Best Design Books

Ann Getty: Interior Style

February 15, 2013

The first ever compilation of the luxurious interiors from the influential designer and philantropist Ann Getty is out! If you are looking for luxurious design in your home, Ann Getty is one of the designers that will serve your interests. The book Ann Getty: Interior Style from Diane Dorrans Saeks, gathers many ideas where luxury is the main theme. She is very passionate for architecture, exquisite materials, superior craftsmanship, and preservation of antiques. That is an obvious conclusion you will take from this rapidly view from this book. Ann Getty has a very solid architectural background that comes from many years in the business but still can keep up with the demands of the modern society. Her interiors tips reflect taste, quality and integrity. In this book you can find several original pieces of Ann Getty’s luxurious furniture line, lots of color, texture and you will also have access to the knowledge she acquired from traveling and study the essence of the subject. All the photographies are from Lisa Romerein Pre-order your copy today from Amazon or Rizzoli

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Home Rules Book

February 9, 2013

Transform the Place You Live Into a Place You’ll Love “Transform the Place You Live Into a Place You’ll Love” is the manifesto. And who does it is Nate Berkus, a successful american interior designer and regular contributoron The Oprah Winfrey Show, that even had his own TV show. His 2005 book- Home Rules: Transform the Place You Live Into a Place You’ll Love– is a step by step guide that will help you having a lovely home, decorated your own way. I must confess that I love this book. It will never get old or out of style. And why do I think that? Well, because this book have the personal touch and style of the autor, of course, but it is only a guide that will certainly help you having your own ideas, and getting your own especial space. This book emerged by Nate’s belief that everyone should love the way they live. I agree. That’s why I would strongly recommend it. See more at

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The Book of Job by Studio Job

January 14, 2013

Playing off of what some see as the near-biblical intensity of Studio Job’s oeuvre, this monograph, their first, is titled The Book of Job. The lavish package resembles a traditional leather-bound bible featuring a number of custom-printing effects including raised bands on the spine of the hardcover case which is covered in imitation leather overlaid with a dense signature composition by Studio Job, gilded page edges, cloth markers, black-letter type, and letterpress elements that distinguish the book from the conventional treatment of design monographs. Further, the slip-cased book is two-in-one with Studio Job on one side, and then on the flip side, the biblical The Book of Job, complete with illustrated illuminations. Studio Job is a design studio based in Antwerp. Items designed by Studio Job have been shown in museums and galleries around the world,and have won many design awards. Most recently their work has included imagery appropriated from the Nazi Holocaust as material for commercial use. The award-winning furniture and art objects designed by Smeets and Tynagel bring a monumental sensibility to contemporary industrial design, leavened with unapologetic wit and romance. Celebrated in design and art fairs from Milan to Miami, and featured in the permanent collections of…

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Luis Bustamante | Interior Design Studio

January 12, 2013

Luis Bustamante is an exclusive Madrid-based architect and interior designer. His work is a little more classical in style. I’m obsessed about his ideas and inspirations for a modern home decoration. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in fine arts at University Complutense of Madrid. In the eighties he devoted to sculpture and painting, exhibiting several times in Madrid and Barcelona. In 1991, he started his interior designer career in Barcelona where he lived during 8 years and continued working in this area. Later he moved to Mexico for 5 years where he continued his professional career and was consolidated as an international interior designer. In the year 2000, Señor Bustamante returned back to Madrid where he established his current interior design studio unifying a high qualified group of professionals. The studio in Madrid is currently considered the operational headquarters for all of his national and international projects. Luis Bustamante’s studio has carried out residentia, commercial and ephemeral projects adapting his works to different environments and working conditions. His undeniable international background and accurate work has permitted the studio to develop several projects in New York, Miami, London, Gstaad, Caracas, Dominican Republic, Mexico, etc. Señor Bustamante also happens to have a new…

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The Story of Eames Furniture

January 10, 2013

Charles and Ray Eames, two American legendary designers, who have worked in several art areas, from architecture to furniture and from fine art to film industry, have now their story printed in a unique 2-volume, 800-page book, with more than 2,500 images. Marilyn Neuhart together with her husband John Neuhart tell The Story of Eames Furniture — to paraphrase Charles Eames himself — of how Eames furniture got to be the way it is. Both have worked at the Eames Office in various capacities since the 1950s. They have looked after the house of Charles and Ray Eames since the designers’ deaths and have supervised the Eames Archive. More familiar with the material and protagonists than almost any other, Marilyn Neuhart has spent the last 15 years compiling the stories, images, and recollections featured in this book. The Story of Eames Furniture is the benchmark reference on the subject. It is a biography — not of an individual person, but of arguably the most influential and important furniture brand of our time. Brimming with images and insightful text, this unique book is the benchmark reference on what is arguably the most influential and important furniture brand of our time. It reveals…

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Rhapsody by Kelly Wearstler

January 9, 2013

Kelly Wearstler, the California-based interior designer who practically invented the term “maximalism”, have launched her fourth book “Rhapsody” on October 23, 2012 Rhapsody compiles some of Wearstler’s never-before-photographed projects and it offers a look into her glamorous world, profiling in detail her latest residential designs, including sumptuous new hotels along with her creative process. The tome takes you through her creative process, bursting with her glamorous and energetic vignettes, all using her signature bold color, texture, and mix of both vintage and new. Throughout the pages, she dissects certain rooms and explains the importance of juxtaposing rawness and refinement to get her distinctive look. Here, the idea of “mod baroque” might mean silver studded walls paired with a tiger-print sofa, or three square brass tables arranged like blocks into a jagged, uneven dining table, or a floor-to-ceiling ceramic fireplace that offsets ’70s-style wood paneling: anything, really, that ensures your eye is “captivated by every view, whether by a dominating architectural feature or a movable tablescape,” Wearstler writes in the book. Whether decorating a boutique hotel, restaurant, or home, Kelly Wearstler rarely designs with a “less is more” approach. Everything the designer-turned-fashion muse touches seems to turn to gold (sometimes quite literally, given her opulent interiors)….

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