Yellow - 3 Book Bundle

A House Party in Tuscany by Amber Guinness - Published: Thames & Hudson Australia - 24-03-2022 - 288 pages.

Lifestyle - Food & Drink - Art meets food in this sublime celebration of thirty years of cooking and hosting at The Arniano Painting School in Tuscany

'A peculiar attribute of the landscape surrounding Arniano is the ever-changing light. Early in the morning, there is an extraordinary mist that sits in the valley and interweaves through the hills, allowing just the tops to show above the smoky clouds. These changes bring with them new moods and shadows, drawing our painters to different views and areas of the garden throughout the day. By the evening, everything has altered again, and there are often intense sunsets, bringing silhouettes from the trees and much darker, richer, olive colours.'

There are many farmhouses in Tuscany, but few are quite so magical as Arniano. It is here, in this 18th-century podere, that Amber Guinness grew up and learned to cook. And it is here that she established The Arniano Painting School, a residential painting course and immersive art and food experience.

'As I look through the recipes and think about the common thread that binds them, I realise that they all exemplify a fundamental principle of Italian home cooking. Which is that simplicity - and keeping ingredients as close to their original form as possible - leads to the most delicious and rewarding food. The beauty of Italian cooking is that it is not about fancy sauces or preparation techniques. Rather, it is about bringing out the best in what you are cooking, through patience, constant tasting and the development of flavour - sometimes using nothing but some olive oil and salt.'

Filled with recipes for classic dishes and cocktails, feast curation, seasonal menu suggestions and notes on an Italian pantry and wines, A House Party in Tuscany will transport you to the Tuscan countryside and bring the conviviality of Arniano to your table.



Light Space Life: Houses by SAOTA by Reni Folawiyo and SAOTA - Published: Thames and Hudson Ltd - 13-01-2022 - 320 pages.

Architecture & Landscape Design - Architecture Monographs - A monograph on leading South African architecture studio SAOTA.

Light Space Life is the first monograph from internationally recognised South African architecture studio SAOTA, known for crafting exceptional modern buildings that forge powerful connections to their extraordinary settings. Presenting memorable and distinctive residences selected from its wide-ranging global output, the book celebrates thirty-five years of innovative residential design from Lagos to Los Angeles, including houses from the dramatic South African coast where it all began.

SAOTA is led by Stefan Antoni, Philip Olmesdahl, Greg Truen, Philippe Fouché, Mark Bullivant and Logen Gordon, and has designed luxury residential and commercial projects on six continents. With reference to South African Modernism, and a grounding in the International style, its projects take advantage of wildly beautiful settings, and are rooted in place by the relationship between the building and its site. The practice cites spirit of enquiry and close examination of function and form as hallmarks of its work, as well as the use of the most current technology, including virtual reality, in its design processes.

This monograph features twenty-three recent residential projects from around the world, with a particular focus on Africa, illustrated with colour photography and including a foreword by SAOTA’s client Reni Folawiyo, founder of the West African fashion label, Alara.



New York Interiors by Simon Upton and Karen Howes - Published: Vendome Press - 07-10-2021 - 360 pages.

Lifestyle - Interiors & Gardens - "[Simon Upton's] book, New York Interiors, is a paean of praise for the city he has grown to love over the years; the intimacy and familiarity with which each home is pictured is evident on every page. These are not the homes of strangers but of the photographer’s friends. It is not too much to say that Simon’s book gives the reader an insight not just into these considered and brilliant interiors, but into the personalities of the New Yorkers who made them." - House & Garden

In his first book, renowned interiors photographer Simon Upton turns his camera on one of his most-loved destinations in this personal exploration of fashionable homes in New York City. Urbane and characterful, New York Interiors unveils the photographer’s favorite interior projects from the city, among them the homes of Aerin Lauder, Hamish Bowles, Stephen Sills. Michael S. Smith, Steven Gambrel, and Cynthia Frank, among others, intertwined with atmospheric images of the metropolis and its most stylish residents.

Presented in two halves - City and Getaway - the book showcases city living from uptown to downtown, as well as the chic retreats of the Hamptons and other exclusive weekend destinations where New Yorkers head to relax and unwind.