Inspired Design

Inspired Design by Jennifer Boles is a comprehensive, revised survey of the past century's most influential interior designers. This book offers essential profiles, visual highlights, and design lessons drawn from the field's most notable practitioners.

"An exhaustive survey of every major decorator of the past century and an essential for every aficionado's library." — Veranda.

"This might be the most coveted list of all in the world of interior design. Here, at last, are the designers everyone who loves design needs to know—and who continue to inspire. The book is a fascinating timeline of the evolution of interior design and decoration." — Milieu.

Unlike most decorating books that focus on one designer, one period, or one trend, this highly acclaimed volume, now expanded and updated, provides the big picture. It includes all the names everybody must know from the entire 100-year history of interior design, including: The Big Six, A Century of Women, The Influencers, The Americans, The English Masters, The Globalists, The Grandees, and The New Voices.

Each designer is profiled and illustrated with three to four photographs of their best work. What we can learn from them—and how they changed decorating forever—is clearly highlighted to catch the eye.

Any list of interior designers is personal. Agree or disagree. Love it or challenge it. But Inspired Design is the starting point for everybody who loves interior design — and the one book every design library must have.