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I’ve reviewed and read and pondered and studied all of the newest design and style books from dozens of publishers.
This week, you’ll learn more about the sensationally inspiring new Axel Vervoordt book; a lavish and superbly edited book by Timothy Corrigan on the restoration of his French chateau; and you’ll see why you must collect the staggeringly chic new book by Stephen Sills, and a totally original and new book by François Halard.
I discovered the marvelously understated (and powerful) book about William Hodgins (by Stephen Salny). Hodgins, of course, is the great Boston designer. It’s a secret delight. I'll tell you more about that next week. It's most luscious and detailed.
And California is represented strongly by Suzanne Tucker’s second book. Jennifer Boles alphabetizes design.
And there are the philosophical houses of Tadao Ando. And more.
Come with me to see what’s important now in the design world, and whose words and photography you’ll want to keep close.
You’ll want all of these new books for your design library.
Each year at this time I study and read and ponder and evaluate all of the new style and design books for fall.
With highly collectible books by Timothy Corrigan, Thomas Pheasant, François Halard, the archive of Alexander Liberman (next week), and a fantastically inspiring new volume by the electric Axel Vervoordt and his son, Boris, with Michael James Gardner.
This fall is a feast, a season of pure delight for book lovers.
The new books I’ve selected are crunchy! Readers can chew on each page—and devour word-by-word, every concept, hundreds of images.
1. AXEL VERVOORDT: LIVING WITH LIGHT under the direction of Boris Vervoordt. Foreword by Axel Vervoordt. Text by Micharl Gardner. Photography by Laziz Hamami (Flammarion).
This inspiring and highly expressive volume is a series of interiors around the world—that present very clearly the concept of light and their effect on interiors.
But in particular, it is an extraordinary tour de force of interiors in London, Tangier, Antwerp, and the remote coast of western France.
Living with Light explores Axel Vervoordt’s philosophy of living in harmony with natural elements--light, as well as water, metal, wood--and blending the power and influence of nature with the inspiration of art. The art of harmonious living is presented in this new book through fifteen bespoke interiors throughout the world, recently designed by the design team of the Axel Vervoordt Company.
Vervoordt’s vision is a search for absolute harmony, beauty and serenity. In a range of dramatically different houses—a paneled London townhouse, a light-filled villa overlooking the Mediterranean, several yachts, and Boris’s apartment, the firm creates spaces and interiors which not only reflect these values and shine with purity, authenticity and genuine soul. They capture, reflect and reinforce the personality and individuality of their owners and inhabitants. The Company’s biggest aim is to ensure that people feel happy in their homes.
The Vervoordt book writer: Michael Gardner is an American writer and essayist. He collaborated with May Vervoordt on the cookbook, At Home with May and Axel Vervoordt (Flammarion, 2012) that I admired so much and recommended last year.
For its depth of design, and higher ideals, this book is the first to collect.
This year, his voice and ideas (and those of Boris and Axel and their whole team) come through clearly. Axel Vervoordt: Living with Light (Flammarion, 2013). Originally from Des Moines, Iowa, Gardner currently lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium.
There is a lot to learn from this book—furniture placement, color, art, simplicity, and modesty, collecting for example—and the text and images offer in-depth information and ideas.
2. AN INVITATION TO CHATEAU DU GRAND-LUCE by Timothy Corrigan, with photography by Eric Piasecki (Rizzoli New York).
I’ve known Los Angeles interior designer Timothy Corrigan for ages, and have always admired his style, his generosity, his careful tending of elegance and comfort in interiors from Satan Barbara to Qatar, and from Paris to Beverly Hills.
Ten years ago, Tim acquired the Chateau du Grand-Luce in the French countryside, west of Paris. It was a gently crumbling wreck. Historic, a jewel of the Loire Valley, a mere shadow of 18th-century magnificence.
After more than five years of meticulous restoration, he got to work on his great vision for the interiors—and the gardens.
The brilliance of this book is that it is gorgeous—and Timothy invites the reader to come and stay at the chateau, to dine beneath the trees in summer, to picnic and collect mushrooms in his forest, and to gather around a large table for a winter feast. The reader is there. He takes us by the hand—to markets, to sip, to greet his friends, to be in his world.
With the highly talented photographer Eric Piasecki, Timothy has documented each corner of the chateau, every sunbeam that falls through the tall windows and captured the changing seasons, the light of evening, the weekend walk through the gardens, a dinner in the Orangerie, and drinks in the library. I know Timothy—and was captivated and mesmerized by the intense detail of this encounter with beauty.
Francophiles will swoon. I did. I’m still dizzy. It’s a magnificent achievement.
3. FRANÇOIS HALARD by François Halard, with a preface by Pierre Bergé (Rizzoli New York).
François Halard has been shooting people and interiors for four decades, sometimes working with editorial direction for a magazine like Vogue, but equally photographing and capturing his own private projects, hanging out with Yves and Pierre and Cy and the Duchess of Devonshire. He’s shot La Maison de Verre in Paris, and La Malcontenta, and the studio of Richard Avedon and Roger Vivier.
The Halard book—the design fetish book of the season, truly—distills his pick of the best images, sometimes-just one or two, of these personal shoots. There’s the Cy Twombly Rome palazzo, Villa Noailles, Axel Vervoordt’s, and his own hideaway in Arles. Some of the houses he captured—Casa Malaparte, Villa Kerylos, and Albert Frey’s Palm Springs house—are ones that linger in the memory. The images of his Arles house—fuzzy, blurred, off-kilter, abstract—look as if he shot them in a kind of fever state, swept up in a reverie if beauty, time passing, a passion for classicism.
It’s all very unexpected, far from ‘canned’ and expected design, and he takes readers on an excursion, examining the ideas of creativity, poetry and mystery in rooms.
And there is a surprise for John Dickinson fans. There’s a startling spread of black and white images taken in San Francisco in the seventies, of a selection of John Dickinson furniture—and details and close-ups of his famous black Jaguar showing the steel nameplate on the driver side. Clever Halard!
4. STEPHEN SILLS: DECORATION by Stephen Sills, with a (brief but meaningful) foreword by Karl Lagerfeld (Rizzoli).
I’ve always been impressed by the intelligence, refinement and originality of Stephen Sills interiors. Each piece of furniture, every framed artwork, and all surfaces are considered, accepted, placed, and presented and composed with a precision and a sharp vision that are rare in the world of design. He understands antiques and paintings—and the effect and emotion they bring to rooms. He never overdoes it. Among his clients: Vera Wang, Anna Wintour, Tina Turner, the Newhouse family, and notable art collectors around the world.
There’s not a lot of text or information (I’d have liked to see more credits and detail of antiques, art, furniture and decorative objects).
Sills' book—for the observant—is a course in how to design. He begins with balanced and distinctive interior architecture, builds on subtle color palettes, and with the background in place, Sills choreographs furniture groups, tables, beds, and the necessities of daily life. How fortunate are his clients (and clearly they so adore him that the keep him close, and keep him working on one apartment and house after another). Cheers to Stephen Sills. He is the best of the best. I’m looking forward to meeting him at the San Francisco Fall Antiques Show this week. Highly inspiring.
5. LOUIS BENECH: TWELVE FRENCH GARDENS Preface by Erik Orsenna, of the Academy Française, Text by Eric Jansen, Photographs by Eric Sander (Publisher is Gourcuff Gradenigo).
This book presents French gardens designed by Louis Benech, from the Jardin du Soleil et des Nuages at the Château de Villandry to Square Nicolas Forestier in inner- city Paris, via an estate in the Sologne, a Normandy manor house, a Breton flower garden, an exotic oasis in central Paris, a project in the footsteps of Russell Page in Burgundy, and the gardens of the Château de Pange, officially recognized by the French Ministry of Culture as a ‘jardin remarquable’.
In their wide diversity, these elegant and elegiac gardens designed by Louis Benech reflect the many facets of a remarkable talent that has earned Louis Benech worldwide recognition.
6. THOMAS PHEASANT—SIMPLY SERENE by Thomas Pheasant, Foreword by Victoria Sant, Contribution by Jeff Turrentine. Principal Interior Photography by Durston Saylor (Rizzoli International).
Thomas Pheasant is a purist. He’s a classicist, and he is a perfectionist. His eye and heart and mind come together in this lovely volume, with rooms of grace, calm and quietude.
Pheasant, with offices in Washington DC and Paris, here offers his very compelling point of view that favors minimalism over crass color, and tamps down silhouettes and color to an elegant reductivist beauty.
Black and white photography is a revelation on these pages. This is a book that lingers in the eye. Most impressive.
7. TADAO ANDO: HOUSES by Philip Jodidio (Rizzoli New York).
In detail, Jodidio (author of countless books on international architecture) takes us around the world to view up-close Ando’s remarkable body of work.
There’s the Invisible House in Treviso, Italy, a house in Chicago, a penthouse in Manhattan, a house in Malibu, a never-built Golden Gate Bridge House for a San Francisco site (I beg one of the new tech zillionaires to build it), and a house in Sri Lanka, and a remarkable house in Monterrey, Mexico, in a dramatic mountain-view site.
Most of the houses are in Japan, and they include teahouses, a glass block house, an atelier in Osaka, a coastal house along the fragile Japanese foreshore, and concrete houses squeezed into small city lots.
This Ando book is a must for all architects, and for designers who want to expand their knowledge, their mind and their higher aspirations.
8. THE INSPIRED HOME: INTERIORS OF DEEP BEAUTY By Karen Lehrman Bloch with a Foreword by Donna Karan (Harper Design).
New York writer/ editor/author has a certain and constant focus—and with this new book she presents her ideas of authentic, uplifting, elegant, and enduring beauty.
She uses the elements of nature as guideposts, and lists a series of pointers to inspire the reader.
Interiors—all of them with a clear spiritual component-- include those of fashion designers such as Donna Karan, Alberta Ferretti, Luisa Beccaria, and Consuelo Castiglioni, the founder of Marni; top stylists and artists including Lori Goldstein and Michele Oka Doner; and renowned interior designers like Darryl Carter, Vicente Wolf, and Juan Montoya.
Feel visually. We must say, “This piece touches me, moves me, inspires me.” We should re-learn how to feel visually,” says Bloch.
Reject perfectionism. “Nature is not perfect: things don’t line up precisely; things are nubby, not smooth. As a result, the imperfections of an object, fabric, or person are often what make them real to our brains,” said Bloch.
Edit, edit, edit. “Minimalism doesn’t have to feel austere, sterile, or soulless. It’s easy and affordable to create a sensual simplicity, one that calms us by embracing the simplicity of the natural world,” said Bloch.
Create good flow. “The essential rhythms of nature are steady, yet unpredictable. One of the most common mistakes in trying to create a tranquil space is to think that everything has to be similar or “neutral.” But nature is neither neutral nor bland,” said Bloch in this book.
Cultivate true elegance. “ Elegance feels simultaneously fresh and grounded, innovative and grand. Because nature is profoundly elegant, elegance can have an immediate effect on our psyches. We can’t help ourselves: elegance breeds elegance,” Bloch said.
9. SUZANNE TUCKER INTERIORS: THE ROMANCE OF DESIGN Written with Judith Nasatir (Monacelli Press).
On these beautifully illustrated and detailed pages you will find the most beautiful dressing rooms in the world (one for a gentleman, one for a lady) in a superb apartment near Lafayette Park in San Francisco. These ultra-private retreats are for a couple, notable philanthropists, and they are the essence of custom design that Suzanne Tucker is known for.
In her second book, Suzanne Tucker details a series of residences in California, including a Normandy-style house in Marin County, an Italianate villa in the Montecito Hills, and many residences in prime positions on the San Francisco hilltops.
Anyone who loves textiles will want to pay close attention to her selections and her point of view. Admirable.
10. IN WITH THE OLD: CLASSIC DÉCOR FROM A TO Z By Jennifer Boles, with a Foreword by Alexa Hampton. With photography by Erica George Dines and Illustrations by Laura Boles Faw. (Potter Style).
Jennifer Boles, the founder of the wonderful blog, The Peak of Chic, is a longtime friend of mine. We’ve been ‘blog-mates’ for ages, and she often visits San Francisco to see her lovely and talented sister, Laura. We are also fellow Contributing Editors to House Beautiful.
I step back to look at Jennifer’s book objectively—and I find it wonderfully original.
Jennifer takes the reader through 100 entries, including classic dog paintings, butler’s trays, ballroom chairs, bookplates (she’s addicted), and follies, painted floors and ceilings, and the Dorothy Draper look, sunburst motifs, rush matting, tablescapes, treillage and valances. Along the way she offers helpful information, history, anecdotes on famous designers, and zebra prints.
There are mottos to learn from, motifs to copy, and ideas on every page.
I admire also the way Jennifer has added an extremely insider-y and helpful list of resources, including rare book sources, home fragrance, lighting, fabrics, antiques and auction houses. An essential and highly diverting reference.
11. HIMALAYAN STYLE: Shelters and Sanctuaries By Thomas Kelly & Claire Burkett (Roli Books).
Travel to remote regions is a great and essential inspiration for designers. This book takes readers on a journey through the elements of Himalayan style, including examples of authentic and historic architecture, sacred spaces and interiors of Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, and India. The foreword by acclaimed Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman calls attention to the spiritual foundation of Himalayan aesthetics.
Photographer Thomas L. Kelly and author Claire Burkert present chapters on contemporary style, which also covers museums, gardens, private homes and fine crafts..
Claire Burkert has worked with artisans in southern Nepal, Vietnam, and Tibet to both preserve and promote indigenous crafts. She is a regional representative for Aid to Artisans, a US-based not-for-profit organization. She is based in Kathmandu with her husband Thomas Schrom, a restorer of Himalayan buildings.
I’ve traveled extensively in this region—and this thoughtful book makes me want to go back. Richly inspiring.
I hope you will acquire these books from your local independent bookseller.
I trust you will want to support and encourage your nearest bookstores—and continue to stop in, chat to the bookseller, and make recommendations, requests and comments to enhance the bookstore.
All images used with specific and express permission of the publishers of each book.
Dear Dianne, thank you for all of these fine recommendations. I am reading several and plan to add more to my list!
What an honor to be featured on your blog. I admire everything that you do, so your kind words mean the world to me!
Beautiful 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!
I have 10 more books selected for next week.
I hope you are working on a new book at this very moment.
You offer information that is impossible to find elsewhere...passementerie, butler's trays, chinoiserie...there is so much to learn and you make the trip so enjoyable.
Lovely to hear from such an avid book collector.
I must say...don't let a few stacks of books on the floor deter you from getting more...I don't.
Keep collecting, and keep buying from your hard-working and devoted bookseller.
I'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.
I too met once upon a time a certain someone who was 'restoring' 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 'restoring' 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 'dirty' 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.
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!
Wales loved the same color..which I painted our bedroom at the beach over 8 years ago in.
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.
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.
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.
I am thrilled for Jennifer and Suzanne with their new books, and I look forward to all the books on your list.
Thank you, Diane -your recommendations are a must for any design library. I am looking forward to part II. !!!
Oh Diane! Now I need to add more books to my library, specially Vervoordt, Boles, Sills, Halard.
Are you also working on a new book? If so I can't wait to see it.
Thanks for these suggestions and waiting for more.
You have the most exquisite taste in everything!
This is surely proof that books are not going "out"!
And no one will be reading these on a "kindle "!!
Exquisite books; all of them!
Yours are my favorite of all!!!
I love your enthusiasm and comments...adore your insight and your plans to rush out and buy everything.
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't be concerned.
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.
Axel Vervoodt's is a book you can keep forever...Halard, too...for all kinds of reasons, as Philip said.
I am working on a new book now--and you'll see it in fall 2014. It's top secret.
Be sure to stay in touch as I love to hear from you.
Great 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.

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i’ve reviewed and read and pondered and studied all of the newest design and style books from dozens of publishers.
this week, you’ll learn more about the sensationally inspiring new axel vervoordt book; a lavish and superbly edited book by timothy corrigan on the restoration of his french chateau; and you’ll see why you must collect the staggeringly chic new book by stephen sills, and a totally original and new book by françois halard.
i discovered the marvelously understated (and powerful) book about william hodgins (by stephen salny). hodgins, of course, is the great boston designer. it’s a secret delight. i'll tell you more about that next week. it's most luscious and detailed.
and california is represented strongly by suzanne tucker’s second book. jennifer boles alphabetizes design.
and there are the philosophical houses of tadao ando. and more.
come with me to see what’s important now in the design world, and whose words and photography you’ll want to keep close.
you’ll want all of these new books for your design library.
each year at this time i study and read and ponder and evaluate all of the new style and design books for fall.
with highly collectible books by timothy corrigan, thomas pheasant, françois halard, the archive of alexander liberman (next week), and a fantastically inspiring new volume by the electric axel vervoordt and his son, boris, with michael james gardner.
this fall is a feast, a season of pure delight for book lovers.
the new books i’ve selected are crunchy! readers can chew on each page—and devour word-by-word, every concept, hundreds of images.
1. axel vervoordt: living with light under the direction of boris vervoordt. foreword by axel vervoordt. text by micharl gardner. photography by laziz hamami (flammarion).
this inspiring and highly expressive volume is a series of interiors around the world—that present very clearly the concept of light and their effect on interiors.
but in particular, it is an extraordinary tour de force of interiors in london, tangier, antwerp, and the remote coast of western france.
living with light explores axel vervoordt’s philosophy of living in harmony with natural elements--light, as well as water, metal, wood--and blending the power and influence of nature with the inspiration of art. the art of harmonious living is presented in this new book through fifteen bespoke interiors throughout the world, recently designed by the design team of the axel vervoordt company.
vervoordt’s vision is a search for absolute harmony, beauty and serenity. in a range of dramatically different houses—a paneled london townhouse, a light-filled villa overlooking the mediterranean, several yachts, and boris’s apartment, the firm creates spaces and interiors which not only reflect these values and shine with purity, authenticity and genuine soul. they capture, reflect and reinforce the personality and individuality of their owners and inhabitants. the company’s biggest aim is to ensure that people feel happy in their homes.
the vervoordt book writer: michael gardner is an american writer and essayist. he collaborated with may vervoordt on the cookbook, at home with may and axel vervoordt (flammarion, 2012) that i admired so much and recommended last year.
for its depth of design, and higher ideals, this book is the first to collect.
this year, his voice and ideas (and those of boris and axel and their whole team) come through clearly. axel vervoordt: living with light (flammarion, 2013). originally from des moines, iowa, gardner currently lives and works in antwerp, belgium.
there is a lot to learn from this book—furniture placement, color, art, simplicity, and modesty, collecting for example—and the text and images offer in-depth information and ideas.
2. an invitation to chateau du grand-luce by timothy corrigan, with photography by eric piasecki (rizzoli new york).
i’ve known los angeles interior designer timothy corrigan for ages, and have always admired his style, his generosity, his careful tending of elegance and comfort in interiors from satan barbara to qatar, and from paris to beverly hills.
ten years ago, tim acquired the chateau du grand-luce in the french countryside, west of paris. it was a gently crumbling wreck. historic, a jewel of the loire valley, a mere shadow of 18th-century magnificence.
after more than five years of meticulous restoration, he got to work on his great vision for the interiors—and the gardens.
the brilliance of this book is that it is gorgeous—and timothy invites the reader to come and stay at the chateau, to dine beneath the trees in summer, to picnic and collect mushrooms in his forest, and to gather around a large table for a winter feast. the reader is there. he takes us by the hand—to markets, to sip, to greet his friends, to be in his world.
with the highly talented photographer eric piasecki, timothy has documented each corner of the chateau, every sunbeam that falls through the tall windows and captured the changing seasons, the light of evening, the weekend walk through the gardens, a dinner in the orangerie, and drinks in the library. i know timothy—and was captivated and mesmerized by the intense detail of this encounter with beauty.
francophiles will swoon. i did. i’m still dizzy. it’s a magnificent achievement.
3. françois halard by françois halard, with a preface by pierre bergé (rizzoli new york).
françois halard has been shooting people and interiors for four decades, sometimes working with editorial direction for a magazine like vogue, but equally photographing and capturing his own private projects, hanging out with yves and pierre and cy and the duchess of devonshire. he’s shot la maison de verre in paris, and la malcontenta, and the studio of richard avedon and roger vivier.
the halard book—the design fetish book of the season, truly—distills his pick of the best images, sometimes-just one or two, of these personal shoots. there’s the cy twombly rome palazzo, villa noailles, axel vervoordt’s, and his own hideaway in arles. some of the houses he captured—casa malaparte, villa kerylos, and albert frey’s palm springs house—are ones that linger in the memory. the images of his arles house—fuzzy, blurred, off-kilter, abstract—look as if he shot them in a kind of fever state, swept up in a reverie if beauty, time passing, a passion for classicism.
it’s all very unexpected, far from ‘canned’ and expected design, and he takes readers on an excursion, examining the ideas of creativity, poetry and mystery in rooms.
and there is a surprise for john dickinson fans. there’s a startling spread of black and white images taken in san francisco in the seventies, of a selection of john dickinson furniture—and details and close-ups of his famous black jaguar showing the steel nameplate on the driver side. clever halard!
4. stephen sills: decoration by stephen sills, with a (brief but meaningful) foreword by karl lagerfeld (rizzoli).
i’ve always been impressed by the intelligence, refinement and originality of stephen sills interiors. each piece of furniture, every framed artwork, and all surfaces are considered, accepted, placed, and presented and composed with a precision and a sharp vision that are rare in the world of design. he understands antiques and paintings—and the effect and emotion they bring to rooms. he never overdoes it. among his clients: vera wang, anna wintour, tina turner, the newhouse family, and notable art collectors around the world.
there’s not a lot of text or information (i’d have liked to see more credits and detail of antiques, art, furniture and decorative objects).
sills' book—for the observant—is a course in how to design. he begins with balanced and distinctive interior architecture, builds on subtle color palettes, and with the background in place, sills choreographs furniture groups, tables, beds, and the necessities of daily life. how fortunate are his clients (and clearly they so adore him that the keep him close, and keep him working on one apartment and house after another). cheers to stephen sills. he is the best of the best. i’m looking forward to meeting him at the san francisco fall antiques show this week. highly inspiring.
5. louis benech: twelve french gardens preface by erik orsenna, of the academy française, text by eric jansen, photographs by eric sander (publisher is gourcuff gradenigo).
this book presents french gardens designed by louis benech, from the jardin du soleil et des nuages at the château de villandry to square nicolas forestier in inner- city paris, via an estate in the sologne, a normandy manor house, a breton flower garden, an exotic oasis in central paris, a project in the footsteps of russell page in burgundy, and the gardens of the château de pange, officially recognized by the french ministry of culture as a ‘jardin remarquable’.
in their wide diversity, these elegant and elegiac gardens designed by louis benech reflect the many facets of a remarkable talent that has earned louis benech worldwide recognition.
6. thomas pheasant—simply serene by thomas pheasant, foreword by victoria sant, contribution by jeff turrentine. principal interior photography by durston saylor (rizzoli international).
thomas pheasant is a purist. he’s a classicist, and he is a perfectionist. his eye and heart and mind come together in this lovely volume, with rooms of grace, calm and quietude.
pheasant, with offices in washington dc and paris, here offers his very compelling point of view that favors minimalism over crass color, and tamps down silhouettes and color to an elegant reductivist beauty.
black and white photography is a revelation on these pages. this is a book that lingers in the eye. most impressive.
7. tadao ando: houses by philip jodidio (rizzoli new york).
in detail, jodidio (author of countless books on international architecture) takes us around the world to view up-close ando’s remarkable body of work.
there’s the invisible house in treviso, italy, a house in chicago, a penthouse in manhattan, a house in malibu, a never-built golden gate bridge house for a san francisco site (i beg one of the new tech zillionaires to build it), and a house in sri lanka, and a remarkable house in monterrey, mexico, in a dramatic mountain-view site.
most of the houses are in japan, and they include teahouses, a glass block house, an atelier in osaka, a coastal house along the fragile japanese foreshore, and concrete houses squeezed into small city lots.
this ando book is a must for all architects, and for designers who want to expand their knowledge, their mind and their higher aspirations.
8. the inspired home: interiors of deep beauty by karen lehrman bloch with a foreword by donna karan (harper design).
new york writer/ editor/author has a certain and constant focus—and with this new book she presents her ideas of authentic, uplifting, elegant, and enduring beauty.
she uses the elements of nature as guideposts, and lists a series of pointers to inspire the reader.
interiors—all of them with a clear spiritual component-- include those of fashion designers such as donna karan, alberta ferretti, luisa beccaria, and consuelo castiglioni, the founder of marni; top stylists and artists including lori goldstein and michele oka doner; and renowned interior designers like darryl carter, vicente wolf, and juan montoya.
feel visually. we must say, “this piece touches me, moves me, inspires me.” we should re-learn how to feel visually,” says bloch.
reject perfectionism. “nature is not perfect: things don’t line up precisely; things are nubby, not smooth. as a result, the imperfections of an object, fabric, or person are often what make them real to our brains,” said bloch.
edit, edit, edit. “minimalism doesn’t have to feel austere, sterile, or soulless. it’s easy and affordable to create a sensual simplicity, one that calms us by embracing the simplicity of the natural world,” said bloch.
create good flow. “the essential rhythms of nature are steady, yet unpredictable. one of the most common mistakes in trying to create a tranquil space is to think that everything has to be similar or “neutral.” but nature is neither neutral nor bland,” said bloch in this book.
cultivate true elegance. “ elegance feels simultaneously fresh and grounded, innovative and grand. because nature is profoundly elegant, elegance can have an immediate effect on our psyches. we can’t help ourselves: elegance breeds elegance,” bloch said.
9. suzanne tucker interiors: the romance of design written with judith nasatir (monacelli press).
on these beautifully illustrated and detailed pages you will find the most beautiful dressing rooms in the world (one for a gentleman, one for a lady) in a superb apartment near lafayette park in san francisco. these ultra-private retreats are for a couple, notable philanthropists, and they are the essence of custom design that suzanne tucker is known for.
in her second book, suzanne tucker details a series of residences in california, including a normandy-style house in marin county, an italianate villa in the montecito hills, and many residences in prime positions on the san francisco hilltops.
anyone who loves textiles will want to pay close attention to her selections and her point of view. admirable.
10. in with the old: classic décor from a to z by jennifer boles, with a foreword by alexa hampton. with photography by erica george dines and illustrations by laura boles faw. (potter style).
jennifer boles, the founder of the wonderful blog, the peak of chic, is a longtime friend of mine. we’ve been ‘blog-mates’ for ages, and she often visits san francisco to see her lovely and talented sister, laura. we are also fellow contributing editors to house beautiful.
i step back to look at jennifer’s book objectively—and i find it wonderfully original.
jennifer takes the reader through 100 entries, including classic dog paintings, butler’s trays, ballroom chairs, bookplates (she’s addicted), and follies, painted floors and ceilings, and the dorothy draper look, sunburst motifs, rush matting, tablescapes, treillage and valances. along the way she offers helpful information, history, anecdotes on famous designers, and zebra prints.
there are mottos to learn from, motifs to copy, and ideas on every page.
i admire also the way jennifer has added an extremely insider-y and helpful list of resources, including rare book sources, home fragrance, lighting, fabrics, antiques and auction houses. an essential and highly diverting reference.
11. himalayan style: shelters and sanctuaries by thomas kelly & claire burkett (roli books).
travel to remote regions is a great and essential inspiration for designers. this book takes readers on a journey through the elements of himalayan style, including examples of authentic and historic architecture, sacred spaces and interiors of tibet, bhutan, nepal, and india. the foreword by acclaimed buddhist scholar robert thurman calls attention to the spiritual foundation of himalayan aesthetics.
photographer thomas l. kelly and author claire burkert present chapters on contemporary style, which also covers museums, gardens, private homes and fine crafts..
claire burkert has worked with artisans in southern nepal, vietnam, and tibet to both preserve and promote indigenous crafts. she is a regional representative for aid to artisans, a us-based not-for-profit organization. she is based in kathmandu with her husband thomas schrom, a restorer of himalayan buildings.
i’ve traveled extensively in this region—and this thoughtful book makes me want to go back. richly inspiring.
i hope you will acquire these books from your local independent bookseller.
i trust you will want to support and encourage your nearest bookstores—and continue to stop in, chat to the bookseller, and make recommendations, requests and comments to enhance the bookstore.
all images used with specific and express permission of the publishers of each book.
dear dianne, thank you for all of these fine recommendations. i am reading several and plan to add more to my list!
what an honor to be featured on your blog. i admire everything that you do, so your kind words mean the world to me!
beautiful 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!
i have 10 more books selected for next week.
i hope you are working on a new book at this very moment.
you offer information that is impossible to find elsewhere...passementerie, butler's trays, chinoiserie...there is so much to learn and you make the trip so enjoyable.
lovely to hear from such an avid book collector.
i must say...don't let a few stacks of books on the floor deter you from getting more...i don't.
keep collecting, and keep buying from your hard-working and devoted bookseller.
i'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.
i too met once upon a time a certain someone who was 'restoring' 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 'restoring' 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 'dirty' 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.
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!
wales loved the same color..which i painted our bedroom at the beach over 8 years ago in.
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.
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.
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.
i am thrilled for jennifer and suzanne with their new books, and i look forward to all the books on your list.
thank you, diane -your recommendations are a must for any design library. i am looking forward to part ii. !!!
oh diane! now i need to add more books to my library, specially vervoordt, boles, sills, halard.
are you also working on a new book? if so i can't wait to see it.
thanks for these suggestions and waiting for more.
you have the most exquisite taste in everything!
this is surely proof that books are not going "out"!
and no one will be reading these on a "kindle "!!
exquisite books; all of them!
yours are my favorite of all!!!
i love your enthusiasm and comments...adore your insight and your plans to rush out and buy everything.
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't be concerned.
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.
axel vervoodt's is a book you can keep forever...halard, too...for all kinds of reasons, as philip said.
i am working on a new book now--and you'll see it in fall 2014. it's top secret.
be sure to stay in touch as i love to hear from you.
great 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.


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and this is fo you,too !
shreyashi rated you 10 stars!
well i hate eating bananas yuckkkkk!
dora and boots are ready to perform, but the show cant go on without your help! pick the moves and watch the dancing duo leap into action!
plllzzzz join my group...we will have lots of fun....!!!!


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Probably most of the time you would like to skip ri and RDoc installation while installing some new gems, specially on production server.
I do like to skip ri and RDoc documentation while installing gems on my development machine, because it takes more time to generate ri and RDoc then actual installation of gem.
Now every time you install a gem, it will skip installation of ri and RDoc for the gem.
Nice trick, is there any reference for all the setting we can set here ?
Why would somebody wanna do this?
Dont you like “gem server” as your local doc server?
@Abhishek: It depends person to person, I don’t use “gem server”. Infact, I just used it once or twice. So why should I wait for ri and rdoc installation, even I don’t use them.
You’d want to do this on a production server for example a cloud based system as you’re starting from scratch you want gem install to be as quick as possible. This is a great solution in combination with config.gem and rake gems:install. Thanks!

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probably most of the time you would like to skip ri and rdoc installation while installing some new gems, specially on production server.
i do like to skip ri and rdoc documentation while installing gems on my development machine, because it takes more time to generate ri and rdoc then actual installation of gem.
now every time you install a gem, it will skip installation of ri and rdoc for the gem.
nice trick, is there any reference for all the setting we can set here ?
why would somebody wanna do this?
dont you like “gem server” as your local doc server?
@abhishek: it depends person to person, i don’t use “gem server”. infact, i just used it once or twice. so why should i wait for ri and rdoc installation, even i don’t use them.
you’d want to do this on a production server for example a cloud based system as you’re starting from scratch you want gem install to be as quick as possible. this is a great solution in combination with config.gem and rake gems:install. thanks!


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The dive centres listed in the following pages have ACUC Instructors as part of their staff, however, these Instructors are not ACUC employees, and the dive centres are neither owned nor operated by ACUC. For any questions related to the Dive Centre operational procedures, please contact the Dive Centre itself.
If however, you wish to make any comments about an ACUC Instructor, you can send us an email to gcs@acucinternational.com.
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the information that appears in the following pages has been given to acuc by the centres, therefore, acuc is not responsible if the information shown is incorrect in any way.
the dive centres listed in the following pages have acuc instructors as part of their staff, however, these instructors are not acuc employees, and the dive centres are neither owned nor operated by acuc. for any questions related to the dive centre operational procedures, please contact the dive centre itself.
if however, you wish to make any comments about an acuc instructor, you can send us an email to gcs@acucinternational.com.
note: if you are an acuc instructor in “active” status and you own or work in a dive center, club or school that is not listed in the “schools and dive centres” section, please enter the private area to register it online or contact acuc at gcs@acucinternational.com.
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Katerina Gaita went from despair to hope and integral to that journey was the creation of the grassroots organization Climate for Change.
Fortunately, I was able to sit through last annual general meeting of Climate for Change and discovered that although that the realities of our changing climate were well understood, there was a pervasive sense of optimism among those supporting the group.
Katerina is the daughter of University of Melbourne moral philosopher, Professor Raimond Gaita, who joined his daughter to talk about "A climate of Change".

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katerina gaita went from despair to hope and integral to that journey was the creation of the grassroots organization climate for change.
fortunately, i was able to sit through last annual general meeting of climate for change and discovered that although that the realities of our changing climate were well understood, there was a pervasive sense of optimism among those supporting the group.
katerina is the daughter of university of melbourne moral philosopher, professor raimond gaita, who joined his daughter to talk about "a climate of change".


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Purchase at the holidays for great furniture offers. Both Veterans Day and Memorial Day are historically great occasions to purchase, as sellers provide substantial reductions. If those dates don’t give you the results you want, Christmas and Independence Day can even web you good offers. Just hold your eyes out and be prepared to jump when the item you need goes on sale. If an merchandise isn’t in inventory, contemplate shopping for the floor model. It is going to often be cheaper because you will get a discount for not getting a brand new and by no means been used item. Inspect it carefully for flaws or anything that mars it. Even a small unnoticeable scratch can internet you a larger low cost.
Go searching your own home and spot the furniture that surrounds you. Does it make you cringe or does it please you? Whether or not you want to buy one piece of furniture or to furnish a complete room, it requires some forethought and research. The next article will teach you how. Set a funds. Furnishing a home can get expensive, very quickly. Don’t let the credit card bill shock you on the end of the month. Allocate extra money in the direction of the key pieces equivalent to sofas and beds. If that you must pare down your spending, start with the smaller gadgets that don’t need to be as sturdy.
In the case of obtaining high-quality leather furniture, try going with high grain leather. This sort of leather comes from the very best portion of the cover, which makes it an ideal material for furniture. It’s the most costly leather-based that you can purchase, but with proper maintenance, your pieces will last for many years. Negotiate on the worth of the furniture that you like. Many individuals do not understand that furniture normally has a in-built markup, identical to automobiles on quite a bit. There’s an expectation that somewhat haggling might occur. Do your self a favor and supply 15% to twenty% under the ticket price and see what happens. You could be surprised at the cash you save.
That can let you recognize if it is eco-friendly or not.
Now that you have learn this text, you certainly feel higher concerning the furniture purchases that lie ahead of you. It is time to use the guidelines that you have been given so as to discover the furniture you need. You will be glad that you simply did, as you should have furnished at a discount. Goal to avoid wasting your furniture purchases on the shut of the month. Many stores will order new furniture in the beginning of every month. Subsequently, they’ll wish to dispose of their previous furniture. If there may be a variety of furniture remaining, you would get wonderful costs for these items.
In case you are a furniture shopping for novice, steer clear of purchasing gadgets which are clearly stylish or are carried out in a really particular style. By doing this, it makes it a lot more durable down the street if that individual type goes away so that you can purchase items that may match the decor. All the time think over what kind of style you want and pick one out that you can use with other items.
Perceive completely different wooden varieties when shopping for furniture so as to maximize your price range. Furniture made from strong wood will be the costliest and final the longest. Veneered wooden will likely be less expensive, but may have decrease high quality wooden below the veneer. Particle board and composites, that are created from wooden pulp and binders, would be the least costly but in addition the least durable.
Actually take a look at the legs of any furniture you might be contemplating buying. These legs need to not solely support weight, they’ll additionally keep up a correspondence with your flooring. If they look like they’ll do damage to your floor as a result of supplies used (like metal), then you may need to go for a distinct model. Furniture is a big part of any dwelling. Starting out with excellent info will lead to purchases made at a good worth and in a timely method. Read this text absolutely and learn all you’ll be able to from it.
Look at the joints. Heavy wood, stable furniture lasts lots longer, albeit at the next preliminary funding. How long you propose to be in a home can factor in too.

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purchase at the holidays for great furniture offers. both veterans day and memorial day are historically great occasions to purchase, as sellers provide substantial reductions. if those dates don’t give you the results you want, christmas and independence day can even web you good offers. just hold your eyes out and be prepared to jump when the item you need goes on sale. if an merchandise isn’t in inventory, contemplate shopping for the floor model. it is going to often be cheaper because you will get a discount for not getting a brand new and by no means been used item. inspect it carefully for flaws or anything that mars it. even a small unnoticeable scratch can internet you a larger low cost.
go searching your own home and spot the furniture that surrounds you. does it make you cringe or does it please you? whether or not you want to buy one piece of furniture or to furnish a complete room, it requires some forethought and research. the next article will teach you how. set a funds. furnishing a home can get expensive, very quickly. don’t let the credit card bill shock you on the end of the month. allocate extra money in the direction of the key pieces equivalent to sofas and beds. if that you must pare down your spending, start with the smaller gadgets that don’t need to be as sturdy.
in the case of obtaining high-quality leather furniture, try going with high grain leather. this sort of leather comes from the very best portion of the cover, which makes it an ideal material for furniture. it’s the most costly leather-based that you can purchase, but with proper maintenance, your pieces will last for many years. negotiate on the worth of the furniture that you like. many individuals do not understand that furniture normally has a in-built markup, identical to automobiles on quite a bit. there’s an expectation that somewhat haggling might occur. do your self a favor and supply 15% to twenty% under the ticket price and see what happens. you could be surprised at the cash you save.
that can let you recognize if it is eco-friendly or not.
now that you have learn this text, you certainly feel higher concerning the furniture purchases that lie ahead of you. it is time to use the guidelines that you have been given so as to discover the furniture you need. you will be glad that you simply did, as you should have furnished at a discount. goal to avoid wasting your furniture purchases on the shut of the month. many stores will order new furniture in the beginning of every month. subsequently, they’ll wish to dispose of their previous furniture. if there may be a variety of furniture remaining, you would get wonderful costs for these items.
in case you are a furniture shopping for novice, steer clear of purchasing gadgets which are clearly stylish or are carried out in a really particular style. by doing this, it makes it a lot more durable down the street if that individual type goes away so that you can purchase items that may match the decor. all the time think over what kind of style you want and pick one out that you can use with other items.
perceive completely different wooden varieties when shopping for furniture so as to maximize your price range. furniture made from strong wood will be the costliest and final the longest. veneered wooden will likely be less expensive, but may have decrease high quality wooden below the veneer. particle board and composites, that are created from wooden pulp and binders, would be the least costly but in addition the least durable.
actually take a look at the legs of any furniture you might be contemplating buying. these legs need to not solely support weight, they’ll additionally keep up a correspondence with your flooring. if they look like they’ll do damage to your floor as a result of supplies used (like metal), then you may need to go for a distinct model. furniture is a big part of any dwelling. starting out with excellent info will lead to purchases made at a good worth and in a timely method. read this text absolutely and learn all you’ll be able to from it.
look at the joints. heavy wood, stable furniture lasts lots longer, albeit at the next preliminary funding. how long you propose to be in a home can factor in too.


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text: This dissertation explores multiple stakeholders' perceptions with regard to administrative rules governing public participation in the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization (HRTPO) in Virginia. In 2007, the HRTPO received conditional certification during its quadrennial review with seven corrective actions related to public participation. Subsequently, it started to reform its public participation practices, and in 2012 it received full certification. This study explores how the HRTPO stakeholders perceive the administrative rules that govern public participation processes, more positively (as 'green tape') or more negatively (as 'red tape'), and how those perceptions have changed since 2007, relying on in-depth interviews as well as archival documents. Before 2007, top management officials had pessimistic perceptions of public participation in general and the rules in particular. The negative perceptions changed when new senior staff arrived in 2008 and initiated reforms, most notably by hiring a public involvement administrator. Acting as a transformative leader, this administrator began to adopt outreach programs, which stakeholders considered successful. By unpacking the notion of stakeholder red tape, guided by the attributes of stakeholder red tape and green tape, this study found that stakeholders perceived the rules more positively than they did in 2007.

lowercased: this dissertation explores multiple stakeholders' perceptions with regard to administrative rules governing public participation in the hampton roads transportation planning organization (hrtpo) in virginia. in 2007, the hrtpo received conditional certification during its quadrennial review with seven corrective actions related to public participation. subsequently, it started to reform its public participation practices, and in 2012 it received full certification. this study explores how the hrtpo stakeholders perceive the administrative rules that govern public participation processes, more positively (as 'green tape') or more negatively (as 'red tape'), and how those perceptions have changed since 2007, relying on in-depth interviews as well as archival documents. before 2007, top management officials had pessimistic perceptions of public participation in general and the rules in particular. the negative perceptions changed when new senior staff arrived in 2008 and initiated reforms, most notably by hiring a public involvement administrator. acting as a transformative leader, this administrator began to adopt outreach programs, which stakeholders considered successful. by unpacking the notion of stakeholder red tape, guided by the attributes of stakeholder red tape and green tape, this study found that stakeholders perceived the rules more positively than they did in 2007.


text: Are you a photographer or do you know a friend who is one? Whether you are a just looking for a new camera for yourself or as a gift, the Fuji camera is a great choice. This camera provides superior picture quality, even when using the zoom feature.

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You are here: Home / Blog / When Life Gives You Snow, Make Snowballs!
Growing up it was always so exciting when it snowed. I grew up on the West Coast, so snow days were definitely a treat. My brother, sister, and I would excitedly dress in our scarves, mittens, and hats and run out into the snow with gusto. We made sure to step in the same places so as not to smoosh down too much snow that we could have as much snow as possible to make igloos, snowmen, and have a snowball fight.
Now I live in Edmonton and I get snow all of the time, epic amounts of snow! Somehow it has lost its charm.
Today it warmed up to -20 and snowed on and off all day and I feel like complaining….complaining about more than just the snow. I feel like complaining about my muffin top, the fact that I have Hashimoto’s, and am hungry but can’t eat more food because I am on contest prep. Today I just want dark chocolate smothered in peanut butter, and A LOT of it.
Where did my love of the snow go?
I forgot that I am in charge of who I am. I can’t control circumstances or other people, no matter how much I want to; but I get to control who I am and how I am going to be. I get to choose to be fabulous and full of joyful anticipation and dedication or be a grumpy complainer.
Being a grumpy complainer gets you nowhere!
Who wants to be this woman? Not I!
I don’t want to view the world with disdain and frustration; that’s no way to live!
I only get one kick at the can, so I am going to make it a joyful kick!
I'm about to lob at snowball at you, watch out!
It’s time to find my love of snowballs once again.
I get to choose and so I choose to be the best Donloree possible, which means loving life and living to the full even when it’s 20 below zero! It may be cold outside, but its warm in my heart!
So how did Sean like his snowball?!

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you are here: home / blog / when life gives you snow, make snowballs!
growing up it was always so exciting when it snowed. i grew up on the west coast, so snow days were definitely a treat. my brother, sister, and i would excitedly dress in our scarves, mittens, and hats and run out into the snow with gusto. we made sure to step in the same places so as not to smoosh down too much snow that we could have as much snow as possible to make igloos, snowmen, and have a snowball fight.
now i live in edmonton and i get snow all of the time, epic amounts of snow! somehow it has lost its charm.
today it warmed up to -20 and snowed on and off all day and i feel like complaining….complaining about more than just the snow. i feel like complaining about my muffin top, the fact that i have hashimoto’s, and am hungry but can’t eat more food because i am on contest prep. today i just want dark chocolate smothered in peanut butter, and a lot of it.
where did my love of the snow go?
i forgot that i am in charge of who i am. i can’t control circumstances or other people, no matter how much i want to; but i get to control who i am and how i am going to be. i get to choose to be fabulous and full of joyful anticipation and dedication or be a grumpy complainer.
being a grumpy complainer gets you nowhere!
who wants to be this woman? not i!
i don’t want to view the world with disdain and frustration; that’s no way to live!
i only get one kick at the can, so i am going to make it a joyful kick!
i'm about to lob at snowball at you, watch out!
it’s time to find my love of snowballs once again.
i get to choose and so i choose to be the best donloree possible, which means loving life and living to the full even when it’s 20 below zero! it may be cold outside, but its warm in my heart!
so how did sean like his snowball?!


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the hour of Hildegard is the first installment of HDD's exploration of the work of Hildegard von Bingen. this introductory piece will focus on Hildegard's work "Physica," writings on health and her nine healing systems which include the medicinal use of plants, elements, trees, stones, fish, birds, animals, reptiles and metals. performed by five dancers with live singers and stories from the workers of the St. John's Food Pantry.
the work will take place at the beautiful St. John's Cathedral in the Adam's District of Downtown LA in the historic Parish Hall of the church on Saturday, March 23 at 5 pm.
This performance is made possible with support from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

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the hour of hildegard is the first installment of hdd's exploration of the work of hildegard von bingen. this introductory piece will focus on hildegard's work "physica," writings on health and her nine healing systems which include the medicinal use of plants, elements, trees, stones, fish, birds, animals, reptiles and metals. performed by five dancers with live singers and stories from the workers of the st. john's food pantry.
the work will take place at the beautiful st. john's cathedral in the adam's district of downtown la in the historic parish hall of the church on saturday, march 23 at 5 pm.
this performance is made possible with support from the city of los angeles department of cultural affairs.


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I love this post by Ivan Trevino. He raises questions many of us are asking at institutions of higher learning across the country. The arts entrepreneurship movement from the past few years has helped and many schools are working diligently behind the scenes to address the new needs of the 21st century artist, however, change is hard at the institutional level.
While I agree with Ivan whole-heartedly, the curriculum he desires in his post represents a shift in the entire higher-education system. That is, a shift from the traditional, lecture-based, skill and drill type curriculum to a curriculum rooted in experiential learning, critical thinking and real world skills building.
Find one local person in your chosen field, ask to shadow them, and take them out to coffee to see what their life is all about (don’t ask your professor, that’s too easy).
Read this! The article should give you ample inspiration to dive into teaching.
Set up a studio. You’ll learn more about teaching-and about your own life as an artist-faster than just about anything else. Need a way to build your studio? Approach five local middle schools and offer to start a group of students over the summer.
Set up a week-long, mini-camp for kids. Upon completion of the camp, offer weekly lessons (30 min) to each of the kids and their families. I grew my bassoon studio from 3-17 in one year using the above method.
Shadow your teacher. You can learn SO much from your studio teacher, especially when it’s not you shs diagnosing. Sit in, listen, and take a ton of notes.
Know your competition. In the arts, your competition is usually pretty easy to suss out. I’m not talking about competition on a personal level, I’m talking about how do you stack up against the competition nationally. Generally speaking, you gauge yourself against others in your studio based on placement, and the type of feedback you receive from your teachers. Regardless of your chosen place of study, you gauge yourself against others nationally by applying for competitions, summer festivals, and fellowships. If you’re going to be competitive in your chosen career path, not only must you be at the very top of your studio and school, but you’ve got to be getting into national competitions, festivals, and receiving fellowships for further study.
Work with your studio teacher to identify 2-3 summer festivals and competitions and apply.
Attend the international conference for your specific instrument. Not only are they a lot of fun, they’re also a way to meet other great performers and teachers.
Be real, have an open mind, and listen to the feedback you receive. Objective feedback from your studio teacher, summer festivals, competitions will give you a very real picture of how you stack up against competition. If you aren’t getting into the competitions, festivals, or even rising up to the top of the studio, it’s ok. Just keep the big picture in mind and make sure you’re focusing on the best next steps for you. Try the 50 cups of coffee method to give you clarity.
At Colburn, my colleague Laura Liepins and I use this values test to help our students identify what matters most to them. Take 30 minutes to figure out what matters most to you. You might be surprised.
After you complete the values test, answer the following three questions: What are you passionate about? (Your art form….and what else?) What can you do better than anyone else? (Your art….and what else?) Can you name a time when questions one and two smashed together? NOTE: The goal with this assignment is to explore ALL things you’re interested in pursuing. A true self-study may surprise you! This exercise comes from Jim Collins’ book “Good to Great.” Here’s a little blog post that may help.
Develop a list of things you could see yourself doing upon graduation and explore them deeply. No longer should you wait for someone to tell you which direction you should go.
Institutions of higher learning are working to create the “dream school” Ivan speaks about and most of us are on the same page when it comes to the development of creating experiences that mirror the life of a 21st century musician. This won’t happen over night. While we’re working on a solution, take control of your own career and let me know how your exploration goes!
Yeah Nate! I especially love your ideas on teaching; mini camps with students are a great way to learn things about your teaching skills, organizational skills, and people skills (including dealing with parents!) My band has done a few summer camps and the experience has been invaluable to my teaching / outreach career. Great read man!
Thanks Ivan! Feelings are mutual and I’m lovin’ the dialogue you’ve created over the past few days with your post. Keep up the good fight!
Next PostAre you on a path that leads to a successful career in music?

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i love this post by ivan trevino. he raises questions many of us are asking at institutions of higher learning across the country. the arts entrepreneurship movement from the past few years has helped and many schools are working diligently behind the scenes to address the new needs of the 21st century artist, however, change is hard at the institutional level.
while i agree with ivan whole-heartedly, the curriculum he desires in his post represents a shift in the entire higher-education system. that is, a shift from the traditional, lecture-based, skill and drill type curriculum to a curriculum rooted in experiential learning, critical thinking and real world skills building.
find one local person in your chosen field, ask to shadow them, and take them out to coffee to see what their life is all about (don’t ask your professor, that’s too easy).
read this! the article should give you ample inspiration to dive into teaching.
set up a studio. you’ll learn more about teaching-and about your own life as an artist-faster than just about anything else. need a way to build your studio? approach five local middle schools and offer to start a group of students over the summer.
set up a week-long, mini-camp for kids. upon completion of the camp, offer weekly lessons (30 min) to each of the kids and their families. i grew my bassoon studio from 3-17 in one year using the above method.
shadow your teacher. you can learn so much from your studio teacher, especially when it’s not you shs diagnosing. sit in, listen, and take a ton of notes.
know your competition. in the arts, your competition is usually pretty easy to suss out. i’m not talking about competition on a personal level, i’m talking about how do you stack up against the competition nationally. generally speaking, you gauge yourself against others in your studio based on placement, and the type of feedback you receive from your teachers. regardless of your chosen place of study, you gauge yourself against others nationally by applying for competitions, summer festivals, and fellowships. if you’re going to be competitive in your chosen career path, not only must you be at the very top of your studio and school, but you’ve got to be getting into national competitions, festivals, and receiving fellowships for further study.
work with your studio teacher to identify 2-3 summer festivals and competitions and apply.
attend the international conference for your specific instrument. not only are they a lot of fun, they’re also a way to meet other great performers and teachers.
be real, have an open mind, and listen to the feedback you receive. objective feedback from your studio teacher, summer festivals, competitions will give you a very real picture of how you stack up against competition. if you aren’t getting into the competitions, festivals, or even rising up to the top of the studio, it’s ok. just keep the big picture in mind and make sure you’re focusing on the best next steps for you. try the 50 cups of coffee method to give you clarity.
at colburn, my colleague laura liepins and i use this values test to help our students identify what matters most to them. take 30 minutes to figure out what matters most to you. you might be surprised.
after you complete the values test, answer the following three questions: what are you passionate about? (your art form….and what else?) what can you do better than anyone else? (your art….and what else?) can you name a time when questions one and two smashed together? note: the goal with this assignment is to explore all things you’re interested in pursuing. a true self-study may surprise you! this exercise comes from jim collins’ book “good to great.” here’s a little blog post that may help.
develop a list of things you could see yourself doing upon graduation and explore them deeply. no longer should you wait for someone to tell you which direction you should go.
institutions of higher learning are working to create the “dream school” ivan speaks about and most of us are on the same page when it comes to the development of creating experiences that mirror the life of a 21st century musician. this won’t happen over night. while we’re working on a solution, take control of your own career and let me know how your exploration goes!
yeah nate! i especially love your ideas on teaching; mini camps with students are a great way to learn things about your teaching skills, organizational skills, and people skills (including dealing with parents!) my band has done a few summer camps and the experience has been invaluable to my teaching / outreach career. great read man!
thanks ivan! feelings are mutual and i’m lovin’ the dialogue you’ve created over the past few days with your post. keep up the good fight!
next postare you on a path that leads to a successful career in music?


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lowercased: we investigated egfr and her-2 status in brain metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (nsclc) and compared them to egfr and her-2 status of primary nsclc. evaluated were 66 cases of brain metastatic nsclc, including 20 cases of corresponding primary nsclc. her-2 status was investigated by immunohistochemistry (ihc) and fluorescent in situ hybridization (fish), and egfr status was evaluated by ihc. her-2 overexpression and/or amplification was/were observed in three cases (4.5 %) of 66 cases of brain metastatic nsclc, and 23 cases (34.8%) demonstrated egfr overexpression. among 20 cases of primary and corresponding metastatic nsclc, one case showed her-2 overexpression and amplification in both primary and metastatic tumor. on the other hand, egfr overexpression was noted in four cases of primary nsclc and nine cases of metastatic nsclc. five cases showed egfr gain in metastatic nsclc. brain metastatic nsclc demonstrated different expression patterns of the abovementioned biomarkers, particularly egfr when compared to primary nsclc. therefore, her-2 and egfr status are suggested to be evaluated in brain metastatic nsclc for targeted monotherapy.


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Our favorite source for Masculine Monday inspiration, Mr. Porter, is sharing their favorite men’s fashion picks from Coachella. We posted our favorite men’s fashion from Coachella after the first weekend of the festival. Celebrities at Coachella stole the spotlight in our Men’s Fashion post, but we love these “street” fashion shots of real guys wearing real, cool trends at Coachella.
Check out the Mr. Porter Facebook album & editorial on the site!

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our favorite source for masculine monday inspiration, mr. porter, is sharing their favorite men’s fashion picks from coachella. we posted our favorite men’s fashion from coachella after the first weekend of the festival. celebrities at coachella stole the spotlight in our men’s fashion post, but we love these “street” fashion shots of real guys wearing real, cool trends at coachella.
check out the mr. porter facebook album & editorial on the site!