Decorative Arts

In an extraordinary restoration project, Michael S. Smith, interior designer for the Obama White House, recently redecorated the Illinois Governors...

Revolutionary essays on design, aesthetics and materialism - from one of the great masters of modern architectureAdolf Loos, the great Viennese pio...

Wunderkammern are showing up everywhere these days. Design webshops, expos, interior design stores: they all try to bring back the memory of the ce...

A FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine high-quality production with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essenti...

Join ceramic artist Emily Reinhardt to learn how to decorate pottery surfaces with glazes, gold luster, patterns and marks, inlay designs, dimensio...

The inspiration behind William Morris's Earthly Paradise, the muse for J.M.W. Turner's superlative seascapes, a home to hardy fishermen and the top...

The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection celebrates some of the most beautiful objects ever made, many in precious materials, and often on a sma...

This unparalleled and wide-ranging book surveys the history of applied arts and industrial design from the eighteenth century to the present day, e...

What if Picasso had been a chair maker and Stravinsky a designer of tables? What would have been the impact of such intense creative talent on twen...

A talented artist and designer, Louis Comfort Tiffany is best known for his beautiful stained-glass designs. Inspired by the ideals of the Arts &am...

Artisan Art Diaries from Flame Tree come in a range of hues to suit the moment, with well-known art on the embossed cover and beautifully decorated...

Bauhaus artist Friedl Dicker-Brandeis The work of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis (18981944) occupies a key position in the broader history of the Austrian...