Thursday, October 25, 2012

Good Stuff

One of the very promising new books to be released before the end of the year is "STUFF: The M (Group) Interactive Guide to Collecting, Decorating With, and Learning About, Wonderful and Unusual Things".  Written by Carey Maloney, an interior designer and partner with architect Hermes Mallea in the firm M (Group), the book is a monograph of the pair's work.  But the unique twist is the 40 topics relevant to the projects shown, with additional online resources available at just a point of the smart phone or tablet using the free Digimarc Discover app. 
The Devoted Classicist has not seen the book yet -- it won't be released by Pointed Leaf Press until December 16, 2012 -- but it promises to be an interesting melding of print and electronics and a boon to Enquiring Minds and lovers of the decorative arts.
More about the book may be seen at the STUFF website.  Devoted Readers may order it at a discount from the published price here.
All images are from the M (Group) website:  http://www.mgrouponline.com/
 
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4 comments:

  1. gésbiOctober 26, 2012 at 11:53 AM

    Your first illustration caught my eye. This looks interesting, though writers/collectors like Mario Praz and Maurice Rheims allude to the darker side of collecting - that it often goes hand in hand with some personal lack. A thought I chose not to dwell on; collecting stuff just might be a creative way to deal with our complexes!

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    1. John J. TackettOctober 26, 2012 at 12:13 PM

      I agree Gesbi, but at least there is something to show as a result for one's collecting, as opposed to gambling and substance abuse!

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  2. maryOctober 26, 2012 at 10:11 PM

    This sounds like a great book--different from the rest of the great design books just coming out. As an antiques dealer I have always said that I feed a different type of addiction.

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    1. John J. TackettOctober 26, 2012 at 11:24 PM

      Thanks, Mary. Yes, there are worse habits than antiquing, aren't there? (It's an early form of recyling after all).

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