Love How You Live: Adventures in Interior Design by Rodman Primack
The first book from the AD100 interior designer renowned for joyful, vibrant, intensely personal homes imbued with art, pattern, and craftsmanship
A decidedly global outlook best described as a punk take on preppy brings passion and a playful spirit to AD100 designer Rodman Primacks projects. His work with his partner Rudy Weissenberg has garnered attention over two decades for breaking hierarchies by layering textures, patterns, art, and bold colors to create vibrant, joyful spaces.
The first book from the globetrotting designer,Love How You Livetakes readers to thirteen international projectsincluding Primack and Weissenbergs own homeseach reflecting the culture and conditions of their locations and the passions of their inhabitants while embodying Primacks radical philosophy. The book reveals that spontaneity, juxtaposition, collection, and emotion in any setting lead to satisfying spaces, and that objects we value need not be expensive, making high design relatable.
Callout features highlighting fourteen artists and artisans living across the United States and around the world encourage readers to look to their own local sources and craftspeoplefrom farmers markets to art fairsfor inspiration and accent pieces to give rooms depth, joy, and personality. A belief that beauty can always be found in site-specific authenticity enriches all the projects presented in this book, spanning locations from Mexico City, Guatemala, and London to New York, California, Kentucky, Hawaii, Cape Cod, and Miami.
Primack and Weissenbergs international interiors practice is driven by cultural amplification and cross-disciplinary conversations, and is focused on collaborative relationships with architects, artists, and craftspeople. The firm is included inArchitectural Digests AD100 list of the worlds top design talent, theWallpaperUS 300, and has had projects featured in theNew York Times T Magazine,W,World of Interiors,Vogue Mexico,Casa Vogue Brasil,Elle Decor Japan,Architectural Digest, andArchitectural Digest Spain, among other publications.