Pacific Island Style Book

Contemporary Pacific style is a vibrant blend that mixes cultures from the many islands of the South Pacific with colonial influences. This colorful new book explores both the traditional architecture and crafts of the region and contemporary design concepts. Covering Samoa, Niue, Tahiti, New Caledonia, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Fiji, and the Solomon Islands, Pacific Island Style looks at design and color inside private houses and out on the streets, the use of local materials and techniques, traditional houses, painting and stenciling techniques, colonial and modern houses, and other features such as the famous color-coded buses of Western Samoa. The traditional trademarks of Pacific Island style--attractive and natural materials, environment-enhancing design, indoor-outdoor living--are being found more and more all over the world. Not only a tribute to the arts and crafts of the Pacific Islands, this is also an inspiring book for anyone who wants to add some vivid Pacific style to their surroundings.