BEDSIDETABLE lan Rickson, , looks inside director The Soul's Code lread The Soul's Code ( 1996 ) , by psychologist 」 ames HilIman, at a challenging time ⅲ my life.l had been in intensive care in New York after a serious head injury caused by a speeding cyclist- The recovery period was complex, as ー began a process Of questioning how ー was ⅵロ g and whatl was dOing creatively. 旧 tO that space came The So ' 5 Code, with its gentle provocations about who we are and the dominion Of WhO we can be. HiIIman, a Jungian analyst, posits the "acorn theory" of ou 「 existence,the idea that there is something within us—at times referred tO as ou 「 acorn, daimon 0 「 soul— separate f 「 0n1 genetics and ou 「 environment, and it propels ourlives forward. By examining the lives Of people as different as singer 日 Fitzgerald, actress 」 udy Garland and musician Kurt Cobain, HiIlman writes lucidly about hOW empowering it can be tO place ourselves at the center Of ou 「 own heroic 5t0 「 y - There is nature, he says, and Of course nurture t00 , but if we can devote ou 「 life to something else that is uniquely inside us, then perhaps that life will be more vivid and full. The SO ⅵ ' 5 Code accompanied me through my healing like a touchstone.lt has validated my life and helped me feel more balanced and n10 「 e optimistic about the way ahead. ---IAN RICKSON ロ lan Rickson directs The Goat, 〇「 Ⅳわ 0 ls Sylvia? at Theat 「 e Royal Haymarket, London, tO 」 une 24 : TRH.CO. UK COFFEE TABLE 十 A SPECIAL CASE: A late-'50s bookcase and storage unit by Perriand displays her sleek, practical style at its best. The lnterior Life THE FRENCH ARCHITECT and furniture designer CharIotte Perriand helped define the ok of midcentury France. This third part Of 」 acques Barsac's m 可 0 「 four-volume study of her work covers the middle Of Perriand's career, from 1956 to 1968 , and, thankfully, we find her on a high. ー say thankfully, because Barsac's approach is to cover Perriand's work in obsessive detail. No picture, sketch or research tidbit is deemed t00 irrelevant to include ⅲ his 500 pages. SO it's just as well that Perriand packed the late 1950S with interesting wo 「 k. We see her futuristic, W00dy 0ffice designs fO 「 Air France; her 14-year renovation Of the し N.'s PaIace Of Nations ⅲ Geneva; and her spectacularinterior design Of the Japanese ambassador's residence in PariS. There iS alSO furniture galore: sleek, storage solutions that were highly practical and beautiful. Barsac's eye fO 「 detail can feel dry and unnecessary, but overall this is a feast. Perriand is usually (and unfairly) mentioned in the same breath as Le Corbusier, with whom she worked during the interwar period. This book documents her working 「 ge ツ alone and at the height Of her powers, and it rightfully asserts her as one of the greatest minds in 20th-century design. —TOM MORRIS 0 CHARLOTTE PERRIAND COMPLETE WORKS: VOL.3 1956-68 By 」 acques Barsac Scheidegger & Spiess, out now も 120 ( $ 129 ) N E W S W E E K 6 0 A p R ー L 14 , 2 017