What Makes Graphic Classics by Phaidon Press the Definitive Reference Book...
Graphic Classics landed on my desk much heavier than expected, and that weight matters. This is not a coffee table decoration. It is a...
Herman Miller: A Way of Living—The Design Book Worth Every Page
Herman Miller: A Way of Living rewires how you think about furniture, business, and the quiet power of design conviction. Published by Phaidon Press...
Mid-Century Modern Design: A Complete Sourcebook Is the Best Reference Book...
Some books belong on a shelf. This one belongs on your desk, your coffee table, and your conscience as a designer. Mid-Century Modern Design:...
The World According to David Hockney Is the Art Book You...
David Hockney died on June 11, 2026. He was 88 years old. For me personally, that news hit differently than most obituaries do. Hockney...
The Best Books on Art and Design to Read This Summer
Summer is the one season that actually gives you permission to read slowly. Not the frantic, bookmark-everything-and-come-back-to-it reading we do the rest of the...
Today Was Fun by Bree Groff: Does This Workbook Actually Work?
Bree Groff opens her new book with a dare. She claims your job can feel genuinely fun, not just tolerable. I tested that claim...
What Does Jenna McKnight’s “Design: Mid-Century Modern” Teach Us About the...
Just look around you, and you will notice that Mid-Century Modern design refuses to die, and Jenna McKnight's new guidebook explains exactly why. I...
Art Deco: Why Penny Craswell’s New Book Belongs on Every Designer’s...
Art Deco announces itself in chrome edges, sunburst motifs, and skyscrapers that scrape at the clouds like they have somewhere urgent to be. Penny...
Slanted Magazine #47—Digital Tools Reframes What It Means to Work as...
Print is not dead. It is, if anything, more deliberate than ever. And when a publication like Slanted Magazine dedicates an entire issue to...
Atlas of Brutalist Architecture, the Book That Proves Concrete Was Never...
Concrete doesn't apologize. Neither does this book. The Atlas of Brutalist Architecture by Phaidon Editors arrived in 2020 as a 568-page, 5.6-pound argument that...
Breakout #2—100 Posters by Cihan Tamti Proves That Daily Practice Builds...
Some design books document a finished career. This one documents a transformation in progress. Breakout #2—100 Posters by Cihan Tamti, published by Slanted Publishers...
The Work of Art—A Book by Adam Moss About How Something...
The question sounds almost too simple: where does art come from? Yet the answer has eluded critics, philosophers, and curious readers for centuries. Adam...
