{"product_id":"sean-scherers-kabinett-kammer-creating-authentic-interiors-9780865653825","title":"Sean Scherer's Kabinett \u0026 Kammer: Creating Authentic Interiors","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterior designer, artist, and collector Sean Scherer shares his secrets about applying the principles of two-dimensional art to home design\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"The book is a keeper. A must have on my list.\" --Robert Ruffino, Style Director of \u003ci\u003eHouse Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSean Scherer's Kabinett \u0026amp; Kammer \u003c\/i\u003eis equally a celebration and a guide to both collecting and showing how lively design can integrate disparate objects into beautifully layered ensembles. Scherer's interiors feature vintage display cabinets housing discarded collections of whittled songbirds, stunning 19th-century maps and school teaching aids, ferns in cast-iron planters, and photomurals. The effect is a supercharged nod to American Gothic heightened by Scherer's sophisticated palette and sense of proportion. Each photograph by William Abranowicz is a lesson on color and texture, focal points, and room size. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Illustrated with over 200 color photographs and with a foreword by Anderson Cooper, whose house Scherer helped design, \u003ci\u003eKabinett \u0026amp; Kammer \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrates that though styles fluctuate, and tastes are unique, the principles of design are immutable, and good design is good design. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Expect to find just as many objets d'art scattered across the pages of Scherer's book, as well as a newfound desire to go antiquing.\" --\u003ci\u003eModern Luxury\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSean Scherer\u003c\/b\u003e studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Independent Study Program of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. His paintings have been shown extensively in North America and Europe. In 2002 he moved to the Catskills, where he opened his shop, Kabinett \u0026amp; Kammer, a contemporary curiosity shop of antiques, natural wonders, and art that serves as a visual medical, botanical, and zoological design resource. His art and design work has been featured in the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. For fifteen years, until 2020, Scherer taught art history and design at the State University of New York at Oneonta. \u003cb\u003eWilliam Abranowicz\u003c\/b\u003e's photographs are in collections worldwide and have appeared in nearly every major publication. His books \u003ci\u003einclude American Originals: Creative Interiors. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnderson Cooper\u003c\/b\u003e is the anchor of the CNN news show \u003ci\u003eAnderson Cooper 360°.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vendome Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50649376194834,"sku":"9780865653825","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ba816348-d4b8-400c-b791-f3dba33df2d9.jpg?v=1733262277","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sean-scherers-kabinett-kammer-creating-authentic-interiors-9780865653825","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}