Crossing Boundaries: A Global Vision of Design
by Vicente Wolf
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Author: Vicente WolfEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-10-05
ISBN: 1580931812
Number of pages: 200
Publisher: Monacelli
Book Reviews of Crossing Boundaries: A Global Vision of Design
Book Review: outdated, tacky and pretentious
Summary: 1 Stars
This book lacks consistency, and although the pictures might be technically good, the interiors design itself has little to do with the story the author is tryng to sell to us: that he has seen certain things in his 'exciting and sophisticated'journey that inspired him to create special interiors. What we get instead is a twisted, dated, unrespectful and pasteurized concept of what other cultures could give us in our every day living. Please, don't buy it.
Summary of Crossing Boundaries: A Global Vision of Design
Good design knows no boundaries.-Vicente Wolf
Famed interior designer Vicente Wolf is known for a modern and elegant design sensibility that is guided by integrity and simplicity. He is also a photographer of note, capturing images of his own design work and of his travels. Crossing Boundaries is a fascinating combination of the two, a spirited approach that pairs travel and design based on visits to Ethiopia, Myanmar, Syria, Madagascar, and Borneo.
Wolf is an adventurous voyager, and he is captivated by how people express themselves: in the colors and patterns of clothing, the forms and features of architecture, and so on. These influences are incorporated into his own designs, sometimes directly-a collection of brightly colored woven caps that add personality to a Wyoming log cabin-and sometimes indirectly-a composition of gray-blues and gray-greens drawn from succulent plants in a dry riverbed.
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