Cotton presents rooms that mix historical and modern influences, resulting in luxuriously sleek interiors for casual, yet sophisticated, living. The glam-orous spaces--many designed for art-world clients, including Cindy Sherman and Lisa Yuskavage--are anchored in tradition but reflect the relaxed sensibili-ties of our time.

Cotton shares his multiscaled approach to design--successful 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. Cotton's industrial designs--like his interiors--embody an intelligence and under-standing of design history. This book, the designer's first, documents the groundbreaking work of a rising and notable talent and should be in the libraries of designers and connoisseurs of fine living.