The definitive collection of visual inspiration for creatives, designers, and art aficionados. These aren't just coffee table books—they're design education, artistic inspiration, and cultural documentation rolled into stunning packages. From archite...
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Design Movements + Philosophy
Fashion as Art
Photography + Visual Culture
Contemporary Design + Living
Artistic Legacy + Place
Design Movements + Philosophy
Books that shaped how we think about space, form, and function.
From the Assouline Classics Collection of coffee table art books, highlighting the best design styles of the modern era.
Art Deco Style // Assouline
A stunning curation with over 290 architects represented. A true page-turning coffee table book.
Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Houses - Art Book
More than just homes, this is a love letter to the mid-century aesthetic that shaped the era's furniture, textiles, and home decor design.
Mid-Century Modern Designers
Palm Springs is a living museum of mid-century modern design, and this coffee table book captures the creativity and influence of this unique city.
The Palm Springs School: Desert Modernism Art Book
The only thing I like more than Tokyo is its style.
Tokyo Style, Kyoichi Tsuzuki - Coffee Table Art Book
Après ski year-round? Sign me up for this sumptuous design style.
Alpine Style: Mountain Magic Home Book
Fashion as Art
Where clothing becomes cultural expression and artistic statement.
Your roadmap through the history of fashion photography, from the 1930s through today. Beautifully curated.
Icons of Style: A Century of Fashion Photography
Curated for the 70th anniversary of the house of Dior.
Dior by Christian Dior // Assouline
The queen of effortless chic.
CBK: Carolyn Bessette Kennedy: A Life in Fashion
A century of Parisian elegance and high fashion from Vogue Paris (the best Vogue, obviously).
Vogue Paris: 100 Years
Inspirational for anyone who, like me, has an interest in eclectic and bold design.
The Big Book of Chic
The city of lights = The city of chic.
Paris Chic // Assouline
Photography + Visual Culture
Masters who documented society, style, and the human experience.
Bill Cunningham is a legend, and he understood fashion like no one else.
Bill Cunningham: On the Street - Iconic Photos
Remember when we all used to read physical magazines? I miss that.
Vanity Fair 100 Years: Jazz Age to Now
Five decades of Annie Leibovitz's iconic fashion and style photography in a chic coffee table book.
Annie Leibovitz Wonderland - Coffee Table Book
An essential look at an iconic photographer. Dorothea Lange was ahead of her time.
Dorothea Lange: Seeing People
Contemporary Design + Living
Modern approaches to creating beautiful, functional spaces.
A must-own coffee table book for any collection.
Architectural Digest at 100: Century of Style
In fashion, there's quiet luxury. In interior design, there's relaxed luxury.
Relaxed Luxury // Assouline
Coastal, country, Mediterranean, and all things natural, linen, and blue & white.
More Beautiful: All-American Decoration
Inspiring landscape architecture, interior design, and homes from around the world as featured in Vogue Living.
Vogue Living: Country, City, Coast
Artistic Legacy + Place
Individual genius and iconic locations that inspire creativity.
An intimate look at Frida Kahlo and her iconic paintings.
Frida Kahlo (40th Anniversary Edition)
The definitive Los Angeles coffee table book (that is actually worth cracking open).
Los Angeles: Portrait of a City // Taschen
A grand tribute to a one-of-a-kind city.
New York by New York // Assouline
A genuinely gorgeous cookbook that's also suitable as a coffee table book, divided into the four seasons, and perfect for an aspirational dinner party. Martha Stewart wrote the forward, y'all!
Flamingo Estate | Fridays From the Garden Cookbook
