Francis Sultana: Designs & Interiors

edited by Bronwyn Cosgrave (Vendome Press)

A regular on the ad100 list, Francis Sultana is known for his eclecticism and ability to create spaces that work with and highlight his clients' extensive art collections. Produced for the tenth anniversary of the designer's eponymous studio, this publication showcases both.

Each of the four chapters is accompanied by an essay from a noted design contributor, including British Vogue style editor Gianluca Longo and design expert Brook Mason. The chapter covering client projects focuses mostly on London, and showcases the art-filled interiors expected, while in a final chapter titled Inspirations, Mason covers Sultana's own furniture design practice and its evolution, replete with archival images and sketches. But it's the opening two chapters that steal the show: the first, Malta, devotes significant space to the designer's renovation of his childhood home and his spectacular revitalisation of the Palazzo de Torres, now his home away from his London base. The London chapter focuses on Sultana's residences at the landmark 18th-century Albany residential complex.

Much of the book is project-focused, with some coverage of Sultana's career highlights, and the sumptuous, large-format photography evokes the colour of the designer's ‘radical Baroque' style.