LONDON INTERIORS

TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition! The capital of cool London is swinging again. The latest design trends, the best musicals, themost innovative plays and films are born in the capital of "CoolBritannia". What catches on in Notting Hill, Soho and Hoxton now influencestaste as far away as the North Cape and Tierra del Fuego. At the same time,the city on the Thames, one of the most cosmopolitan on the planet, is hometo people from every corner of the world and has assimilated many of theirtraditions and tastes. With over 300 pages of rich colour photographs, "London Interiors" takesan intimate look at more than 40 private residences, among others theIndian-inspired hideaway of musician Talvin Singh and an amusing houseboatmoored in Kew. From a 1930s penthouse at Highpoint Two, landmark of BritishModernism, via the eccentric home of a "Royalist" living among Lady Dimemorabilia to a loft crammed with "sexy kitsch", the tenth volume of thesuccessful Interiors series is a window on the private worlds of a handfulof Londoners whose homes reflect the city in all its spirited diversity.