From an accessible history of design to a facsimile of a super rare architecture magazine, these are the books we loved this year.

Isaac Tobin peruses his wares in the old Seminary Co-Op bookstore at the University of Chicago. Photo: Alyssa Pointer/Chicago Tribune; Cover courtesy of Isaac Tobin After graduating from the Rhode ...

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It's no surprise that many readers consider a job in book publishing to be one of the most covetable careers. Within publishing, there are widely recognized positions — like that of a book editor or ...

January is a time of resolutions–and while most of them tend not to last, reading more is a resolution that pays dividends. We asked a slew of design leaders for the best books they read in 2018, and ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Howard Gralla (pictured above; one of his books, below): A rare gift to mix beauty with utility.

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From Edith Wharton’s treatise on décor to a portrait of 1990s Tokyo, the books that designers return to again and again for inspiration. By Catherine Hong In our very online era, design trends seem to ...

Looking for design inspiration? With the ubiquitousness of online interior-design sources, it’s easy to comb through, say, thousands of wallpaper options in just a few minutes, but it can also be the ...