Live Small/Live Modern: The Best of Beams at Home
BEAMS
Rizzoli, April 2019

Hardcover | 6-1/2 x 9-1/2 inches | 412 pages | 450 illustrations | English | ISBN: 978-0847865253 | $45.00

Publisher Description:
Live Small/Live Modern curates the most envy-inducing spaces pulled from Beams at Home, the interior and lifestyle series that has sold over 70,000 copies and has gained a cult-like following in Japan. Filled with infinite ideas for how to spruce up your home in hip and clever ways, this is an indispensable guide to the Japanese "art of tidying up" in small spaces.

Published here for the first time in English, Live Small/Live Modern profiles more than 100 homes--from tiny one-bedroom apartments to high-ceilinged lofts--offering readers a fountain of ideas on how to design, organize, and adorn small spaces without sacrificing personality and style. Over 400 beautiful color photographs showcase the homes of ever-hip people whose honest approach to decorating never fails to exude a laid-back, Japanese-cool style.dDAB Commentary: Beams" I must admit I hadn't heard of Beams before this book made its way to me. Established in 1976 in Tokyo, the "pioneer of lifestyle retailing" has 150 shops in Japan and other parts of East Asia selling designer pieces and Beams brand products. They have also delved in print, publishing a trio of books between 2014 and 2016 that have sold tens of thousands of copies in Japan. The three volumes of Beams at ...