September 2023 MBR The Interior Design Shelf

The Interior Design Shelf

Design Dreams
Maison de Sable, author
Charlotte Taylor, editor
Chronicle Chroma
c/o Chronicle Books
680 Second Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
www.chroniclebooks.com
9781797220161, $29.95, HC, 208pp

https://www.amazon.com/Design-Dreams-Interior-Architectural-Environments/dp/1797220160

Synopsis: "Design Dreams: Virtual Interior and Architectural Environments" is curated and edited by London-based designer Charlotte Taylor, whose Instagram account @maison_de_sable features many of her own designs and collaborations with render artists as well as those of her contemporaries. Featured designers and artists include the following listed per their influential Instagram accounts: @sixnfive, @paulmilinski, @teaaalexis, @joemortell, and many more.

3D architectural renderings were originally conceived as a communication tool between designers and clients to help them visualize a proposed buildable design. This genre continues to be extremely useful for this purpose but has now also become an art form in its own right that can convey dreamlike imaginary settings.

"Design Dreams: Virtual Interior and Architectural Environments" features many of the most prolific and skilled 3D artists that showcase a high-end, modern and futuristic aesthetic that blurs the line between reality and fantasy. In this virtual world, building and budget constraints do not impede the imagination of the creators.

Critique: A large format hardcover volume (8.19 x 0.94 x 10.08 inches, 2.45 pounds) "Design Dreams: Virtual Interior and Architectural Environments" is an inspirational and aspirational volume for architects and designers as well as fans of high design in interiors, furniture, landscape, travel, and lifestyle. A highly recommended pick for personal, professional, community, and academic library Interior Design collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists, and fully capturing the growing genre of architectural visualizations from an international roster of 3D render artists around the world who create evocative and coveted dream homes and fantasy destinations, this seminal and ground-breaking study will have a special value for readers with an interest in the decorative arts, interior design, and home decorating.

Editorial Note: Maison de Sable is the UK-based studio of artist Charlotte Taylor. Through Maison de Sable, Taylor focuses on interior styling and creative direction, working collaboratively with a selection of 3-D render artists around the world to design fictional spaces, interiors, and homes. (https://www.studiocharlottetaylor.com/maison-de-sable)

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