Book news: flick through February's titles

Martin Creed: What's the Point of It?
With essays by Bill Bailey, Cliff Lauson, Paul Morley and Joachim Pissarro

Renowned British conceptual artist Martin Creed divides the audience neatly between those who consider his installations to have a healthy self-conscious dose of wit - a rare quality in the art world - and those that consider his conceptualism to be critically overrated. We fall into the first camp, and this new tome, released to coincide with the artist's first major London retrospective, conveys the scale and intentional absurdity of Creed's oeuvre.

Published by Hayward Publishing (opens in new tab), £25

Writer: Jonathan Bell

Rabih Hage London: Selected Work
Edited by William Collins

This mini monograph celebrates the 12th anniversary of London-based architect Rabih Hage, best known as the originator of the Rough Luxe Hotel and the man who almost single-handedly ushered in a new wave of eclectic interior design. The firm has also built everything from beach houses to relief shelters and avant-garde furniture.

Published by Rabih Hage (opens in new tab), £25

Writer: Jonathan Bell

City Cycling
By Andrew Edwards and Max Leonard

American cycling brand Rapha's full set of City Cycling guides is now available in a neat box set. Written by Max Leonard and Andrew Edwards and published by Thames & Hudson, the books cover the two-wheeled delights of eight European cities, including bike-centric metropolises like Amsterdam and Antwerp. Mixing the all-important maps with precise, vintage-tinged illustrations, these guides aren't just designed to slip into your saddlebags but to be perused at leisure before you head out and clip into your pedals.

Published by Thames & Hudson (opens in new tab), £25

Writer: Jonathan Bell

Fuksas Object
By Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas

Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas are two of Italy's foremost architects with their major airports, exhibition centres and offices blocks casting elaborately glassy shadows across the modern Italian city. Fuksas Object is a companion piece to an earlier Actar monograph on the couple's studio, this time focusing on the multitude of subsidiary designs produced for their many projects, including lighting, furniture and bespoke components.

Published by Actar (opens in new tab), €35

Writer: Jonathan Bell

Harry Seidler: Lifework
By Vladimir Belogolovsky

Australian architect Harry Seidler was the flag bearer for Antipodean modernism. In a career that spanned nearly 60 years, the Viennese-born architect re-shaped the Australian skyline, bringing a very personal vision of hard-edged design to the country. Seidler spent his formative years working around the world with the masters of modern architecture - Gropius, Breuer, Albers and Niemeyer - before making his mark with a house he designed for his mother in 1950. Lifework traces the architect's career all the way from such early houses to the host of towers, galleries and embassies that grace Australia's major cities and beyond.

Published by Rizzoli (opens in new tab), $75

Writer: Jonathan Bell

Platform 6 GSD
Edited by Rosetta S Elkin

Harvard's Graduate School of Design is one of the world's pre-eminent centres of emerging creative work. Platform provides an annual roundup of the latest conceptual work coming out of the school, as well as interviews with visiting lecturers and a preface by the school's dean, Mohsen Mostafavi.

Published by Actar (opens in new tab) and Harvard Graduate School of Design (opens in new tab), €30

Writer: Jonathan Bell

VistaJet: The Illustrated Story
By Simona Rabinovitch

Limited to just 3000 copies, this neat little brand book from Swiss business-jet company, VistaJet, is illustrated throughout by the French artist Jean-Philippe Delhomme. VistaJet are our favourite purveyors of transport on demand, thanks to their consistently high visual standards. In its first decade, the company has commissioned fashion designers and artists to make their jet interiors stand out from the rest. As for getting hold of a copy? We suggest you make a reservation.

Published by VistaJet International Ltd (opens in new tab)