Wallpaper Design

La Liste du Parfait Voyageur is the must-have accessory for travellers aspiring to pack the perfect suitcase - in the hope that if you plan carefully before you pack, your suitcase will be lighter an…

The New York Times, 36 Hours: 125 Weekends in Europe; illustration by Olimpia Zagnoli The European editions of the  New York Times ' popular 36 Hours series, which takes aspiring travellers on wh…

Noppenhalle, Zurich - Baierbischofberger Architects Phaidon 's upcoming coffee table book release, Concrete  (due out September 2012), takes readers on a tour of the material's use in archite…

Published in April in collaboration with Karlsson Vodka Unfiltered , this physical edition of the behind-the-scenes design website Sight Unseen offers up a selection of Jill Singer and Monica Khemsu…

The Institute of Making 's creative director, Zoe Laughlin, and researcher, Philip Howes, have teamed up to create a brand new guide to the materials of tomorrow. Material Matters: New materials …

Avoiding the cliches of the average city guide, this new book by lifestyle writer and editor Saskia Graville presents a design-led tour through the place that's on everyone's mind this summer…

Soil Horizons by US artist Maggie Puckett  (2011) celebrates the beauty of soil and the different colours and textures to be found as one digs into the ground. Puckett created the book using 12 diff…

Colour Hunting : How Colour Influences What We Buy, Make and Feel  by Hanneke Kamphuijs and Jeanne Tan ( Frame Publishers , 2011) is an in-depth analysis of colour research, exploring tone, shade, ti…

This new book by writer and photographer Anna H. Blessing profiles 20 different Midwestern farms to examine how the locally-grown movement has blossomed in cities such as Chicago - and how local pro…

Literally translated as  Benjamin Graindorge : Reconstructed Notebooks  (Editions Herscher, 2012), this new book takes us on a tour through the avant-garde French designer's projects and process,…

Lufthansa + Graphic Design: Visual History of an Airline ( Lars Müller Publishers , 2011) documents the German airline's graphic identity and branding from the 1920s to the present day. The airl…

"A lingering taste of regret with undertones of anger welling up" by Ayako Suwa Delicate: New Food Culture , published by Gestalten (2011), is a one-stop compilation of the most interestin…

Thomas Heatherwick; image via Wallpaper* Published to coincide with the V&A 's major retrospective of the studio, Thomas Heatherwick: Making ( Thames & Hudson / Monacelli Press , 2012) p…

Fishermen by Keith Vaughan for Edinburgh Weavers, 1956 Fantastic for textile inspiration, Alistair Morton & Edinburgh Weavers: Visionary Textiles and Modern Art by Lesley Jackson ( V&A Publis…

Talk To Me: Design and the Communication between People and Objects by Paola Antonelli ( MoMA , 2011) was published to accompany and expand on the exhibition of the same name, which finished its run…

Pretty Ugly: Visual Rebellion in Design by TwoPoints.Net ( Gestalten , 2012) explores an emerging design approach that spans product design, print, art, graphics and visual communication. The new b…

Remake It Home: The Essential Guide to Resourceful Living by Henrietta Thompson (Universe, 2009) offers a thoughtful guide to the home-hacking movement - which forms the basis of our Hack-tivate ma…

Parasomnia by Dutch photographer Viviane Sassen ( Prestel , 2011) is a deeply inspiring photographic journey through African dreamscapes, saturated with colour and viewing the continent from a uniq…

L'Europe Animale, Physiologie Comique by André Belloguet, 1882 Un Atlas Imaginaire: Cartes allégoriques et satiriques by Laurent Baridon ( Citadelles & Mazenod , 2011) shows how the world wo…

While ceramicist Edmund de Waal had a surprise global bestseller with his compelling family memoir The Hare With Amber Eyes , his latest book sees him firmly back on craft enthusiast ground - with a…