AD at Home: Architectural Digest

Editor in chief Amy Astley has revolutionized AD, and the interior design world, with her emphasis on how home is about the people who live there. Her favorite stories from the last ten yearsof the unique homes, interiors, and lifestyles of some of the most creative and important people of our timewill inspire every designconscious homeowner.The leading design authority for the last century, AD under Astley is more popular and farreaching than ever before, featuring a wide range of styles and tastemakers and helping to personalize interior design for us all. This book showcases highly original interiors and the personality and creativity of the boldfaced names who live in them.Spanning the worlds of fashion, music, film, art, and design, the people inhabiting these pages come from around the globe, showing us there are so many ways to create a beautiful home. The interiors encompass different milieus and styles, from city to country, classical to bohemian, modern to old world, including artfilled urban lofts and classic townhouses as well as country estates and tropical getaways.Astley takes us on a personal tour through some of her favorite homes photographed for the magazine, going deeper and showing previously unpublished images. From actor Dakota Johnsons relaxed indooroutdoor midcentury modern house in Los Angeles to producer and screenwriter Shonda Rhimess classically elegant New York City apartment, each of these carefully considered spaces reflects the personality and lifestyle of the people who live there. Artist Mariko Mori is shown in her minimalist white pod on a Japanese island, performer RuPaul poses in his glamorously overthetop Los Angeles villa, and Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz show us the personal side of their strikingly modern home, inviting us into their artfilled living room.With beautiful photography by ADs top photographers, and thoughtful, illuminating texts by Astley and her team of editors on what makes each of these interiors so special, this volume is a celebratory tour de force of design and personal expression.