Midcentury Modern: 15 Interior Design Ideas: Architecture and Design

By Ivy Ngeow and I. Ngeow

Master midcentury modern design principles with this simple and snappy interior design handbook.

Do you love rich and vibrant timeless design? Are you on a budget and planning a project based on this hot trend? Are you excited to find out how to create the look for your home, hotel or motel?

Award-winning author Ivy Ngeow has been in the practice of architecture and interior design for over twenty-five years. Since she started her own firm in 2001, she has been helping clients create magnificent, residential properties, vacay homes and jaw-dropping resorts including two boutique hotels in UNESCO World Heritage sites.

Now Ivy is ready to share some of her best-kept interior design secrets with you. Influenced by iconic cultural references such as Queen's Gambit, Twin Peaks, Vegas and Hitchcock, Ivy will inspire you in your project, large or small.

This concise style guide is packed with instant know-how to save you research, time and money for creating rooms of maximum impact with minimum fuss.

Inside you'll find:

★ 15 easy-to-read, illustrated ideas, each from a Queen's Gambit scene for a pithy overview;

★ Brief history to explain the concepts;

★ Recommendations to guide you on the design elements;

★ Color palettes, furniture, lighting, wall and floor finishes to help you style a room, new or old;

★ HOT TIP in every chapter to amp up any design with the professional touch;

BONUS: 3 classic celebratory cocktail recipes to thirst-quench like a Queen.

This lifestyle book will teach you how to interior design like the Queen's Gambit. Perfect for amateurs, designers, enthusiasts or modernistas.

◆ Start designing today. Get your copy now. ◆

 

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Leopard Print
• Release date: Apr 22, 2021
• ISBN: 9781393172079

Ivy Ngeow

Ivy Ngeow was born and raised in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. A graduate of the Middlesex University Writing MA programme, Ivy won the 2005 Middlesex University Literary Prize out of almost 1500 entrants worldwide. She has written non-fiction for Marie Claire, The Star, The New Straits Times, South London Society of Architects’ Newsletter and Wimbledon magazine. Her fiction has appeared in Silverfish New Writing anthologies twice, The New Writer and on the BBC World Service. Her story Funny Mountain was published by Fixi Novo in the ‘Hungry in Ipoh’ (2015) anthology and The Accidentalwas published by Fixi Novo in the 2020 anthology (Jan 2020). Ivy won first prize in the Commonwealth Essay Writing Competition 1994, first prize in the Barnes and Noble Career Essay Writing competition 1998 and was shortlisted for the David T K Wong Fellowship 1998 and the Ian St James Award 1999.  Overboard is her third novel. Her debut Cry of the Flying Rhino(2017) won the 2016 International Proverse Prize and Heart of Glass(2018) was her second novel. She lives in London. You can find her here: writengeow (www.writengeow.com) Twitter (www.twitter.com/ivyngeow) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Ivy-Ngeow-Writer-440738976257818/) Instagram (www.instagram.com/ivyngeow) Email: ivy_ngeow AT yahoo DOT com

Book preview

Midcentury Modern: 15 Interior Design Ideas

Midcentury Modern: 15 Interior Design Ideas

as seen in The Queen’s Gambit

I. Ngeow

Leopard Print

Written and illustrated by I. Ngeow

This book has been written in US English.

First published in Great Britain in 2021 by Leopard Print

Copyright © 2021 by I. Ngeow

All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

Contents

Introduction

1. WINGED ARMCHAIRS

2. BOTANICAL

3. STRING CHAIRS

4. LITTLE TABLES

5. PINK

6. FURNITURE WITH THIN LEGS

7. CURTAINS

8. GOLD

9. SIDEBOARDS

10. INDOOR PLANTS

11. MEXICO

12. VELVET

13. TABLE LAMPS

14. TEAL

15. PLAID

COCKTAILS

Before you go

Quote

About the Author

PHOTO CREDITS

Introduction

The initial ideas that sparked this book came from my architectural and design profession, TV (the Queen’s Gambit, Mad Max and Twin Peaks), travel (Miami and Vegas opened my eyes), Hitchcock movies and modern American literature.

HOW TO INTERIOR DESIGN LIKE THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT

This handbook is a style guide aimed at amateurs, designers or enthusiasts. By bringing together popular culture of TV and the spaces which surround us, I have come up with 15 ideas for inspiration to start us off on a midcentury modern journey to creating looks from the Queen’s Gambit. You can use them in a combo, separately or as a springboard to your own style portfolio. Each chapter has

Reviews for Midcentury Modern

[Alex Ramirez · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A short but concise book on a specific era inspired by a great show, I was confused as to the last part and ignored it a bit since I dont drink but overall a great book with some good tips.