Every Room Tells a Story Book

"Every Room Tells a Story" offers the most interesting and provocative interiors published to date in the first 12 issues of the widely acclaimed shelter magazine, "nest". Called, among other things, "Homes and Gardens for the decadent and deranged" ("Wallpaper"), the special chemistry of Nest brings it all under one roof: not only David Mlinaric's interiors for the Rothschild home at Waddesdon Manor, Gabhan O'Keeffe's redecoration of Sao Schlumberger's Paris apartment, a recreation of Louis Comfort Tiffany's lost designs for the White House Blue Room, but also an Inuit igloo, the tents of Tibetan nomads, a U.S. Navy nuclear submarine, and women's prison cells. And because process is as interesting as result, "nest" Editor in Chief and Art Director Joseph Holtzman takes readers behind the scenes and shares the way his unique features are hatched and achieve adulthood. The book includes photography and text by more than 50 "nest" contributors, as well as examples of design projects commissioned by "nest": a flipbook by Matt Groening, a flocked wallpaper by Rosemarie Trockel, a chair by Tom Sachs, and a textile by Todd Oldham. "Every Room Tells a Story" will be a must for all fans of the magazine, and will also introduce its one-of-a-kind sensibility to the uninitiated. "Every issue of Nest invites you to think about the world we live in and not just the glut of commodities it has for sale" --Gary Indiana "Production values are lush, care is given to text; coyness and correctitude are nowhere to be found. It's got guts, an eye, and a pulse." --"Artforum" "Nest represents an aggressive deliberate throwback to content, modulated with a perfectly honed, contemporary pitch. The breadth of Nest's scanning is overwhelming."--Rem Koolhaas "Nest is one of those fine crucial labors of love which in a better world we'd find in the pouches on the back of airplane seats, and in every hotel room like the Gideon bible." --Jonathan Lethem "I subscribe to 92 magazines a month, and I always open Nest first."--John Waters Edited by Joseph Holtzman. Introduction by Matthew Stadler. Text by Carl Skoggard. Contributions by: Laurie Simmons, Nan Goldin, Todd Oldham, Rosemarie Trockel, Tom Sachs, David Mlinaric, Gabhan O'Keeffe, Diane Cook, Tina Barney, Nathaniel Goldberg, Richard Tuttle, Julian Schnabel, Matt Groening, Nayland Blake, Richard Barnes, Nicolas Reynard, Muriel Spark, Michael Cunningham, Julia Alvarez, Garouste & Bonetti, Carlo Mollino, Rei Kawakubo, Andree Putman, and others. 150 color and 50 b&w. 9.75 x 12 in.Read More