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2010 Books by Dwell Contributors

Though we love to love our many talented contributors in the pages of Dwell, we figured that the fine work they do merits a special shout-out. So should you be shopping for a Dwell-lover, consider...

written by: Aaron Britt

12.14.10
For the Design Scholar

Contributing Blogger Tiffany Chu: If your second home is the library and your first home the studio desk, there's probably an academic cornucopia of design supplies that you've been yearning for...

written by: Tiffany Chu

12.13.09
Books and Films

Editor-in-Chief Sam Grawe: Although I gave up writing Christmas lists long ago, the following is what I would ask for if I were writing to Santa today. I can quite literally spend many hours...

written by: Sam Grawe

11.20.09
Penta-base Bookrest

Penta-base Bookrest with cast-bronze base by Joseph Magliaro for TOC Studio.
Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design

Chances are you’ve seen the work of Saul Bass in the last 24 hours. Whether you’ve opened a phone bill from AT&T, consumed a bowl of oatmeal, or watched the shower scene from Psycho...

$75.00
Tank Books

Much like Olympia Le-Tan’s book-clutches, these awesome cigarette books pay homage to classic stories. Cleverly disguised as cigarette packs (right down to the flip-flop top with foil...

$88.00
Port Magazine

We came across this new British men's mag when we were in London earlier this year. We picked up a copy for the plane and found that collection of essays, design coverage, and fashion features to...

$38.00
Harris Tweed by Lara Platman

This handsome coffee table book documents the great export of the Outer Hebrides islands off the coast of Scotland: Harris tweed. A portrait not so much of the fabric, but of its production, Lara...

$40.00
Hatch Show Print: The History of a Great American Poster Shop

This is the complete zeitguide to an era of country music concert posters from Nashville's alpha print company, Hatch Show Print. The tome features over 175 illustrations of handcrafted letterpress...

$35.00
Tools for Living: Design Sourcebook

This beyond-comprehensive compilation of modern design’s greatest hits would be a welcome addition to any coffee-table collection.

$60.00
Record Houses of 1971

We pretty much never tire of books that compile modern houses. Generally there are some well known designers featured (Lautner, Jaffe, Noyes) but books like this one are also a great place to...

$24.99
How To See by George Nelson

The multitalented George Nelson made a name for himself in architecture, industrial design, graphic design, and as the man who brought Charles Eames and Alexander Girard together at Herman Miller,...

$100.00
Handcrafted Modern: At Home with Mid-century Designers

An intimate and revealing collection of photographs of astonishingly beautiful, iconic, and undiscovered mid-century interiors. Among significant mid-century interiors, none are more celebrated...

$45.00
A Road Divided

Nazraeli Press is pleased to announce Todd Hido’s new book of landscape photographs, A Road Divided, in which the artist again focuses his attention on the American landscape. Driving...

$75.00
The Science of Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar Galactica (BSG) has been called the best show on television, and as real as science fiction gets. It has dealt with issues of religious freedom, patriotism, terrorism, genetic...

$20.00
Re:Crafted Interpretations of Craft in Contemporary Architecture and Interiors

Now more than ever, architects and designers are crossing aesthetic borders, and redefining craft to suit their own creative needs, philosophies, and expectations—often by commenting upon...

$50.00
3D Typography Book

Can you really compare experimental three-dimensional typography – like lettering made of live moss or letter kites that fly messages in the sky – to the work of Gutenberg?...

$45.00
Design Research: The Store That Brought Modern Living to American Homes by Jane Thompson and Alexandra Lange

When Ben Thompson opened Design Research in Boston in 1953, his innovative store became synonymous with modern interior design, lighting a public spark that still burns today, though the store...

$50.00
Vintage Cocktail Book

$50.00
Popville

For the action-oriented reader – and we are voracious readers – there are few things better than a good pop-up book. Boisrobert & Rigaud’s Popville is both enchanting and...

$16.99