Billy Cottons hand is deft and light, weaving together bold color palettes, custom-designed furniture and lighting, and striking artifacts and works of art to achieve livable and easy interiors for today.

Cotton presents rooms that mix historical and modern influences, resulting in luxuriously sleek interiors for casual, yet sophisticated, living. The glamorous spacesmany designed for art-world clients, including Cindy Sherman and Lisa Yuskavageare anchored in tradition but reflect the relaxed sensibilities of our time.

Cotton shares his multi-scaled approach to designsuccessful turns with his varied collections, which are often included in his interior projects. Furniture, lighting, wallpaper, tableware, and terra-cotta planters are part of his repertoire. Cottons industrial designslike his interiorsembody an intelligence and under-standing of design history. This book, the designers first, documents the groundbreaking work of a rising and notable talent and should be in the libraries of designers and connoisseurs of fine living.