Classic style and impeccable attention to detail are hallmarks of the work of interior designer Matthew Patrick Smyth. His comfortable, timeless rooms are tailored to fit his clients’ personalities and lifestyles, whether they are dynamic young couples with children or cultured art collectors. Smyth masterfully blends contemporary pieces with antiques to endow each space with a sense of solidity and history while maintaining a completely fresh, modern sensibility.Smyth opened his own firm in New York in 1987 and now works with clients around the globe. His designs—characterized by refined, flawless interior architecture—are seen in grand Shelter Island mansions, classically proportioned San Francisco townhouses, and demure Parisian pied-à-terres alike.In this lavishly illustrated volume, Smyth reveals his own design tips, rules, and approaches to meeting challenges offered by uniquely shaped spaces. He focuses on editing collections to better showcase individual works, the personal nature of color selection, adding—or restoring—historical references, and finishing a space off with glorious, often unexpected fabrics and trims. Over two hundred color photographs showcase a wide variety of styles, from a nature-infused Aspen vacation home to the quintessential Upper East Side apartment to a London flat that smoothly blends its owner’s inherited collection of Renaissance art with fine Indian pieces.
古典风格和注重细节都是室内设计师马修帕特里克史密斯的工作特点。无论是活力充沛的小家庭或是艺术收藏家,他设计的舒适、永恒的房间都适合他的客户的个性和生活方式。史密斯巧妙地融合了空间和古董赋予的坚固性和历史感,,同时保持一个全新的,现代化的情感。史密斯于1987年在纽约开设自己的公司,现在与世界各地的客户合作。他的室内设计精致且完美,例如Shelter Island mansions;旧金山的市政厅;巴黎pied-à-terres等等。本书中,作者透露了他个人的设计技巧、规则和独特的形式迎接挑战的办法。他专注于编辑收集,以更好地展示个人作品,色彩的择选,及历史的参考,出人意料的面料实用和装饰设计空间。超过200多幅彩色图片展示多种多样的风格,从自然的阿斯彭的度假别墅,典型的阳光上东公寓,及伦敦的公寓混合了主人继承的文艺复兴时期的收藏艺术和印度风情。