The Jonathan Adler Book: My Prescription For Anti-Depressive Living - Hardcover

Adler

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060820535 ISBN 13: 9780060820534

Publisher: HarperCollins World, 2005

Synopsis

My Prescription for Anti-Depressive Living offers a window into the life and mind of an extraordinarily creative person who was once told by a pottery professor that he had no talent and should consider another career. Not only did Adler stick with pottery, he transformed it from a dreary, unappealing summer camp craft into a contemporary signifier of modern, handcrafted luxury and became America's first (and only) celebrity potter. Interior designer Bill Sofield has declared, "Jonathan Adler does for American pottery what Noel Coward did for cocktail parties -- he makes life witty, sophisticated, and simply delicious." And now, on a much larger canvas, Adler reveals how you can do the same.

My Prescription for Anti-Depressive Living explores Jonathan's own tongue-in-cheek design "manifesto," with each chapter devoted to a different "tenet," moving through the major incarnations of his interiors and products and ending with the story of his personal creative odyssey. The book is a visual feast, jam-packed with images of interiors and objects for the home, both those designed by Jonathan and those that have inspired him. At the heart of the book are ten of Adler's signature interiors, ranging from photographer Andrea Stern's landmark modernist beach house to the Parker Palm Springs, a desert resort that Adler gave a head-to-toe makeover. Overviews and details of the Parker are prominently featured throughout the book, as are images of the three homes (in Greenwich Village, Shelter Island, and Palm Beach) Jonathan and his partner, Simon Doonan, share with their dog, Liberace, and five other private residences.

Part portrait of the artist as a young decorator, part call to armchairs, Adler's much-anticipated literary debut is spirited, provocative, and, ultimately, inspiring.

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Review:

"In My Prescriptive for Anti-Depressive Living, Adler--best known for his curvy, whimsical pottery--invites us all to get happy."--Home

"A refreshing change from traditional home looks. Adler infuses the book with his signature sense of "happy chic" style."--Orlando Sentinel

"A joyous celebration of [Adler's] success and style."--San Francisco Chronicle

In My Prescriptive for Anti-Depressive Living, Adler best known for his curvy, whimsical pottery invites us all to get happy. --Home"

A joyous celebration of [Adler s] success and style. --San Francisco Chronicle"

A refreshing change from traditional home looks. Adler infuses the book with his signature sense of happy chic style. --Orlando Sentinel"

Synopsis:

"The Jonathan Adler Book" is a visual feast, jam-packed with images of interiors and objects for the home, both those designed by Jonathan and those that have inspired him. At the heart of the book are ten of Adler's signature interiors, ranging from photographer Andrea Stern's modernist landmark beach house (by legendary architect Bertram Goldberg) to the Parker Palm Springs, a desert resort whose head-to-toe renovation Adler is overseeing. Overviews and details of the Parker are prominently featured throughout the book, as are images of the three homes Jonathan and his partner, Simon Doonan, share with their dog, Liberace (in Greenwich Village, Shelter Island, and Palm Beach) and six other private residences. Part portrait of the artist as a young decorator, part call to armchairs, Adler's much-anticipated literary debut is spirited, provocative, and, ultimately, inspiring.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins World
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0060820535
• ISBN 13: 9780060820534
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 212