Acclaimed landscape and garden designer Daniel Nolan presents his much-anticipated first book on the California high-desert aesthetic. Noland is the authority on modern dry gardens and this volume features more diverse examples of interior, exterior, gardening techniques, ideas than any other book on the market.

Housing was the typological theme that the Mexican architect Abraham Zabludovsky (1924-2003) developed with more intensity during the early years of his career. Belonging to the second generation of architects trained extra academically under the influence of the Modern Movement, the value of the work of Zabludovsky is not in its originality, as it would be in the case of the pioneers of modernity, but precisely in its non–originality. For him, the architectural design process is basically composed of three aspects: the existence of the program (“the express commission ”), the existence of the place, and the memory of the author. This book proposes a typological analysis and distributive of the floors of his dwellings, as well as an analysis of the compositions of facades, from forty works selected from a hundred projects built between 1951-1998.

In 2008, Daniel Chavkin began photographing some of the more discreet and off-the-beaten-path midcentury modern homes and buildings in the Palm Springs area. These included secret gems created by such famous modernist architects as William Cody and John Porter Clark, as well as others by relatively lesser-known designers. The result is this rich photographic collection of largely unseen examples of desert modern architecture. Many of the buildings shown herein are not easily accessible by, or in some cases completely off-limits to, the general public, so the photographs in this book may be the only opportunity for midcentury aficionados to ever see some of these buildings. Daniel Chavkin is a photographer who lives and works in Palm Springs and Los Angeles. He began his career shooting celebrity portraits, but his passion is for midcentury modern architecture—and especially the desert modernism of Palm Springs. His love of modernism was forged while studying at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. He also owns the graphic design business Design Lab 2.

The perfect coffee table book for those who appreciate the finer elements of ordinary things, this beautifully photographed volume displays with the design flair of a museum show the ultimate iconic items.

In the 1950s, when contemporary industrial design was just beginning to take off in Italy, Franca Santi Gualtieri was invited to join the editorial team of the fledgling Stile Industria, an offshoot of the influential design magazine, Domus. Written as a personal history of the birth of contemporary Italian industrial design, this charming and engaging paperback maps out the story of Gualtieri's experience at the magazine from the years 1954 to 1963, as well as his close collaboration with the famed, contemporaneous Abitare magazine.

The exhibition "The Essence of Things" illuminates the influences and motifs of a principle whose impact on design transcends time and place.

This is David Pye's classic book on the theory of design. In it, he explores the many facets of good design, including the relationship of aesthetics with function.

From Norwegian design museum Henie Onstan Kunstenter, a retrospective of industrial design. 1998.

Architectural Logos contains a wonderful selection of logos, trademarks and symbols from around the world formed of architectural elements such as houses, buildings, windows, stairs and doors.

Human Logo is a collection of people-based logos categorised in sections such as bodies, hands, hearts, eyes and faces. The book contains over 300 logos from some of the world's leading design companies such as; Wolff Olins, Pushpin Group, Hey, Chermayeff & Geismar, Berger & Fohr and many more.

Made in Japan surveys 100 of the country's recent design triumphs, among them furnishings, utensils, gadgets, clothing, office equipment and even a silent guitar. While the book features mainly mass-produced objects, it also includes one-off prototypes and limited-edition items that are immensely popular in Japan.

First published in 1814, Werner's Nomenclature of Colours is a taxonomic guide to the colors of the natural world that has been cherished by artists and scientists for more than two centuries. This beautiful pocket-size facsimile is guaranteed to delight and inform a new generation of artists and scientists.