Home Life Around the World

Home Life Around the World is about the relationship we have with that most private and intimate space - our home.
Step into personal homes of architects, designers, photographers and other creatives. Food and art lovers. People passionate about the environment. All with their own stories and destinies. The homes are located in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Cape Town, Buenos Aires, Uruguay, Mexico City and New York.
Richly illustrated with inspiring and honest photos of the home environment of these individuals, whose personality colour every image of the book. With personal and interesting texts based on interviews with the homeowners, who generously shared insightful thoughts and reflections about themselves and their homes, as well as their philosophy of life and their personal life stories.
Anita Martinez Beijer is a Swedish author, photographer and interior designer, who travelled the world on a quest; what does a home mean? What makes a living space a place we call home? How do we relate to and interact with it? What qualities in our homes do we treasure the most? What dreams and desires do we have related to our homes?

Anita Martinez Beijer is a Swedish author, photographer and interior designer, passionate about homes. After more than seventeen years in the profession, she felt a need to delve deeper.

During 2015 and 2016 she travelled the world on a quest. What does a home mean? What makes a living space a place we call home? How do we relate to and interact with it? What qualities in our homes do we treasure the most? What dreams and wishes do we have related to our homes?

This quest took her around the world, where she met an amazing collection of individuals from different walks of life. All with their own stories and destinies - and very personal homes.

She has captured the homeowners and the stories behind their homes both in writing and, as she is also is a photographer, in images.

Publisher: Nest Publishing

Published: United States, 15 May 2018

Format: Hardcover, 200 pages

Age Range: 0+

Other Information: Illustrated

Dimensions: 25.4 x 20.3 x 1.8 centimeters (0.79 kg)

Writer: Martinez Beijer, Anita

About the AuthorAnita Martinez Beijer is a Swedish author, photographer and interior designer, passionate about homes. After more than seventeen years in the profession, she felt a need to delve deeper. During 2015 and 2016 she travelled the world on a quest. What does a home mean? What makes a living space a place we call home? How do we relate to and interact with it? What qualities in our homes do we treasure the most? What dreams and wishes do we have related to our homes? This quest took her around the world, where she met an amazing collection of individuals from different walks of life. All with their own stories and destinies - and very personal homes. She has captured the homeowners and the stories behind their homes both in writing and, as she is also is a photographer, in images.

Reviews'Home Life Around the World' is a beautiful book focused on gorgeous photographs of personal homes of a variety of different professional creatives. I had assumed this would be a coffee table-type book with large photographic spreads and minimal actual written content, but I was completely wrong. Each of the creatives is given several pages to share their story, thoughts, and reflections about their homes and what they hold. This makes for really fascinating reading. Laura HainsworthThis is a book that you won't finish. It lingers with you and whenever you revisit its pages, it feels like meeting old friends again - and getting new inspiration from them each time. Stefan OlssonThe Home & Gardens section of Publishers Weekly, the February 12th issue, sees a shift of emphasis in this genre from aspirational eye candy to authenticity. Books giving people the confidence to create houses that tell their stories. A healthy trend to my way of thinking, and "Home Life Around the World" is definitely a part of it. Paul BBeautiful photographs illustrate this book - which bring to life the features of the homes that their owners have created. An inspiring and satisfying read! Zina Bowey