Mexicolor: The Spirit of Mexican Design [Anglais] [Broché]

Radiant color is not merely joyously prevalent in Mexico, it is part of the national psyche. According to this energetic celebration of Mexican style, "the color that floods Mexico's streets and plazas, markets and homes (and the pages of this book) is language and metaphor--a form of communication, deeply bound to experience. Day and night, birth and death, rich and poor, feast and famine: color is always there. Earth, sky, and history conspire to make it so." The profusion of multihued walls, tiles, ceramics, textiles, and folk art that fill the home; the riotous juxtapositions of vivid foods, flowers, supplies, and accessories that comprise the spectacle of the marketplace; the vibrant details that define everything from facades to clothing to handpainted toys--the Mexican obsession with color is everywhere, as is strikingly documented in this lively book. --Amy Handy

This well-illustrated, visually inspiring book depicts color in Mexican vernacular design. The first half shows how bright, vivid colors and natural colors are juxtaposed in Mexico, e.g., a lush green coastal landscape sets off a bright pink bougainvillea or brown burros contrast with orange walls. The last section shows how Mexican architects and designers use these colors in exteriors and interiors and both contemporary and traditional design. Highly recommended for interior design collections.
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If you've been there, you know Mexico dazzles, Mexico is color. 'In Mexico, every color goes with every other color,' the authors say. It is this 'adventure of disorder that determines the vibrancy of almost everything one sees, from a striped serape to a Mexican kitchen.' The photos reflect the joy of living amid such sizzle. Brilliantly painted interiors and exteriors, patios and mountains, ceramic tiles and glass-even the colors of handmade dolls and the produce in the marketplace-are all lusciously reproduced. The book is a celebration of Mexican art and life-and a clue to livening up the landscape here at home.

Mexicolor captures the bold spirit of South-of-the-border design. Photographer Melba Levick, artist Masako Takahasi, and writer Tony Cohan dare you to splash brilliant fuchsia on conservative white walls and adorn a kitchen with handpainted pottery and turquoise tiles. From weavings to murals, doorways to patios, Mexicolor shows how the daring decorator can turn a plain home into a work of art.