This book brings together a warm and colorful selection of cozy, quaint country interiors in the land of northern lights and white nights, from seaside cottages to traditional farmhouses and royal manors.
'Taschen is an art book publisher founded in 1980 by Benedikt Taschen in Cologne, Germany. It began as Taschen Comics publishing Benedikt's extensive comic collection. Taschen has been a noteworthy force in making lesser-seen art available to mainstream bookstores, including some fetishistic imagery, queer art, historical erotica, pornography and adult magazines (including multiple books with Playboy magazine). Taschen has helped bring this art into broader public view, by publishing these potentially controversial volumes alongside its more mainstream books of comics reprints, art photography, painting, design, fashion, advertising history, film, and architecture.' - Wikipedia
Adoro la collana Icons di Taschen: splendidi libri di fotografia, in formato paperback e a prezzo contenuto. Questo volume, in particolare, mi ha incantato: gli interni svedesi mi ricordano il tepore del primo raggio di sole su una coperta di lana, le fiabe di David Gnomo e l'impalpabile pellicola di farina che si forma su un tavolo di marmo dopo aver cucinato. E' un libro ricco di suggestioni e improvvisi catalizzatori di proustiana memoria.