Have you been feeling the urge for a much needed screen detox? Has your Pinterest algorithm started showing the same imagery repeatedly? Are you on the market for new sources of knowledge, inspiration and design direction?
If one of these resonate with you, then look no further. We have rounded up our top four book choices of 2023, to help you get your design fix in a different way. Not only are they great reads, they will all make marvellous additions to coffee table or bookcase displays!
HOW TO LIVE WITH OBJECTS
From the editors of online interiors magazine Sight Unseen, this book emphasises that the home should authentically personal, unique, and filled with the objects you feel a connection to. Expect a visual exploration which addresses: What makes an object worth having? and How do our objects impact our lives?
INTERIORS IN THE ERA OF COVID-19
This is a collection of essays with explores how relationships of spaces shifted between the public and the private worlds as a result of the pandemic. It looks at how homes adapted to accommodate the additional roles of schools, offices, gyms, restaurants, wellbeing-spaces and more. The use of case studies from around the world offers an insightful view into cultural influences on design.
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/interiors-in-the-era-of-covid19-9781350294219/
HOME: THE WAY WE LIVE NOW
Kate Watson-Smyth has long proved her worth in the interiors world, and this next book is no exception. She suggests that the three key elements to the way we live now – the rising rental market, the issue of working from home, and of living in small spaces – are inextricably linked, and has formatted the book in such a way which allows you to configure the sections to what you need from your home. Think temporarily zoning an open-plan kitchen, working in a small bedroom, and/or decorating a tiny rental.
TRANSFORM: PROMISING PLACES, SECOND CHANCES, AND THE ARCHITECTURE OF TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE
Repurposing or transforming existing buildings is arguably the most sustainable approach within architecture. Through primarily examining the work of Deborah Berke Partners, this book demonstrates methods for creating new architecture out of old structures, using a selection of theories, archival research, case studies and technical drawings.
