Monochrome

by Jackson, Paula Rice; Saladino, John F.

• ISBN13: 9781580932097
• ISBN10: 1580932096
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-10-28
• Publisher: The Monacelli Press

Summary

More than any other element of interior design, color sets the mood of a room. Once the palette is limited to a single color, the effect can be dramatic and powerful or sublime.Monochromefeatures projects by more than twenty internationally known interior designers who have created rooms based around one color. Included are a blue bedroom by Vicente Wolf, a silver dining room for Baccarat by Philippe Starck, an ivory loft apartment by Lee Mindel of Shelton Mindel, and a purple bedroom by Benjamin Noriega. Neutral shadesgrays, taupes, and beigesand crisp, contemporary whites are featured in projects by M Group, Anthony Todd, Noel Jeffrey, and Michael Gabellini. John Saladino, who is renowned for his cool, subtle tones, has written an introductory text. He touches on the different approaches to color over time and describes the effects created by using a single color in different textures and patterns of fabric and finishes.

Author Biography

Paula Rice Jackson is the former editor-in-chief of Interiors magazine and a consultant for special projects to Littlefield, a communications and corporate branding firm. She lives in New York.

John Saladino is founder and president of the Saladino Group, specializing in interior design, architecture, and furniture design. He is the author of the highly successful Style by Saladino. He lives in New York.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Severe Clear

Millennium Modern Geoffrey

Light Box

Tall Oaks Jose Solis

Raw Canvas Kelly Harmon Urban Aerie M Group Soft Stone

Something Old, Something New

A Sea Breeze Nancy Corzine Pacific Pastorale

A Choir of Color

A Subtle Hint Stonefox Platinum Print

Aire Clodagh Crystal Palace

Starck My White

The Color of Thunder

Ex Libris Orlando Diaz-Azcuy

Suchecka / NBBJ Monosaturate

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Excerpts

From: Introduction, "Seeing Color"
By John Saladino

Color often is not seen. We have to learn to experience it by understanding juxtaposition because every hue of every color is influenced or touched by another. No color can exist in isolation.

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The color of floors and the walls and all the fabrics in a room should be a respectful juxtaposition. If you walk into a color-orchestrated room, you will know. The floor, the walls, the ceiling and all the fabrics in that room are in harmony. Like music, there will be passages and arias so that the whole is a legato, ie, the sum of the parts. Most of us choose color viscerally. That is, we don’t choose a color because of a scientific theory, but rather, what pleases us. Color moves us emotionally just like music. When you walk into a room that’s layered with different shades of blue, or any color, you should have a rise in blood pressure. Sometimes colors that we rarely see in decorating will shock us. Imagine a room done in various shades of magenta—a color we usually see only when worn by a cardinal. Can color be appropriate? Why do we like magenta on a cardinal’s sash or in roses but not on a sofa?

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