Stage Set: 50 Years of Style

In this extravagantly designed, illustrated autobiography, renowned designer Geoffrey Bradfield explores 50 years of creativity and innovation. In Stage Set, his most personal book to date, he identifies his various stages as a designer and showcases his own homes in different parts of the world, fashioning them as a kind of litmus test to explore how lifestyle and design converge. The narrative follows him from his early years in South Africa, to his time in London during the wild and wonderful Carnaby Street years, and on to New York City in the 1970s. There he partnered with Jay Spectre and eventually took over his business, which continues to thrive today. Over the course of his long and well-regarded career, he has accrued numerous awards, including recognition as a "Dean of American Design" by Architectural Digest and the New York School of Interior Design's Albert Hadley Lifetime Achievement Award. Raised in South Africa's Eastern Cape, and with an established early career in Johannesburg, interior designer Gregory Bradfield moved to New York in the 1970s. After working for the eminent interiors firm McMillen Inc., he became partner to the late Jay Spectre, ultimately reorganising the company under the Bradfield name. He currently runs his design firm along with partner Roric Tobin. Bradfield's work has been prolifically published in magazines, including Elle Decor, Veranda, Interior Design, Esquire, House Beautiful, Metropolitan Home and many others. His television appearances include a profile on CNBC's High Net Worth, CNN's Style with Elsa Klensch, ICS City Beat and a one-hour special on his firm broadcast on HGTV. He is the author of six previous books.

Geoffrey Bradfield is an interior designer whose many highly celebrated projects include a major overhaul of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's Westbury, Long Island, estate and the Manhattan apartment of Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone. He lives in New York City.