FRANCOIS CATROUX

Description

This first volume on François Catroux is a comprehensive consideration of the work and life of an international master of interior design. François Catroux is an innovator and explorer in interior design, who has always been a master of contemporary style. From his earliest days as a design prodigy, creating space-age boutiques for a couture house and apartments that were inspired by Art Deco and modern design, in elegant interiors, with glamorous mirrors and elegant refinement in residences in Hong Kong, New York and London, Catroux is at home in the vast world of design. Its spaces may surprise with the introduction of irregular elements (a moose antler chandelier or a pink fluorescent light in a hallway), but Catroux’s characteristic sensitivity combines the majesty and grandeur of the high ceilings, elegant moldings and gauze curtains with elements that suggest comfort and good taste. , restricted opulence. Accessories to go include sumptuous sofas, rich rugs, soft lighting, rooms full of books, and ship cabins in warm wood paneling with brass lamps, all measured by a modern eye. This book analyzes Catroux’s career chronologically, presenting his first projects from 1968 to the last, completed only this year, and includes the interiors of houses and apartments around the world, from Paris to New York, from Hong Kong to Los Angeles. Lavishly photographed, this volume is more than just a design monograph on one of the great, and hitherto relatively unpublished, careers in design history – it’s also a vivid and intimate read about a life lived in great style.