering new insight into projects like the first Paris apartment he shared with his wife, the Yves Saint Laurent muse Betty Catroux, and the mega-yacht he decorated for Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg. -W Magazine Now here's a book dripping in sexy spaces I can't get enough of. What is it with these French designers? A must for the luxe-loving design enthusiast. -FrankieDurbin.com Despite disperate locations, they all share the Catroux DNA of unexpected elements combined with classic sumptuous foundations. -Pretty Page Turner Fall must haves. -La Dolce Vita .. .digs deep into Catroux's jet-set personal life and celebrated career. --New Orleans Times-Picayune/Nola.Com Catroux's many fans have been waiting for decades for an overview of his glamorous, highly detailed, and art-filled interiors. --StyleSaloniste.com Having created rarefied spaces for decades, the legendary French designer has finally agreed to document his impressive body of work in a new book --1stDibs.com Fall Books Favorite --Peak of Chic .. .traced the road to primacy of the Paris-based designer, fomr edgy early Paris apartments to an haute luxe French train in the 1980s and an astonishing yacht for Barry Diller and Dia ne von Furstenberg --Elle Decor


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