-Titulo Original : Designing History The Extraordinary Art & Style Of The Obama White House
-Fabricante :
Rizzoli
-Descripcion Original:
The long-awaited insiders look at one of the design milestones of the twenty-first century: Michael S Smiths celebrated decoration of the Obama White House, featuring a foreword by Michelle Obama. 2020 HONORABLE MENTION FOR THE FOREWORD INDIES AWARD IN HOBBIES/HOME Created for design enthusiasts, political aficionados, and students of Americana, Designing History documents Michael Smiths extraordinary collaboration with President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. Not since Jacqueline Kennedys iconic work on the White House has a designer of Michael Smiths stature been commissioned to bring a new design spirit to the mansion. Through extensive photography, behind-the-scenes stories, and rich archival material, the book places the Obama White House within the context of the buildings storied past and its evolution over the past two centuries. The book beautifully documents the process of updating the countrys most symbolic residence, revealing how Smiths collaboration on the decoration, showcasing of artworks, and style of entertaining reflected the youthful spirit of the First Family and their vision of a more progressive, inclusive American society. Ultimately, this book will serve as both a historical document and a voyeurs delight, capturing a specific moment in time for the White House, the Obamas, and the American experience. Review Smiths modern designs for the White House made history, just as the Obamas presence was, in itself, trailblazing. Further, all changes to the White Houses private residences were added to the 250-year-long history in every room-a place where layers of wallpaper tell a story of past administrations. - OPRAH.COM Michelle Obama provides the foreword to this insider’s look at interior designer Michael S. Smith’s decoration of the Obama White House. Created for design enthusiasts, political aficionados, and students of Americana, the book documents Smith’s collaboration with the Obamas. With 230 photographs, behind-the-scenes stories, and archival material, Designing History places the Obama White House within the context of the building’s storied past and its evolution over the past two centuries. - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY In 2008, designer Michael S. Smith got the commission of a lifetime: designing the interiors for the Obama White House. In this book, the designer takes readers inside the process of decorating for the First Family and shares the illustrious history of interior design in the Peoples House. Oh, and theres a foreword by Michelle Obama. -HOUSE BEAUTIFUL The decorator Michael Smith, who has transformed interiors for the Obamas, Rupert Murdoch and Cindy Crawford, is spilling paint in a new book. -NEW YORK TIMES Decorators often lament the fact that once a room is redone, nobody remembers their work. For Michael S. Smith, documenting his design of the Obama White House-and processing the eight years he shuttled back and forth to Washington, D.C., for the first family after an introduction from Obama’s social secretary, Desiree Rogers-became a personal mission. It was important to kind of take a moment and not just let history flow by, he says. The result is Designing History: The Extraordinary Art & Style of the Obama White House, a monograph out now from Rizzoli that situates the Obamas’ friendly, unpretentious decor within the snow globe of White House style. -WSJ. MAGAZINE Smith offers readers an inside look at his work ushering in a new era of decor at the historic residence. -IN STYLE ...by far the most comprehensive illustrated record of the executive mansion and Smiths deep dive into the history of the white house, as he helped the Obamas update the stolid mansion with a more contemporary and open aesthetic, easing the burdens of a young family living in the White House. - TOWN & COUNTRY Smith shares everything from the advice he got from Nancy Reagan to the secret code his staff used to refer
-Fabricante :
Rizzoli
-Descripcion Original:
The long-awaited insiders look at one of the design milestones of the twenty-first century: Michael S Smiths celebrated decoration of the Obama White House, featuring a foreword by Michelle Obama. 2020 HONORABLE MENTION FOR THE FOREWORD INDIES AWARD IN HOBBIES/HOME Created for design enthusiasts, political aficionados, and students of Americana, Designing History documents Michael Smiths extraordinary collaboration with President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. Not since Jacqueline Kennedys iconic work on the White House has a designer of Michael Smiths stature been commissioned to bring a new design spirit to the mansion. Through extensive photography, behind-the-scenes stories, and rich archival material, the book places the Obama White House within the context of the buildings storied past and its evolution over the past two centuries. The book beautifully documents the process of updating the countrys most symbolic residence, revealing how Smiths collaboration on the decoration, showcasing of artworks, and style of entertaining reflected the youthful spirit of the First Family and their vision of a more progressive, inclusive American society. Ultimately, this book will serve as both a historical document and a voyeurs delight, capturing a specific moment in time for the White House, the Obamas, and the American experience. Review Smiths modern designs for the White House made history, just as the Obamas presence was, in itself, trailblazing. Further, all changes to the White Houses private residences were added to the 250-year-long history in every room-a place where layers of wallpaper tell a story of past administrations. - OPRAH.COM Michelle Obama provides the foreword to this insider’s look at interior designer Michael S. Smith’s decoration of the Obama White House. Created for design enthusiasts, political aficionados, and students of Americana, the book documents Smith’s collaboration with the Obamas. With 230 photographs, behind-the-scenes stories, and archival material, Designing History places the Obama White House within the context of the building’s storied past and its evolution over the past two centuries. - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY In 2008, designer Michael S. Smith got the commission of a lifetime: designing the interiors for the Obama White House. In this book, the designer takes readers inside the process of decorating for the First Family and shares the illustrious history of interior design in the Peoples House. Oh, and theres a foreword by Michelle Obama. -HOUSE BEAUTIFUL The decorator Michael Smith, who has transformed interiors for the Obamas, Rupert Murdoch and Cindy Crawford, is spilling paint in a new book. -NEW YORK TIMES Decorators often lament the fact that once a room is redone, nobody remembers their work. For Michael S. Smith, documenting his design of the Obama White House-and processing the eight years he shuttled back and forth to Washington, D.C., for the first family after an introduction from Obama’s social secretary, Desiree Rogers-became a personal mission. It was important to kind of take a moment and not just let history flow by, he says. The result is Designing History: The Extraordinary Art & Style of the Obama White House, a monograph out now from Rizzoli that situates the Obamas’ friendly, unpretentious decor within the snow globe of White House style. -WSJ. MAGAZINE Smith offers readers an inside look at his work ushering in a new era of decor at the historic residence. -IN STYLE ...by far the most comprehensive illustrated record of the executive mansion and Smiths deep dive into the history of the white house, as he helped the Obamas update the stolid mansion with a more contemporary and open aesthetic, easing the burdens of a young family living in the White House. - TOWN & COUNTRY Smith shares everything from the advice he got from Nancy Reagan to the secret code his staff used to refer
