Inside Outside

First published in the Netherlands in 2007, this volume has never been distributed in the United States. All contributors (Petra Blaisse, Irma Boom, Cecil Balmond, Sanford Kwinter) and collaborators (Rem Koolhaas/OMA, SANAA) have high international profiles, and the book has become a desirable cult object.

Petra Blaisse and her firm, Inside Outside, specialize in the rare combination of interior and landscape design, interweaving architecture and context.

Interior projects use materials that introduce visual effects such as color, flexibility, seasonal change, and movement and solve acoustic, climatic, shading, and spatial issues.

Landscape projects reflect a fascination with materials, light, and movement within an urban and infrastructural program. This approach brings forth a series of strong, multilayered garden and park designs that combine logistics with rich planting schemes and graphic effects.

Inside Outside introduces the full range of Blaisse’s work, focusing on collaborations with internationally renowned architects including Rem Koolhaas and SANAA. It weaves together descriptions and documentation of more than fifty projects, a conversation with the designer, and essays by renowned writers and critics.