FRANÇOIS CATROUX

This first volume on François Catroux is a comprehensive consideration of the work and life of an international master of contemporary interior design, an innovator and explorer.

Married to the Yves-Saint Laurent muse Betty Catroux, François Catroux died in 2020. From his early days as a design prodigy to chic, mirror-studded interiors rich with glamour and elegant refinement in residences in Hong Kong, New York, and London, Catroux was at home in the vast world of design. His spaces may surprise with the introduction of irregular elements – a chandelier of elk horn or pink florescent lighting in a hallway – but Catroux’s hallmark sensibility combines the majesty and grandeur of high ceilings, elegant moldings, and gossamer draperies with elements that suggest comfort and tasteful, restrained opulence.

Luxuriously photographed, this volume is more than just a design monograph on one of the great, and so far relatively untold, careers in the history of design – it is also a lively and intimate read about a life lived in great style.

Written by David Netto, Foreword by Diane von Furstenberg.