Assemblage: The Art of the Room moves through twenty-four Australian homes to argue that a room's character lives not in its architecture alone, but in the deliberate accumulation of objects, materials, light, and colour that animates every surface.
About This Book
Where most interiors books foreground the architectural shell, Assemblage turns its attention to what fills and defines a room: the furniture, fittings, art, and artefacts assembled by the people who inhabit it. Photographer Shannon McGrath — one of Australia's most respected interiors photographers — opens her archive to expose the layered decision-making behind each space, from considered lighting choices to the smallest object placed on a shelf. Writer Annie Reid draws together the voices of architects, artisans, and makers whose collective work gives these twenty-four homes their distinctive character. The result is a sustained argument for intentional curation as a design discipline in its own right.
Key Features
- 256 pages of intimate interior photography and essays exploring the objects, materials, and people behind each home
- Text by Annie Reid; photography by Shannon McGrath
- Twenty-four homes profiled, spanning grand and modest scales
- Published by Thames & Hudson Australia, ISBN 9781760763831
What You'll Discover
- How the smallest objects — a lighting fixture, a piece of art, a single material choice — can shift the emotional register of an entire room
- The relationship between the architects who design spaces and the artisans and makers whose work populates them
- Shannon McGrath's photographic methodology for revealing the layered detail and depth that conventional interiors photography often flattens
- How curation functions as a generational act, with each gesture in a home speaking across time to build a living, evolving whole
About the Author
Annie Reid is the writer behind Assemblage, bringing a considered editorial voice to the homes and the practitioners featured throughout the book. Shannon McGrath is widely regarded as one of Australia's foremost interiors photographers, known for her ability to capture the texture and atmosphere of a room rather than merely its composition.
Specifications
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 256
- Dimensions: 31.6 x 24.3 x 2.8 cm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9781760763831
- Publisher: Thames & Hudson Australia
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Interior designers, architects, and collectors interested in Australian residential design, object curation, and the relationship between space-making and the things we choose to live with.