Roomscapes: The Decorative Architecture of Renzo Mongiardino

- --The New York Times Style Magazine, April 6, 2016 (from a sixteen-page full-color cover story.) . With his alchemic blurring of eras, the sheer scope and commitment of his massive projects and insistence on valuing ambience above so-called authenticity, he attained mythic stature. Mongiardino still elicits instant reverence

It is meant as a guide to conceive spaces that are inhabited through time and by time. Contents Include: Preface by Giovanni Agosti and Introduction Part one: The genesis of a room; Sketches; Chapter one: Space, measure, and models; Chapter two: The function of a room and its appearance; Chapter three: Decoration: ways to invent it, transform it, correct it; Chapter four: Decoration and the appeal of the exoticPart two: Illusion: the eye deceived; Chapter five: Materials and the simulation of materials; Chapter six: The birth and

Five Stars Ed R Spectacular. "To buy or not to buy this 2016 edition? That is the question." according to Charles De Roche. I won't pretend to be a Mongiardino scholar, I simply picked up the original 199To buy or not to buy this 2016 edition? That is the question. I won't pretend to be a Mongiardino scholar, I simply picked up the original 1993 edition because I was fascinated by his interiors and this review is simply comparing the two editions. I have both editions in front of me and I think the earlier edition was better. I prefer the softer tonal qualities of the photographs. This new edition has removed some of the photos that have "dated" over the course of some 25 years. The new additions have emphasized the designer's timeless and they do add some additional insight to his vision. In some cases, the editors have simply reversed the original negative to make the phot. edition because I was fascinated by his interiors and this review is simply comparing the two editions. I have both editions in front of me and I think the earlier edition was better. I prefer the softer tonal qualities of the photographs. This new edition has removed some of the photos that have "dated" over the course of some 25 years. The new additions have emphasized the designer's timeless and they do add some additional insight to his vision. In some cases, the editors have simply reversed the original negative to make the phot

RENZO MONGIARDINO, born in Genoa in 1916, was one of the world's most renowned designers of the 60s, 70s and 80s, and remains highly influential. Although trained as an architect, and at a time when modernism ruled design, Mongiardino found inspiration in the likes of Bernini, Piranesi, Palladio, and the theater. He counted among his clients Gianni Agnelli, Lee Radizwill, Gianni Versace, Baron