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Distinctly Modern Interiors by Emily Summers

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Distinctly Modern Interiors is the first book by AD 100 designer Emily Summers, featuring interiors that celebrate a new idea of American modernism.

Weaving mid-century Continental furniture and modern art by the likes of Frank Stella and Jasper Johns into important American homes, Summers has created a vast collection of cohesive, covetable interiors notable for their streamlined beauty. From a contemporary city penthouse to a 1940s ranch, from Summers' Round House, to her 60s Palm Springs getaway, the homes featured range in period and style, but all will serve as inspiration to readers looking to decorate in a Modernist tradition.

Summers shares her building blocks of a great modernist house: how the interior should reflect its setting; how to combine fine art with design; why the interior and architecture must be linked; how to build collections; how to modernize traditional houses; and how to restore existing modernist houses. This is essential reading for fans of modernism and minimalism.

Why You'll Love It

  • 272 pages of modernist homes, from a city penthouse to a 1940s ranch and a 60s Palm Springs getaway
  • Practical principles on linking interior and architecture, combining art with design and building collections
  • A large hardcover format that holds its own on a coffee table
  • A considered gift for a design lover, an architect or anyone renovating a mid-century home

About The Author

Emily Summers is a renowned interior designer and President/CEO of Emily Summers Design Associates. Beginning her career in 1979, she became known for her collaboration with architects and artists. A member of the AD 100, her work has also been featured in House Beautiful, Vogue, and Wallpaper. She has won multiple awards, including the 2015 Dallas Paper City Design Awards and the 2015 ASID Texas Legacy of Design Awards. Summers has served as Director of Exhibitions and Funding for the Dallas Museum of Art, and she was recruited by President George W. Bush as one of twenty individuals to serve on the Washington-based Advisory Council for Historic Preservation.

Product Details

  • Author: Emily Summers
  • Publisher: Rizzoli
  • Publish Date: 12 February 2019
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Category: House & Home, Decorating & Furnishings
  • Trim Size: 9 x 12 inches (22.9 x 30.5cm)
  • Pages: 272
  • ISBN: 978-0-8478-6360-0

Reviews

"Emily Summers is a champion of modern design, past and present. With a Dallas firm known for interiors that are crisp and edited, yet equally comfortable, she has become one of Texas’s most prominent designers." New York Times

"Modern is a style, but not a formula. The much-celebrated interior designer, Emily Summers, sets out in her new book to show that modernism and minimalism are highly flexible aesthetics, styles where your personal preferences can, and should, prevail." Milieu Magazine

Styling the Coffee Table

The cover, with its yellow artwork above a console and lamps, is strong enough to sit on top of a stack. Layer it with one or two quieter spines and a single object, such as the Peace Bird Figurine or the Concrete Cone, and see our coffee table styling edit for more.

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FAQs

Who is Emily Summers?
An interior designer and President/CEO of Emily Summers Design Associates, and a member of the AD 100. This is her first book.

What homes does it cover?
A range of periods and styles, including a contemporary city penthouse, a 1940s ranch, Summers' Round House and her 60s Palm Springs getaway.

How big is the book?
It is a 272-page hardcover with a 9 x 12 inch (22.9 x 30.5cm) trim size, published by Rizzoli.

In Short

Distinctly Modern Interiors by Emily Summers is a 272-page hardcover from Rizzoli showing the designer's modernist interiors across American homes, with her principles for decorating in the Modernist tradition. It suits design lovers, renovators and coffee table styling.

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