Glenn Jowitt
Peter Shaw


Contemporary Pacific style is a vibrant blend that mixes cultures from the many islands of the South Pacific with colonial influences. Pacific Island Style explores both the traditional architecture and crafts of the region, and contemporary design concepts.

Covering Samoa, Niue, Tahiti, New Caledonia, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Fiji and the Solomon Islands, Pacific Island Style looks at design and colour both inside private houses and out on the streets, the use of local materials and techniques, traditional houses, painting and stencilling techniques, colonial and modern houses and other features such as the famous colour-coded buses of Western Samoa.

The traditional trademarks of Pacific Island style — attractive and natural materials, practical environment-enhancing design, indoor-outdoor living — are being found more and more all over the world. Not only a colourful tribute to the arts and crafts of the Pacific Islands, this is also a book of inspiration for anyone wanting to bring vivid Pacific style into their surroundings.


ISBN 0500237727