Customer Reviews

Bamboo Style: Exteriors, Interiors, Details (Icons) (German Edition)

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I was given this book as gift by Joerg Stamm a famous bamboo builder. It is one of the most popular books in our library in our sales and design office. Shot mostly in Bali area (I think) it is a great photo essay of design possibilities using bamboo materials. Since it is what we do for a living we are always looking for ideas to help us create new tropical sanctuaries for our customers. I recommend it highly for design ideas, and a fine coffee table book filled with delicious images sure to inspire.

For anyone interested in design who wants to see examples of what others have done, this is a great book - lots of excellent pictures. For someone who wants lots of explanation of what they are looking at, it is a disaster as there is virtually zero text (whole book has maybe 1 page, pictures have no titles or descriptions of any sort, no idea of location, anything. So for the artist, designer who has a need for visual stimulation (like going to an art gallery), it is great.

. . .photographed very well. This is a 'picture book' meant to stimulate the imagination in finding ways to use bamboo creatively. If you have one, and just enjoy great photography and a homage to the beauty of bamboo, this is the book for you!

STOP! Don't waste your money. This book is chock full of photos. Worthless photos. There are no creative ideas one would want to attempt to replicate. Nice photography, but of NO substance!

Purchased this book and ended up gifting it to a long time friend of my husbands. Should've kept it! Will look for another copy! As a former student of design and now hospitality manager, I found this book visually gratifying since I tend toward simple over elaborate style. All great designs start with a mood or feeling. Chinese Style, and African Style were two other choices I picked up that also offer great insight to the cultural moods of book title's place.

Love this photo journalistic study on bamboos. It was inspirational for my art work and my solo art exhibit, BAMBOOS.

The book is all pictures, but of mostly homes in southeast asia. Not the most inspiring, I was expecting more furniture and creative use of bamboo. and actually, most of the pictures come from the same few homes and properties. Overall, not very diverse.