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Book SynopsisInspirational and visually on trend, Ashley Hicks's latest work is a pattern book for the twenty-first century. Offering insights and revelations, Hicks's own exquisitely quirky and colorful historicist interiors are discussed with designs from the recent and faraway past.Ashley Hicks has created a mix of manifesto, souvenir album, and confession in this collection of noteworthy rooms--featuring his own one-of-a-kind interiors along with rooms that have inspired him. The manifesto aspect is rather limited, since Hicks is not a great believer in aesthetic rules or the value of so-called good taste, but as a souvenir album, it charts Hicks's personal creative journey of the last few years, illustrated with photographs of some favorite historical interiors and objects that represent a mixture of source material and inspiration.
The book's twelve chapters reveal Hicks's creative process, how he approaches different themes in his own interiors, furniture designs, and w
Trade Review"Interweaving his personal designs and creative process with projects that have inspired him throughout his career, Ashley Hicks’
Rooms With a History: Interiors and Their Inspirations (Rizzoli, $60) details the British architect and designer’s approach to interiors, furniture designs and works of art. Via 335 color photographs, the 256-page tome offers readers insight into the way real-life experiences can be translated into design projects." —ATLANTA HOMES & LIFESTYLES
