Brilliant: White in Design

In this unique, full-colour volume, author Linda O'Keeffe focuses on one colour - white - and explores how it is used in interiors to signify different things, as well as looking at white objects, what they mean, and how they are used in the home. The introduction covers the recent history of white in interior design, and the eight chapters that follow are mini-essays on characteristic attributes of white: unity, neutrality, lucidity, and so forth. Each chapter features a dazzling portfolio of images (art, advertising, landscape, decorating); an in-depth study of a prominent interior designer (Vicente Wolf, Kelly Hoppen, Richard Meier, Albert Hadley); and a "glam shot": a magnificent full-page image of a textile or other detailWhite is everywhere, from sculptures and art installations to interior and furniture designs to fields of snow and mythical animals. In its countless tones—eggshell, ballerina, off-white, edelweiss, and so many more—white elicits a range of emotions, depending on the viewer, the design,