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by: Tony Cohan, Masako Takahashi See Larger Image Our Price: $24.95 Prices subject to change. Used Price: $12.63 Third Party New Price: $13.40 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 747.2972 EAN: 9780811818933 ISBN: 0811818934 Label: Chronicle Books Manufacturer: Chronicle Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 176 Publication Date: September 01, 1998 Publisher: Chronicle Books Sales Rank: 157950 Studio: Chronicle Books Related Items: In A Mexican Garden: Courtyards, Pools, and Open-Air Living Rooms Mexicocina: The Spirit and Style of the Mexican Kitchen Mexicasa: The Enchanting Inns and Haciendas of Mexico Mexican Tiles: Color, Style, Design Traditional Mexican Style Interiors (Schiffer Design Book) see more Editorial Review: Product Description: Basking in sunlight and coursing with energy, Mexico enjoys a unique relationship with color-inspired, intrinsic, inseparable from life itself. This vibrance sings forth in the pages of Mexicolor, the collaborative project of an artist, a photographer, and a writer all in love with the brilliant displays of color seen everywhere in Mexico. Walls washed flamingo pink on top, deep matte blue on the bottom. A green flatbed truck heaped with orange marigolds. A sea of colorful skeletons at a Day of the Dead fiesta. The radiant reds, yellows, purples, and greens of the fruits and vegetables at el mercado. Mexicolor explores Mexico high and low, from colonial towns to dazzling beaches, from traditional ?workshops to contemporary interiors, from open markets to extraordinary homes and inns, uncovering the colorful artistry that permeates everyday life across this vast nation. Mexicolor is an ideal resource for anyone looking to brighten a home, and a beautiful picture book brimming with imagination, creative ideas, and pure pleasure.? Amazon.com Review: 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 Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Inspirational If you love the vibrancy of color and folkloric touches of decoration typically found in Mexico, this is the book. Combining photos and text, it walks you through a stunning array of ideas. Generically, these start out with chapters on painted walls, tiles, textiles, ceramics, wood, and metal. But it then builds by degrees into completed projects so that you can see all these elements blended together--from small niches and shelves, on to kitchens and patios with fountains, and finally on up to ... Read More Rating: - Mexicolor: The Spirit of Mexican Design A really beautiful book. One of the best I have seen. I live in Mexico and will be using many ideas. Rating: - Mexico with an Exclamation Point While I was in the process of planning and building my next casa in Baja, this book provided mucho inspiration. The Spanish Colonial, and Hacienda designs, the avalanche of colors and gardens provided me the basis of making mi casa as Mexico as I could. Yes, the binding is weak, but the book remains as an Essential. I now have 2 copies, one very worn out copy. Rating: - If You Love Color! If you love the bold, life-affirming colors of Mexican houses and interiors but not necessarily the traditional architecture and furnishings of the mexican tradition, this is the book for you! I ordered several books on Mexican interiors and details and this was the best. It gave me great ideas for using bold, bright color in my house without turning it into a hacienda. The book is beautifully designed and the color just blows off the pages. It has in it everything I love about Mexico that is bright, ... Read More Rating: - so so i've been to colonial mexico, and i've seen more exciting stuff than what's on this book. also, the pages come appart easily see more Browse for similar items by category: History & Criticism - Arts & Photography - Subjects - Books - General AAS Instructional & How-To - Arts & Photography - Subjects - Books - Using Color Instructional & How-To - Arts & Photography - Subjects - Books - General Arts & Photography - Subjects - Books - General AAS Interior Design - Home & Garden - Subjects - Books - Decorating