It’s easy, for me at least, to be cynical about the state of design. Our visual environment can feel bland, everything from brands to buildings homogenized around similar styles. The ever-impending AI ...

Design is in a moment of crisis. The dominant forms of practice, from design thinking to human-centered design, are being called into question as the pressing issues facing the planet are forcing the ...

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 ...

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 ...

We may receive a portion of sales if you purchase a product through a link in this article. If you’re enchanted by architecture, captivated by design, or you find joy somewhere in between, chances are ...

This year was a particularly great year for books that seemed long overdue, including monographs on Alexander Girard, Rosario Candela, and Donald Judd — specifically one dedicated to his furniture ...

With a foreword by her wife Roxane Gay, Debbie Millman’s Why Design Matters contains over 80 of the writer, designer, and curator’s best interviews from her beloved podcast Design Matters. The richly ...

A Book Review art director selects the book jackets that surprised him, delighted him and stayed with him this year. A Book Review art director selects the book jackets that surprised him, delighted ...

What do we really want in a home? Comfort, clarity, calm? Drama, decoration, delight? While you can never go wrong consulting design and decorating books as a source of gorgeous inspiration, you can ...

A crop of 13 enticing new home design books includes coffee-table tomes by designers to stars including Gwyneth Paltrow, Kylie Jenner, Zendaya and Chiwetel Ejiofor. By Abigail Stone This fall’s bumper ...