Books
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Jean-Michel Othoniel decodes the secret language of flowers in the Louvre’s collections
The artist has published a new book about the flowers within the storied Paris museum’s art collection, alongside an intervention of new paintings in its glass-roofed French sculpture hall
By TF Chan • Last updated
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Redwood giant: a monograph explores the life and work of sculptor JB Blunk
The daughter of late American sculptor JB Blunk has compiled an extensive and intimate monograph of her father's acclaimed life, work and home
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Last updated
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John Derian’s Picture Book is an eclectic, illustrative feast for the eyes
By Amy Verner • Last updated
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William Kentridge turns Moleskine notebook into art
South African artist William Kentridge is the latest contributor to the Moleskine Foundation Collection, transforming a notebook into a visual parable brimming with ‘thoughts accepted and abandoned’
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Last updated
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Radical architecture: is this the built environment's future?
A new book by Phaidon and curator, convenor and author Beatrice Galilee hails the radical architecture of the future through community-focused designs, site-specific and virtual installations, photography essays and traditional architectural projects
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Power dressing: Christian Dior traces 70 years of design in new tome
By Siska Lyssens • Last updated
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Park life: a new tome explores the grounds of Philip Johnson’s Glass House
By Pei-Ru Keh • Last updated
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July book news: leaf through this month's top tomes
By Melina Keays • Last updated
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Piece by piece: exploring the intricate history of chess set design
By Tom Howells • Last updated
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Photographer John Myers’ portraits of 1970s Middle England suburbia
By Ellie Howard • Last updated
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Take a trip through nostalgic travel photography with Rimowa
The Cologne-based suitcase expert has released a Rizzoli-published monograph of its archival designs
By Laura Hawkins • Last updated
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Ian Schrager lifts the curtain on the bacchanal Studio 54 years
By Elly Parsons • Last updated
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Book: Design Research Unit 1942-72
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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How American legend Ellsworth Kelly mastered colour and shape
By Harriet Lloyd Smith • Last updated
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Book: A Garden & Three Houses
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Yves Behar on his design for good
On the occasion of his new monograph, Yves Behar: Designing Ideas, we talk to the Fuseproject founder on his career journey, technology and ‘the slow, winding journey of design’
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Cheers to that: Open House 2021 celebrates London pubs
Open House 2021 is accompanied by an extensive survey of the social and architectural history of London pubs in the shape of a book, Public House
By Nick Compton • Last updated
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Felicia Honkasalo turns heirlooms into a photo-biography of her late grandfather
By Elly Parsons • Last updated
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Examples of red architecture are rolled up into a book by Phaidon
By Luke Halls • Last updated
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Rem Koolhaas and Irma Boom publish in-depth survey of building details
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Candid camera: unseen Polaroids by Warhol, Mapplethorpe and more come to light
By Grace Banks • Last updated
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Is the iPhone the ultimate symbol of modernist design?
A new book explores the links between Bauhaus and the Apple iPhone
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Olafur Eliasson as seen in the gallery, studio and real world
By Elly Parsons • Last updated
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Sol LeWitt: Artist’s Books
By Daven Wu • Last updated
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Page turners: 10 new titles to add to your shelves
By Melina Keays • Last updated
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Top tomes: 10 new books to flick through this month
By Melina Keays • Last updated
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Artist turns iconic football shirts into abstract art
Can football shirts be art? Namibian-German artist Max Siedentopf tackles the worlds of painting and football in a new book, Paintings League, published by Hatje Cantz
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Last updated
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