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This first volume on Franois Catroux is a comprehensive consideration of the work and life of an international master of interior design. Franois Catroux is an innovator and explorer in interior design, who has always been a master of contemporary style. From his early days as a design prodigy, creating space-age boutiques for a house of couture and apartments that drew from Art Deco and modern design, to chic, mirror-studded interiors rich with glamour and elegant refinement in residences in Hong Kong, New York, and London, Catroux is at home in the vast world of design. His spaces may surprise with the introduction of irregular elements - a chandelier of elk horn or pink florescent lighting in a hallway - but Catroux's hallmark sensibility combines the majesty and grandeur of high ceilings, elegant moldings, and gossamer draperies with elements that suggest comfort and tasteful, restrained opulence.
About the Author
David grew up in New York surrounded by taste and people talking about it, which for a young person was both a good and a bad thing (his father owned the fabric house Cowtan & Tout) . From an early age he was interested in architecture, furniture, cars, and the history of each.Since dropping out of Harvard Architecture School and founding his studio in New York in 2000, he has specialized in residential decoration in no particular style. It might be said that David's work is known for trying to bring to modernism a touch of warmth and personality, and to traditionalism young energy and a dash of the exotic. For a project to be successful he believes in the importance of getting the architecture right, but that good decoration should also be a portrait of the person who lives there. His projects have been published in Vogue, Elle Decor, House Beautiful, House & Garden, and Veranda, as well as several books.In 2002 David launched NettoCollection, a pioneering line of modern children's furniture which channeled the style and beauty of pieces from the 1930's and 50's to lift the aesthetics of a whole industry.As a writer on the history of architecture and design, from 2010-2012 he worked for Deborah Needleman as contributing design editor to the Wall Street Journal. Since her move to The New York Times he has done so for T, the New York Times Style Magazine.David Netto Design LLC is now active in LA with projects on both the east and west coasts. David lives with his wife Elizabeth and two daughters in a small but dazzling Neutra house--which started as a portrait of its owners but is now more a portrait of their children--in Silver Lake, and welcomes your interest.
