Designer reads

WORDS: Michelle Coburn

Wondering how design can transform your life and your business? Read on.

Handspring Puppet Company Edited by Jane Taylor (David Krut Publishing, R480 soft cover, R650 hard cover)

This 280-page full-colour book pays tribute to the achievements of this internationally award winning puppet company over the past 29 years.

It includes enlightening essays by founders Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler as well as William Kentridge, who has collaborated with the company extensively over the years.

Kentridge has also made two limited edition prints based on his work with the company. Available from David Krut Projects on 011 334 1209 (Bronwyn Law-Viljoen).

Design in Black and White By Janelle McCulloch (Images Publishing, R490)

Australia’s prestigious Images Publishing, approached only one South African interior designer to feature in this glamorous new book, a pure celebration of the world’s most understated shades in architecture, interiors, fashion and design.

John Jacob is featured along with icons such as Coco Chanel, Mies van der Rohe, Frederic Mechiche and Giorgio Armani.

John is as modest about this honour as he is about a French television programme aired last year that showcased some of his interiors – exposure that has prompted continued interest from Europe and the United States.

His interiors are best described as modern renderings of a classical style, with traditionally correct proportions and lines adding more substance and depth.

Visit johnjacobinteriors.com or order through Peter Hyde Associates on 021 447 5300.