The tome in question is Behind Closed Doors, which catalogs images of twenty-five creative people's homes, with a twist: They were all taken by the creatives themselves."I am an interiors geek—I have been slightly obsessed with homes since childhood, and that's why this project just came naturally to me," said creative director and now author Rob Meyers on the eve of his book launch. The tome in question is Behind Closed Doors, which catalogs images of twenty-five creative people's homes, with a twist: They were all taken by the creatives themselves.

Olivier Theyskens, Nicola Formichetti, Courtney Love, Marc Quinn, and Gary Card are among those who participated in Meyers' first book, which was five years in the making. "I worked with all these crazy talented people and I thought, Hey, I wonder what their homes look like," said Meyers, whose resume includes stints with Arena Homme+, POP, Wallpaper*, World of Interiors, and Nylon. "I gave them all disposable cameras and asked them to take pictures of their fave bits in their homes," said the author of his subjects. "And amazingly, they came through. The cameras came back fully loaded."

Jeremy Scott's incredible eighties post-Memphis furniture pieces (above, top) and surreal Ronald McDonald collection; Martha Stewart's bank of fridges, jars of spatulas, and bowls of eggs; and Courtney Love's assortment of wedding cake figurines (above, bottom), which includes a pic of her own wedding topper with Kurt Cobain, are just a few of the images included in Meyers' book. But he insists that this is not what you think: "It's not like these people have been papped or violated in any way. These pictures are not at all intrusive because [the participants] took the pictures of their homes themselves, and showed as much or as little as they wanted. This comes from their hearts."

Priced at $29.95, Behind Closed Doors will be available from Rizzoli in March 2014.
POST: 2024-05-19