tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post7325805328737743161..comments2024-08-11T05:04:33.185-07:00Diane Dorrans Saekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448[email protected]Blogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-46888500563551891642013-10-25T18:07:14.622-07:002013-10-25T18:07:14.622-07:00Great selections Diane! I am especially intrigued to see Tadao Ando: Houses. I am no minimalist by any means, but his work is so captivating in its purity.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />ClaudiaClaudia Juestelhttp://www.adeenidesigngroup.com/blog/[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-1685736709836195942013-10-23T23:53:42.311-07:002013-10-23T23:53:42.311-07:00Dear Lovely Swan-<br /><br /><br /><br />You are so kind.<br /><br />I am working on a new book now--and you&#39;ll see it in fall 2014. It&#39;s top secret.<br />Be sure to stay in touch as I love to hear from you.<br /><br />very best, DIANEDiane Dorrans Saekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-49571770214153540692013-10-23T15:06:08.509-07:002013-10-23T15:06:08.509-07:00We love you Ms. Diane...how can you ever top that Getty book , THE MOST COVETED in my library aside from Ovids MetamorphosisThe Swanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159724663060240920[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-66377140023618132592013-10-23T12:38:47.017-07:002013-10-23T12:38:47.017-07:00Dear Friends-<br /><br /><br />I love your enthusiasm and comments...adore your insight and your plans to rush out and buy everything.<br />Great. Greater than great.<br /><br />In particular...there is no death of the book. I am writing a book...completing it...as we speak, so I can be sure one more book is in the works. Don&#39;t be concerned.<br /><br />In particular...in selecting these fall design books, I looked at every aspect...and in some ways it was not a judgement of the decor. Yes...I want to see wonderfully intelligent design, original work, a thinking designer who does not do the same thing over and over.<br />But...with a lot of good design books out this season--oh, and I have PART 2 of the book list out next week--I wanted IDEAS...opinions...and something beyond &#39;me and my design&#39; and something beyond just decor. I wanted to see higher goals, ideas that move design onward...notions of transcendence, really...<br />Axel Vervoodt&#39;s is a book you can keep forever...Halard, too...for all kinds of reasons, as Philip said.<br />KEEP READING...and keep reading THE STYLE SALONISTE...I have some wonderful stories coming...<br />very best, DIANEDiane Dorrans Saekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-50445140252814288512013-10-22T15:25:57.293-07:002013-10-22T15:25:57.293-07:00You have the most exquisite taste in everything!<br />Including books!<br /><br />This is surely proof that books are not going &quot;out&quot;!<br /><br />And no one will be reading these on a &quot;kindle &quot;!!<br /><br />Exquisite books; all of them!<br /><br />Yours are my favorite of all!!!Anonymous[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-12399274201562351482013-10-22T10:13:20.390-07:002013-10-22T10:13:20.390-07:00Oh Diane! Now I need to add more books to my library, specially Vervoordt, Boles, Sills, Halard.<br />Are you also working on a new book? If so I can&#39;t wait to see it.<br />Thanks for these suggestions and waiting for more.<br />Best, AlbarosaBrillante Interiorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05829930791068801175[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-18169907592675726272013-10-22T09:39:59.281-07:002013-10-22T09:39:59.281-07:00Dear Diane,<br />I look forward to all of your superb posts, and your annual book recommendations are highly anticipated. My library has been enriched by your past book recommendations.<br />I was fortunate to be recipient of Axel Vervoordt Living with Light, and I have spent days absorbing this book. The text by Michael Gardner is excellent, and the descriptions at the highest standard as you would expect from a top period antiques dealer. Besides the singular aesthetic of these interiors, I think these designs lead the way in incorporating period antiques and antiquities in a very modern way with highly edited and rare 20th designs. Perhaps what makes this book (and these rooms) so relevant today with the highly charged global fine art market is the incorporation of outstanding examples of contemporary art -highly curated works by Kazuo Shiraga, Lucio Fontana, Piero Manzoni, Yves Klein and more. For designers and collectors seeking guidance in what artists to collect and how to incorporate these works in designs, this book is invaluable. <br />Thanks to your post, the book I am ordering right now is Francois Halard. He is a favorite photographer, and as you describe, his work goes far beyond that of depicting interiors to enter the realm of fine art contemporary photography. Once out of print, I predict that this book will reach the stratosphere in price as it is highly desired by both design enthusiasts and collectors of contemporary photography.<br />I am thrilled for Jennifer and Suzanne with their new books, and I look forward to all the books on your list.<br />Thank you, Diane -your recommendations are a must for any design library. I am looking forward to part II. !!!<br />Warmest regards,<br />PhilipPhilip Bewleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593795071070337798[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-13037970707980599252013-10-22T09:23:08.085-07:002013-10-22T09:23:08.085-07:00love this post. have a client that adores interior design books. will get her one of these + must have these for myself. xxpeggybraswelldesign.compeggybraswellhttp://peggybraswelldesign.com[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-26396788869976402722013-10-22T09:19:38.615-07:002013-10-22T09:19:38.615-07:00Dear Diane,<br />I look forward to all of your superb posts, and your annual book recommendations are highly anticipated. My library has been enriched by your past book recommendations.<br />I was fortunate to be recipient of Axel Vervoordt Living with Light, and i have spent days absorbing this book. The text by Michael Gardner is excellent, and the descriptions at the highest standard as you would expect from a top period antiques dealer. Besides the singular aesthetic of these interiors, I think these designs lead the way in incorporating period antiques and antiquities in a very modern way with highly edited and rare 20th designs. Perhaps what makes this book (and these rooms) so relevant today with the highly charged global fine art market is the incorporation of outstanding examples of contemporary art -highly curated works by Kazuo Shiraga, Lucio Fontana, Piero Manzoni, Yves Klein and more. For designers and collectors seeking guidance in what artists to collect and how to incorporate these works in designs, this book is invaluable. <br />Thanks to your post, the book I am ordering right now is Francois Halard. He is a favorite photographer, and as you describe, his work goes far beyond that of depicting interiors to enter the realm of fine art contemporary photography. Once out of print, I predict that this book will reach the stratosphere in price as it is highly desired by both design enthusiasts and collectors of contemporary photography.<br />I am thrilled for Jennifer and Suzanne with their new books, and I look forward to all the books on your list.<br />Thank you, Diane -your recommendations are a must for any design library. I am looking forward to part II. !!!<br />Warmest regards,<br />Philip<br />Philip Bewleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593795071070337798[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-12532591059787079472013-10-22T08:11:45.429-07:002013-10-22T08:11:45.429-07:00I too met once upon a time a certain someone who was &#39;restoring&#39; a Montecito home...he demolished the original kitchen and baths of an untouched shrine to architecture still fully furnished for decades unlived in to a former financial advisor to J.P. Morgan. I offered the COUPLE to purchase the home in the demo state...they said no, they loved it forever! Years later, the same couple sold to acquaintances, and were in the middle of &#39;restoring&#39; The Chandler residence in Hancock Park, another time capsule fully furnished and a jewel. Demolished kitchen, silver vault ad China room, demolished baths etc and hedges went up with a gate! I was led thru during demo but the person had gone to Home Depot for paints, but the other half of the couple asked about the columns being &#39;dirty&#39; which I said no they are not, they have patina. The Great Antiquarian Adolph Loewi had procured these very same columns, and Leonard Stanley had incorporated them into the house for Mrs. Chandler. Years went by, they showed up at a home I restored and were friendly, but the advertising charm was quite apparent. I sold a Wallace Neff I lived in and restored to Madonna, and shock of shocks, I read that he restored and decorated a Neff for her...the very same Neff Diane Keaton beat me too...which by the way was exquisite eye restored by her. Later I was told he hung a painting only as he came to her thru her realtor.<br /><br />Now a Chateau, DECLARED one of 100 top decorators according to ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST...and I recently read in ELLE DECOR his favorite color is Vert de Terre by Farrow and Ball, not Home Depot! <br /><br />I read a couple of years ago, Charles, Prince of <br />Wales loved the same color..which I painted our bedroom at the beach over 8 years ago in.The Swanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159724663060240920[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-4041614927321405642013-10-21T19:58:29.393-07:002013-10-21T19:58:29.393-07:00francine-<br /><br /><br />Lovely to hear from such an avid book collector.<br /><br />I must say...don&#39;t let a few stacks of books on the floor deter you from getting more...I don&#39;t.<br /><br />Keep collecting, and keep buying from your hard-working and devoted bookseller.<br /><br />I&#39;m fortunate to have Browser Books on Fillmore Street near where I live. I drop in there often to chat...and to find a book I did not even know about...or to poke around the travel section.<br />So lovely to hear from you, DIANEDiane Dorrans Saekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-76433964393191519152013-10-21T19:54:34.627-07:002013-10-21T19:54:34.627-07:00DEAR JENNIFER-<br /><br /><br />Thank you for your kind words.<br /><br />I hope you are working on a new book at this very moment.<br /><br />You offer information that is impossible to find elsewhere...passementerie, butler&#39;s trays, chinoiserie...there is so much to learn and you make the trip so enjoyable.<br />see you soon, I hope. DIANEDiane Dorrans Saekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-69370089531589211632013-10-21T19:52:53.887-07:002013-10-21T19:52:53.887-07:00Dear Karen-<br /><br />Yes...keep reading.<br />I have 10 more books selected for next week.<br />very best, DIANEDiane Dorrans Saekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-7507993566668082102013-10-21T19:48:35.060-07:002013-10-21T19:48:35.060-07:00Beautiful introduction to these newly published books. Mu library is full, bookshelves packed, books stacked on the floor...where am i going to put these books as of course, i must get them from my local bookstore indeed!Francine Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02042631088215474109[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-12752139825622913892013-10-21T18:20:57.929-07:002013-10-21T18:20:57.929-07:00Dear Diane,<br />What an honor to be featured on your blog. I admire everything that you do, so your kind words mean the world to me!<br /><br />I hope to see you very soon.<br /><br />JenniferThe Peak of Chichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02811933436075145329[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-66503678797987803282013-10-21T17:31:36.814-07:002013-10-21T17:31:36.814-07:00Dear Dianne, thank you for all of these fine recommendations. I am reading several and plan to add more to my list!<br /><br />xoxo<br />Karena<br />2013 Designer and Artists SeriesKarenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05206642885608991170[email protected]