Billy Cotton: Interiors

Cotton presents rooms that mix historical and modern influences, resulting in luxuriously sleek interiors for casual, yet sophisticated, living. The glam-orousspaces—manydesignedforart-worldclients, includingCindyShermanandLisaYuskavage—are anchored in tradition but reflect the relaxed sensibili-ties of our time.Cottonshareshismultiscaledapproachtodesign—successfulturnswithhisvariedcollections,which areoftenincludedinhisinteriorprojects.Furniture, lighting, wallpaper, tableware, and terra-cotta planters are part of his repertoire. Cotton’s industrial designs—likehisinteriors—embodyanintelligenceandunder-standingofdesignhistory.Thisbook,thedesigner’s first,documentsthegroundbreakingworkofarising andnotabletalentandshouldbeinthelibrariesof designers and connoisseurs of fine living.