The eye : how the worlds most influential creative directors develop their vision / [edited by] Nathan Williams.

Kuchar Swara -- Alexandre De Betak -- Alonzo King -- Andy Spade -- Aurølie Dupont -- Bouchra Jarrar -- Camilla Nickerson -- Masoud golsorkhi -- Carol Lim and Humberto Leon -- Chris Dercon -- Clare Waight Keller -- Dev Haynes -- Dries Van Noten -- Akira Kurosawa -- Alfred Hitchcock -- David Lean -- Edith Head -- Frank Capra -- George Balanchine -- George Martin -- Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney -- Gordon Parks -- Ingmar Bergman -- Jean Cocteau -- Jean-Luc Godard -- John Ford -- Martha Graham -- Merce Cunningham -- Michael Curtiz -- Mikhail Baryshnikov -- Orson Welles -- Peggy Guggenheim -- Peter Brook -- Quincy Jones -- Rudolf Nureyev -- Stanley Kubrick -- Sylvia Robinson -- Erdem Moralioglu -- Fabien Baron -- Alexander McQueen -- Azzedine Alaøa -- Christian Dior -- Coco Chanel -- Cristøbal Balenciaga -- Givenchy -- Mary Quant -- Pierre Cardin -- Roy Halston Frowick -- Yves Saint Laurent -- Franck Durand -- Garance Dorø -- Grace Coddington -- Imran Amed -- Jefferson Hack -- Casely-Hayford -- Jonathan Anderson -- Karla Martinez De Salas -- Kris Moran -- Kris Van Assche -- Lernert & Sander -- Linda Rodin -- Luca Guadagnino -- Lucas Ossendrijver -- Margaret Howell -- Marie-Amølie Sauvø -- Melina Matsoukas -- Mirko Borsche -- Alexander Liberman -- Alexey Brodovitch -- Barbara Paley -- Carmel Snow -- Cipe Pineles -- Diana Vreeland -- Franca Sozzani -- Helen Gurley Brown -- Willy Fleckhaus -- Ruba Abu-Nimah -- Sagmeister & Walsh -- Stefano Pilati -- Stefano Tonchi -- Telfar Clemens -- Thomas Persson -- Thom Browne -- Todd Tourso -- Vanessa Traina -- Veronica Ditting -- Wayne McGregor -- Yohji Yamamoto.

They're often behind the scenes, letting their work take center stage. But now Nathan Williams, founder and editor in chief of Kinfolk magazine and author of The Kinfolk Table, The Kinfolk Home, and The Kinfolk Entrepreneur--with over 250,000 copies in print combined--brings 80 of the most iconic and influential creative directors into the spotlight. In The Eye, we meet fashion designers like Dries van Noten and Kris Van Assche. Directors like Spike Jonze and Melina Matsoukas. Tastemakers like Grace Coddington and Linda Rodin. We learn about the books they read, the mentors who guided them, their individual techniques for achieving success. We learn how they developed their eye--and how they've used it to communicate visual ideas that have captured generations and will shape the future. As an entrepreneur whose own work is defined by its specific and instantly recognizable aesthetic, Nathan Williams has a unique vision of contemporary culture that will make this an invaluable book for art directors, designers, photographers, stylists, and any creative professionals seeking inspiration and advice-- Provided by publisher.