Books
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Make-up artist Lucy Bridge on how she created a beauty book unlike any otherThe leading make-up artist speaks to Wallpaper* about working with creative director Veronica Ditting and ten photographers to create a book as radical as her make-up
By Mary Cleary Published
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From young boxer to big-hitting architect, Tadao Ando’s life packs a punch: here’s his memoirThe architect’s new memoir, ‘Towards Light’, dissects his greatest buildings, but it is less about architecture than you may think; he tells us more
By Tianna Williams Published
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The idiosyncratic work of James Wines and SITE is the subject of a new monograph‘What Else Could It Mean?’ explores the world of James Wines, the founder of Sculpture in the Environment, who helped pioneer the art of integrating architecture with nature
By Jonathan Bell Published
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From Frank Lloyd Wright to Charles and Ray Eames, step inside the finest architects’ houses‘Architects’ Houses’ is a new book from Phaidon that charts the homes of the world’s leading architects
By Tianna Williams Published
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Spencer Lowell’s new monograph, ‘Futures Past’, explores a changing world being shaped by techThe images in ‘Futures Past’ chronicle the ever-evolving culture clash between society and technology
By Jonathan Bell Published
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LACMA’s new book and exhibition tackle our ongoing fascination with domestic futurismThe book of the show, ‘Home of the Future 1925-1985: Designing Domestic Utopias’, is a survey of midcentury marvels focused on shaping the ultimate in technology-driven living. Four decades later, how has the mood changed?
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Behind the scenes of Sofia Coppola’s ‘Marie Antoinette’, 20 years onCartier sponsor a major new exhibition at the Petit Trianon, as we go inside the Palace of Versailles to mark 20 years of Sofia Coppola's film ‘Marie Antoinette’
By Emi Eleode Published
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'Brutalist Asia' is a richly illustrated journey into concrete’s overlooked influence on the eastBlue Crow Media’s new monograph, 'Brutalist Asia', turns its practised eye for brutalist beauty on the continent's often-overlooked architecture
By Jonathan Bell Published
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‘Holiday Exotica’ is a visual celebration of the early days of bold and beautiful vacation designNo need to pack your bags to experience these destinations; Jonny Trunk’s new compilation of print ephemera celebrates the art of holiday graphics
By Jonathan Bell Published
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‘Wild Comfort’ is a coffee-table tome that’s designed to give you upscale cabin envy‘Wild Comfort: Contemporary Homes in the Wilderness’ assembles 30 of the finest recent remotely sited private dwellings, exploring architectural solutions that are dovetailed into their surroundings
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie turns ten. Join the celebrationsThe Elbphilharmonie by Herzog & de Meuron is about to mark its tenth anniversary and reveals a festive programme, including a celebratory concert, which you can watch live, below, on 1 September 2026 at 8pm (CEST)
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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An impressive two-volume tome is the ultimate companion to George Lucas’ new LA museumTaschen takes the reins of the monograph accompanying the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art monograph. We take a look inside
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Documenting Japan’s disappearing modernist architectureNaomi Pollock's new book, 'Vanishing Japan, ' chronicles the country’s many demolished modernist works, focusing on buildings that have succumbed to change in the last quarter century. The book provides a fascinating portrait of lost architecture
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Relive raving in the 1990s, and the ‘sense that living life differently was actually possible’Rave culture's ‘Euro summer’ golden age is captured in a new photobook, ‘Never Alone: 1997–2004 Raving in Europe’; here, its photographers look back
By Henrietta Taylor Published
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Britain’s motorway infrastructure serves as subject matter for artist Jen Orpin’s monographThe Modernist Society’s new book ‘The Architecture of Connection’ finds melancholic beauty in the prosaic architecture of the motorway system, as chronicled with care by painter Jen Orpin
By Jonathan Bell Published
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The Land Rover as a design icon – a new monograph explores its cultural impact and aspirational reachIf you want to up sticks and immerse yourself in hard-to-reach wilderness, all the while retaining a richly aesthetic approach to life, there’s only one answer: a converted Land Rover Defender
By Jonathan Bell Published
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The Design Drop: 11 new launches for your wish listIn our latest Design Drop, craft heritage meets democratic design, artisan jewellery and flat-pack furniture. Read on to discover the most compelling objects to cross our desks this month
By Anna Solomon Published
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Seven beautiful designer monographs on the makers who defined a centuryFrom Charles and Ray Eames to Dieter Rams, these landmark volumes chart the visionaries who shaped modern design – and their ideas that still resonate today
By Anna Solomon Published
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These are the fashion books to add to your summer reading listAs chosen by the Wallpaper* style team, a transporting assortment of new releases that will inform and inspire this summer – from an encyclopedic rundown of Ralph Lauren shows to a brilliant Virgil Abloh biography
By Jack Moss Published
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Inside the design of a Persephone bookPersephone books are distinctive for their dove grey covers and colourful endpapers. We go behind the design
By Hannah Silver Published
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15 graphic design books every visual culture enthusiast should ownWhether you’re a graphic designer or a visual communication obsessive, explore our library of idiosyncratic, creativity-expanding books
By Anna Solomon Published
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Beauty books for experimental makeup, wellness and moreBeautify your bookshelf with these eye-catching titles covering makeup, hair, fragrance and more
By Mary Cleary Last updated
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Legendary London bookshop Claire de Rouen opens a new Shoreditch spaceInside the new outpost, designed as a hub for London's established and emerging artists to find inspiration and share ideas.
By Mary Cleary Published
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15 interior design books to inspire your shelves and your spacesDiscover the Wallpaper editor's favourite interior design books, bringing together striking visual works that both inspire and illuminate
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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‘Beat Gems’ is a new book about the cultural impact and evolution of the drum machineNew from Bjooks, ‘Beat Gems’ delves into the sounds, shapes and distinctive timbres of more than 60 iconic and cult examples of the modern drum machine
By Jonathan Bell Published
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For ‘The Kiss Book’, Tove Lo asked 600 people to kiss in a crowd. Here are the resultsKissing is intimate, primal and emotional. Musical artist Tove Lo and photographer Kenny Laubbacher celebrate the act in a new book
By Hannah Silver Published
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A new book explores how Eddie Plein’s grills defined a cultural moment in hip-hop‘Mouth Full of Golds’ traces Eddie Plein's mastery of a golden era of dentistry, and is re-released ahead of a forthcoming documentary film
By Hannah Silver Published

