Ilse Crawford is a designer and the Head of the Department of Man
and Well Being at the prestigious Design Academy Eindhoven in the
Netherlands.
Edwin Heathcote is the architecture and design correspondent for
the Financial Times in London.
"Ilse Crawford is beloved for her Nordic form-and-function
sensibility matched with an irreverent eye…Her firm, Studioilse,
strongly embraces primary colors, Danish modernism, and a folkloric
style that celebrates whimsy and simplicity at once. Her projects,
ranging from private homes to esteemed commercial spaces,
incorporate her respect for historical integrity and an urgency for
livability…” –Vogue
“Must-Have Coffee Table Book. Ilse Crawford, founder of the
London-based design firm Studioilse, defines her philosophy of
warm, "human-centric" interiors in a new book that displays her own
home as well as various commercial spaces that she and her team
have created. With an emphasis on comfort and practicality, she
demonstrates how to foster a more holistic life through
well-planned environments.” –Harpers Bazaar
“Fall’s must-have coffee-table tome stars British design icon Ilse
Crawford. The title of the book puts Crawford’s work in its proper
perspective. Unlike most designer editions, the images in this book
aren’t always large scale; many have the intimacy of vintage
snapshots or personal albums. Her fans, of course, will revel in
the requisite visual feast of her portfolio…Given to pronouncements
both profound and particular, Crawford is a breed apart: an
enigmatic talent and forward-thinking intellectual with humor and
heart.” –Lonny Magazine
“A Frame for Life showcases her firm’s powerful body of work.”
–Architectural Digest
“Renowned designer and style expert Ilse Crawford showcases her
body of influential, holistic work for the first time, articulating
her groundbreaking philosophies for design and living. This volume
illustrates why Crawford’s design philosophy is so seminal...”
–Editor at Large
“Ilse Crawford has produced a fascinating, personal and rather
contrarian book—that is rich in rewards, challenges, ideas, beliefs
and concepts, and her recent work…closer reading of the book offers
up ideas about how to create ‘design with the human being in the
center’. It’s uplifting and inspiring—and the book shows examples
of her international work, for offices, hotels, residences and
ateliers…the book has poetic, quirky, quiet, and compelling moments
and should be in the library of a design firms for its point of
view. A terrific reference, a cause for vivid discussion and
colloquium.” –The Style Saloniste
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