Nina Campbell Interior Decoration: Carefree Elegance

Description

Nina Campbell's almost fifty-year career exemplifies the best of English interior design. Campbell imparts her design wisdom through a biography of her career and recent decorating projects, sharing tips and secrets of the trade. A selection of the designer's own London residences outlines her experimentations and passions - from pared-back grandeur to bold plays of scale and modern use of texture and colour. A survey of Nina's high-profile commissions completed in the last five years demonstrates how she employs the key principles of her design aesthetic in a variety of contexts, from prestigious addresses in London and New York, a pied-a-terre in Rome, and a retreat in the English countryside to a historic German hotel, a viewing pavilion at Ascot, and a Los Angeles bedroom suite. The running theme is how Campbell has taken the tenets of classic English style and uses them to create a style germane to the twenty-first century. This book is for people who love English design, one of the most enduring decorating styles of the past fifty years - traditional interiors with vibrant colours, luxurious textiles, pared-down elegance, and, above all, true comfort. A necessary addition to design libraries on masters of the field.

Nina Campbell is Britain's most respected interior designer whose career spans almost five decades. Her clients include the Duke and Duchess of York, the Queen of Denmark, Rod Stewart, Ringo Starr, and Mark Birley, owner of the legendary private club Annabel's. Campbell--who continues to be a force in the decorating field in England, and throughout the world--has recently opened her second London showroom. Giles Kime is the Interiors Editor of Country Life. After graduating in History of Art from Manchester University, he started his career at Conde Nast at The World of Interiors. At 26, he was appointed the youngest ever editor of the wine magazine Decanter. He later joined Telegraph newspapers, where he launched Telegraph Home, a fifteen-page interiors section and wrote a weekly wine column. Prior to joining Country Life, he spent fourteen years as Executive Editor of Homes & Gardens magazine. He has written three books, on interior design, property, and wine. Carolina Herrera is a New York-based fashion designer.