Living room design in Asia has moved away from the classic Asian style to incorporate the new global chic. Against the minimalist, white-on-white backdrop of today's living room, new exciting local materials such as water hyacinth, silkworm cocoons and loofah find their place with oriental art pieces and western furniture. Contemporary Asian Living Rooms takes you into the living rooms of fifty of Southeast Asia's most interestign homes and hotels, showcasing the work of up-and-coming local talents such as Pantaa, Yothaka and Tawul Praman as well as the latest in European design. The beautifully photographed interiors--shot in Bali, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia--range from the starkly minimal to the luxuriously plush, offering creative ideas for working with shapes, contours and materials in the space where family and friends spend most of their time together in the house.