内容简介

　　从19世纪英国客厅里的蕨类植物，到20世纪30年代阿尔瓦·阿尔托赫尔辛基家中的花叶万年青，再到位于伦敦摄政街一家时装店内的生命墙，在过去的两个世纪里，植物与花卉在我们的私人和公共室内空间中发挥了复杂且重要的作用。虽然国际建筑和室内设计风格随着各种植物品种的流行而不断演变，但我们将自然融入室内的需求一直保持不变。

　　本书呈现了室内设计领域的最新研究成果，以引人注目的档案照片和葱茏的当代室内设计为背景，彭妮·斯帕克透过植物在人类环境中的作用这一独特视角，重新诠释了现代建筑与室内设计的故事。

　　作为首本涵盖了十八世纪至今室内植物悠久历史之作，我发现它是对我们把大自然带入室内，从而丰富自身生活需求的一种丰厚而深层的探索。事实上，新冠疫情使我们认识到让周围充满美丽、茂盛的植物与清新的空气的重要性！希望这本书能够像作者所希望的那样，唤醒我们的内心，一个经过精心照料的室内花园每天都潜移默化的给我们的生活带来欢乐。由此延伸，让我们更能感恩大自然的鬼斧神工。

　　作者简介

　　作者彭妮·斯帕克

　　金斯顿大学设计史教授和现代室内研究中心主任。她曾在苏塞克斯大学学习法国文学，并于布莱顿理工学院攻读设计史博士学位。之后，她在布莱顿理工学院和皇家艺术学院为本科生和研究生开设并教授设计史课程。

　　她曾担任金斯顿大学艺术、设计和音乐学院院长，2005年到2014年，她担任金斯顿大学的副校长。她参加了诸多的学术会议、发表主题演讲、担任期刊编辑委员会成员、策划展览并在国内和国际设计史领域发表文章。她最重要的出版物包括《设计与文化导论：1900年到如今》《1860年至今的意大利设计》《塑料时代》以及《唯有粉红：审美品位的性别政治学》等。

　　译者汪芸

　　2020年获得维多利亚和阿尔伯特博物馆与皇家艺术学院设计史联合项目的博士学位。她在清华大学美术学院学习工艺美术史和艺术史，并获学士和硕士学位。在国际设计领域有着多年的工作经验，曾担任AIGA中国项目协调人；《装饰》杂志编辑；《梅格斯平面设计史》中国部分的协调人。翻译的著作与学术论文包括《设计的准则》《扬·齐休的企鹅岁月，经典书籍设计的复苏》等。

　　书籍设计潘焰荣

　　国际平面设计联盟（AGI）会员；南京艺术学院硕士生导师。荣获专业设计奖近百项，包括：德国莱比锡“世界最美的书”两项；日本东京TDC提名奖3项；英国D&AD铅笔奖10项；美国OneShowDesign铅笔奖4项；美国纽约ADC方块奖4项；GDC设计奖金奖；中国最美的书奖13项……曾担任第100届纽约ADC、GDC设计奖、Award360设计奖、中国最美的书等专业设计大赛评委，作品被展出于卢塞恩、米兰、纽约、柏林、东京、香港等地美术馆。

Content introduction

From ferns in 19th century English living rooms, to the flowering evergreens in Alvar Aalto's Helsinki home in the 1930s, to the Wall of life in a fashion shop on Regent Street in London, plants and flowers have played a complex and important role in our private and public interior Spaces over the past two centuries. While international architecture and interior design styles continue to evolve with the popularity of various plant varieties, our need to incorporate nature into our interiors has remained constant.

Presenting the latest research in the field of interior design, set against a backdrop of compelling archival photographs and lush contemporary interiors, Penny Spark reinterprets the story of modern architecture and interior design through a unique perspective on the role of plants in the human environment.

As the first book to cover the long history of houseplants from the 18th century to the present day, I found it to be a rich and deep exploration of our need to bring nature indoors to enrich our lives. In fact, COVID-19 has made us realize the importance of surrounding ourselves with beautiful, lush plants and fresh air! Hopefully, this book will awaken our hearts as the author intended, and a well-tended indoor garden will subtly bring joy to our lives every day. By extension, let us be more grateful for the wonders of nature.

About the author

By Penny Spark

Professor of Design History and Director of the Centre for Modern Interior Research, Kingston University. She studied French literature at the University of Sussex and did a PhD in the history of design at Brighton Polytechnic. She then taught and taught courses in the history of design for undergraduate and postgraduate students at Brighton Polytechnic and the Royal College of Art.

She previously served as Dean of the School of Art, Design and Music at Kingston University, where she was Vice-Chancellor from 2005 to 2014. She has participated in numerous academic conferences, delivered keynote speeches, served on journal editorial boards, curated exhibitions, and published articles in the field of design history, both nationally and internationally. Her most important publications include An Introduction to Design and Culture: 1900 to the Present, Italian Design 1860 to the Present, The Plastic Age, and Only Pink: The Gender Politics of Aesthetic Taste.

Translator Wang Yun

2020 PhD in the History of Design joint program of the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Royal College of Art. She studied the history of Arts and Crafts and Art History at the School of Fine Arts of Tsinghua University and received her bachelor's and Master's degrees. He has many years of working experience in the international design field and served as the coordinator of AIGA China project. Editor of Decoration magazine; Coordinator of the China section of MeIGS Graphic Design History. Translated books and academic papers include "The Principles of Design" and "The Penguin Years of Yann Kihue, The Revival of Classic Book Design".

Book design Pan Yanrong

Member of the International Graphic Design Consortium (AGI); Master tutor, Nanjing University of the Arts. Won nearly 100 professional design awards, including: Leipzig, Germany, "the world's most beautiful book" two; Japan Tokyo TDC nomination award 3; 10 British D&AD Pencil Awards; OneShowDesign Pencil Award USA 4; New York ADC Block Award 4; GDC Design Award Gold; China's most beautiful book awards 13... He served as a judge of the 100th New York ADC, GDC Design Award, Award360 Design Award, China's Most Beautiful Book and other professional design competitions, and his works have been exhibited in Lucerne, Milan, New York, Berlin, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other art museums.