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Modern Artisan: A World of Craft Tradition and Innovation - Isabelle Dupuy Chavanat 

Modern Artisan: A World of Craft Tradition and Innovation – Isabelle Dupuy Chavanat 

Every culture is rooted in an artisanal tradition that combines locally sourced materials, time-honored savoir faire, and a desire to adorn and embellish objects from daily life. Here, thirty-eight women and men—from the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, India, Italy, France, Mali, Mexico, and beyond—open their workshops to share their heritage, skill, and unique vision.

The World of Atelier Vime: A Renaissance of Wicker and Style Benoît Rauzy (author), Anthony Watson (author), Marie Godfrain (author)

The World of Atelier Vime: A Renaissance of Wicker and Style – Benoît Rauzy, Anthony Watson, Marie Godfrain

Atelier Vime, established in Vallabrègues Provence in 1878 in a grand eighteenth-century house, draws on the long tradition of wickerwork in this village of basket-makers on the banks of the Rhône River.

This magnificent book invites the reader to explore the poetic settings of their homes across France in Provence, Brittany, Paris, and Normandy.

Inspired Living - Pretty Streets

INSPIRED LIVING

Many of us have been inspired by the recent beautiful images of the buildings in Paris, which may have prompted your own desire to visit, but it’s not just Paris that can fire our imagination.

Every country, including our own, has the most beautiful architecture and its own style of interior design; all it needs is a little focus, and taking the opportunity to observe the beauty that surrounds us.