02471cam a2200397Ia 4500 488071 488071 9783899555172 OCoLC 20180401090012.0 131127s2014 gw ac 001 0 eng d GBB3B4372 bnb 016565293 Uk 9783899555172 (hbk.) (OCoLC)865492462 ocn865492462 UKMGB eng UKMGB OHX BDX ERASA JPG YDXCP AU Alfaisal Main Library NK2113 .C43 2014 The chamber of curiosity : apartment design and the new elegance / [edited by Sven Ehmann, Robert Klanten, and Sofia Borges]. ©2014. Berlin : Gestalten, ©2014. 256 pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 31 cm text txt rdacontent still image sti rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes index. The most fascinating apartments have always been those that reflect the essence of their interesting occupants. These apartments function as showcases for individual character, as chambers of curiosities reflecting unconventional life patterns. The apartment as dandy, as it were. Apartments like these contain a conglomeration of objects and features that underscore the personalities of their occupants. Modern classics meet personal acquisitions and unconventional items with their own backstory. In these out-of-the-ordinary rooms, uniformity is avoided and the historical consorts with the futuristic. Anything goes: muted colors are set against geometric patterns, antiques against ultra-modern lights, an industrial lamp hovers over an oriental carpet, dark wood paneling offsets a Carl Auböck design, and paisley is a backdrop to onyx. The list of contrasts goes on. Like the living spaces of modernist designers and architects, these collage-like interiors are not dull, utilitarian residential units but true chambers of curiosities. The acquisition of rare, weird, and often exotic articles has less to do with money spent and more to do with the fantasy and life path of its occupant and creator. Interior decoration. Room layout (Dwellings) Apartments. local 4 Print books. Klanten, Robert, editor. Borges, Sofia, editor. Ehmann, Sven, editor. lcc BOOKS 0 0 lcc 0 0 AU AU GEN 2018-04-01 0 NK2113 .C43 2014 AU00000000011700 2018-04-01 00:00:00 430.00 2018-04-01 BOOKS