Wood By Design: The Artistry of John Yarema
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Wood by Design presents a massive body of work by John Yarema, one of the flooring world’s most dynamic craftsmen. Full-color photographs from homes and businesses across the globe showcase the opulence of his designs. Archived photographs of some of the world’s most famous floors, along with an essay on the history of flooring design, provide context for Yarema’s work.
This monograph features some of Yarema’s most brilliant floors and interiors, one-of-a-kind masterpieces that convey an unparalleled skill and true artistry. From the naissance of his career over twenty years ago, Yarema has worked with recycled, locally-sourced, often salvaged materials – a practice that reflects his commitment to sustainability and his conviction that environmentally-responsible methods are not only viable, but essential, to the future of high-end design.
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JOHN YAREMA discovered his passion for the craft of wood flooring and design in 1991, when he and his wife moved into a nineteenth-century one-room schoolhouse and renovated the building from top to bottom. This project proved to be a life-changing event, and ever since Yarema has specialized in creating exquisite hardwood floors and interiors using sustainable building techniques. He has been commissioned to design and install projects for the SC Johnson complex, the Kennedy Green House, the Detroit Institute of the Arts, and for private homes from Los Angeles to New York to Moscow.
Art & Architecture / Woodworking / Decoration & Ornament
9 x 12 inches
160 pp / color photographs
ISBN 978-1-884167-80-5
Fall 2012
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