Arranging Things

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In his new book, Arranging Things, interior stylist Colin King collected images from his past work, his greatest hits, and even his iPhone to distill them into one highly teachable book that will make you want to stop scrolling and start marking pages with Post-its.

The go-to stylist for many of the world’s leading brands and publications, Colin King is a regular contributor to Architectural Digest, T, Ark, and Rum magazines. Architectural Digest may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. Above all, Colin adds that he didn’t want the book to offer a series of prescriptive tips but rather serve as inspiration for the reader to experiment with creating moments of beauty that feel personal and special to them: “I wanted to share my own experience in working through some of these kinds of concepts and what to pay attention to and what’s worked for me in the past,” he explains. Learn how to follow your happiness to find your style, optimize the function of every room, organize your space, and so much more.My hang-up as I was trying to create these tangible ideas for people was that I felt like I was taking away the power from the viewer and the arranger. How can a person train their eye to notice the untapped beauty of the objects within their own home? The go-to stylist for many of the worlds leading brands and publications, Colin King is a regular contributor to Architectural Digest, T, Ark, and Rum magazines. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).

Nearly every vignette was the same sparse style: vases, books and an object or two in sepia wash colors. Adds Cochran, ‘He has a refined vision for both the two-dimensional and the three-dimensional, seeing the world as the camera lens does, recognising when the frame sings. Colin first studied as a classical dancer, eventually becoming a personal trainer for celebrity clients like Gwyneth Paltrow and Victoria Beckham.A vase becomes this monolithic moment on a table, or you pull everything off a coffee table and you realize that it’s kind of a sculpture in itself. His Rizzoli book, Arranging Things, written with Architectural Digest’s Sam Cochran, delves deep inside his process of composing everything from coffee tables and bookshelves to windowsill.

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The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. New Yorkbased stylist Colin King shares his wisdom and insights for cultivating beauty in our everyday surroundingscomposing objects into simple, sophisticated vignettes that enrich our homes and our lives.

Celebrate the beauty of nature with our pure linens and fine craftsmanship, handmade in Europe with respect for the earth. Dreamed up and handmade of solid glass by Rasmus Nossbring, Monument is hefty and chunky, yet smooth and glossy like soft ice. His Rizzoli book, Arranging Things, written with Architectural Digest's Sam Cochran, delves deep inside his process of composing everything from coffee tables and bookshelves to windowsill. I would encourage readers to be deliberate with their sensibility towards materials and colours to ultimately find joy through textural similarities and differences.I strive for a minimal and refined aesthetic that is paralleled with neutral hues and organic textures. But I do believe, regardless of it’s design style or aesthetic – a space should feel calm, inviting, unstudied, and anecdotal,' he says. Through a series of anecdotes and visual essays, Colin unpacks his intuitive and deeply personal process, meditating on scale, proportion, palette, texture, and more. Colin King has styled and produced feature stories for major design magazines, in addition to working with renowned brands in the design world as a consultant, stylist, and creator. Her love of objects from the past remains a touchstone, but in her newest rooms, stylish modernity and an elegant simplicity hold sway.