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Condition: Near fine. Gloss-laminated pictorial boards clean and bright, minor edgewear only. Interior pristine, binding sound. An attractive and well-kept copy of this richly illustrated South African design manual.
Swift and Szymanowski explain and illustrate a complete range of techniques sponging, stencilling, colourwashing, marbling, woodgraining, and malachiting while offering guidance on tools, materials, and local sourcing. The text is complemented by abundant colour photographs that showcase interiors transformed through texture and tone.
More than a technical manual, the work reflects a visual culture in transition: the emerging middle-class aesthetic of the 1980s1990s, where South African domestic interiors began absorbing global trends of decorative individuality and expressive craft. The result is a guide both practical and emblematic bridging the handcraft tradition and the aspirational design sensibility of its time.
Janek Szymanowski is a photographer and interior design specialist whose work documents South African architecture and lifestyle design. His previous collaborations with Swift include The Complete Book of Home Planning in South Africa and Cottage Furniture in South Africa.
