David Hicks

David Hicks is one of the great designers of the twentieth century. He is known primarily for his interior design, but he is also involved with carpets, jewelery, fabrics, furniture, wallpaper, sheets and, last but not least, gardens. His approach is dictatorial and uncompromising; he does not mince words. What he seeks to impart in this book is style, and it is very much a style of his own, His clear-cut attitudes are revealed in these writings on garden design and on the gardens and styles which he admires. What I have sought to achieve, all through my working life, he writes, is a liaison between the past and the present day whilst maintaining a practical but somewhat experimental attitude to outdated tradition. I have attempted to introduce a lot of today and some of tomorrow whilst always keeping appropriateness and the client's requirements foremost in my mind...form and innovation are always of vital importance to produce style. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.