Every Room Tells a Story: Tales from the Pages of Nest Magazine [Hardcover]

Julie Alvarez (Author), Michael Cunningham (Author), Charles D'Ambrosio (Author), Reverend Peter Gomes (Author), David Plante (Author), Muriel Spark (Author), Carl Skoggard (Author), Joseph Holtzman (Editor), Matthew Stadler (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2, 2001

Description: Every Room Tells a Story offers the most interesting and provocative interiors published to date in the first 12 issues of the widely acclaimed interiors and design magazine, nest. Called, among other things, "Homes and Gardens for the decadent and deranged" (Wallpaper), the special chemistry of nest brings it all under one roof: not only David Mlinaric's interiors for the Rothschild home at Waddesdon Manor, Gabhan O'Keeffe's redecoration of Sao Schlumberger's Paris apartment, a recreation of Louis Comfort Tiffany's lost designs for the White House Blue Room, but also an Inuit igloo, the tents of Tibetan nomads, a U.S. Navy nuclear submarine, and women's prison cells. And because process is as interesting as result, Editor in Chief and Art Director Joseph Holtzman takes readers behind the scenes and shares the way his unique features are hatched and achieve adulthood. The book includes photography and text by more than 50 of the magazine's contributors, as well as examples of specially commissioned design projects: a flipbook by Matt Groening, a flocked wallpaper by Rosemarie Trockel, a chair by Tom Sachs, and a textile by Todd Oldham. Every Room Tells a Story will be a must for all fans of the magazine, and will also introduce its one-of-a-kind sensibility to the uninitiated.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Joseph Holtzman is the Editor in Chief, Art Director and Publisher of "nest". Born and raised in Baltimore and now making his home in New York City, Holtzman's daring vision and innovative design have won "nest" numerous awards and citations including theAmerican Society of Magazine Editors National Award for General Excellence and the Folio Awards for Magazine Design Excellence in the categories of Best Overall Design, Best New Magazine, and Best Feature Design.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. (September 2, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1891024280
• ISBN-13: 978-1891024283
• Product Dimensions: 12.4 x 10 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #515,150 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A disappointment, March 5, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Every Room Tells a Story: Tales from the Pages of Nest Magazine (Hardcover)

Poorly designed, nothing more than reprints of selected pages from each issue. If Nest is going to do a book, I want to see a "Nest"-y type book featuring the same wit and creativity that characterizes the magazine, not some self-congratulatory, half-baked reprint. Buy the back issues instead, don't waste your money.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Every Room Tells a Story: Tales from ... Nest Magazine, June 14, 2002

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Michael Webb (London, England > Los Angeles, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Every Room Tells a Story: Tales from the Pages of Nest Magazine (Hardcover)

Holtzman is the John Waters of interior design: ironic, iconoclastic, an impresario of the outrageous. His publication is die-cut and drilled (I thought Grant Mudford was going to punch him out for piercing his images when the two met at an LA reception for nest) but never dull. This editor has progressed far beyond conventional notions of good taste, juxtaposing stately homes and prison cells, trailers and Carlo MollinoÕs Turin apartment in a surreal collision of styles. As a minimalist I put down this book with a shudderÑthe riotous excess brought on an attack of claustrophobiaÑbut others may love it. (Michael Webb is the book reviewer for LA Architect magazine.)

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nest helped me to appreciate both jails and castles, July 2, 2004

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www.delalonde.com "www.chateauresidence.com" (Chateau-Bois-Briand, Nantes,Loire-Valley,France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Every Room Tells a Story: Tales from the Pages of Nest Magazine (Hardcover)

Having been lucky enough to spend one week in a "deep-South" county jail for hitch hiking on expressways (back in the 70's) ... then released with no charge! I loved the Nest article on the cells. I bought Nest for our guests in Chateau-Bois-Briand because of its sophistication and originality. Most of our guests are "road-warriors" and "trouble-shooters" who enjoy reading this kind of books, sipping a Cognac next to the fire-place in a 600-years old castle.
Viewpoints and pictures are so unusual that you never get bored. Nest is a reference. This is why I would advise to buy it, either as a magazine or as a book like this one. You will never throw it away.