Keeping everything in its place is critical in this tiny home. Shelving designed by Kirkpatrick helps immensely. He's also designed the coffee table; the couch was picked up at a second-hand store. The vaporproof ceiling light is from RAB lighting.

Microshelters, which features tips for designing your own small space as well as 52 other tiny structures, is out now via Storey Publishing.

“Once I finished designing the LBR-1, I realized it could be used as a nightstand, stool or an end table. With those dimensions sorted out, we then stretched the design into a bench,” said Heywood, of the LBR-2, shown here in walnut.

A look inside Oakland's Book/Shop, which Heywood opened in 2013.

Monochrome Home by Hilary Robertson (Ryland Peters & Small, 2015) retails for $35 and features the homes of 13 artists, architects, and designers located in such cities as London, Paris, Copenhagen, and New York.

Architecture: Book Mountain, Spijkenisse, the NetherlandsFor optimum browsing, a veritable mountain of bookshelves created by MVRDV houses over a quarter mile of passages through the structure. Perched at the top is a reading room and cafe area with panoramic views through the transparent roof. Photo by Jeroen Musch.

A mix of biology, chemistry, history, etymology, and mixology, we heartily recommend this book to gardeners, scientists, and party animals alike. From $10.99 at Barnes and Noble

Preorder Nanotecture to see more pint-sized design, from dog houses to cabins.

Still, it’s possible to remove or relocate non-structural walls in a home with good bones.

Five-year-old Thomas Dochter plays outside the houses.

Booker McConnell Head Office Completed in 1980, this interior overhaul was one of many Zeev Aram & Associates interior design projects.

The garage is an exercise in “hide and reveal.” The Corian shelf features an outlet in a converted book, a detail that brings delight to a mundane task. “We wanted to make the experience of plugging in a phone or computer joyful,” Grizzle says.

Brooklyn architect Tim Seggerman designed and built what he calls a “crafted jewel box”. Utilizing the petite space in his New York apartment Seggerman creates an enveloping cabin of blond woods.

Book jackets by Alvin Lustig and a vintage subway sign hang over a custom bed by Jeff Jenkins Design + Development.

The entire bathroom is based on a grid, informed by Brigham’s background in graphic design. The 4” redwood slats form the base measurement; the height of the sink, the bath, and all other features are built in multiples of four. Each piece was designed to either project from or recess back into the wall, continuing seamlessly into the next fixture. Everything from the medicine cabinet to the planters floats off the ground, opening the space.

Here's a peek at 'Above the Pavement—The Farm!,' the second title in the Inventory Books series, which explores the intersection of architecture, urbanism, and food.

Marimekko: In Patterns (Chronicle Books, September 2014). Marimekko is widely celebrated for its recognizable patterns. This volume overviews the Finnish brand's over-50-year history as a powerhouse in the design world.

Don't miss a book fair curated by Designers & Books that includes a daily design book giveaway.

Translation, 2006-Edited and designed by the duo, this book was produced for the exhibition 'Translation' at the Palais de Tokyo in 2005, that showcased artworks from the Dakis Joannou Collection.

The front and back cover of the book.

Instagram Friendly Book, from $18, at artifactuprising.com Even amateur photogs can get the art book treatment with Artifact Uprising's easy-to-use book-printing service. Their square softcover books are designed with Instagram images in mind.

Made from hardy powder-coated steel, the Umbra Conceal Book Shelf transforms books into a decorative element. Light, simple, and wall-mounted, it's another versatile tool for blurring decor and storage in small spaces.

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From concrete lamp bases to leather poufs, Fehrentz's book Made by Yourself is a compendium of the designer's ideas. It's available in the United States as of early October.

The Book of Stamps by Cabinet Magazine ($23.00 for one book) text "CabinetBookofStamps" to 767825 (portal) Another great product for adorning letters is the Cabinet Magazine Book of Stamps. This treasure trove of artist made fake stamps is perfect for messing with the USPS or weirding out your recipients. This book is an absolute steal--we have two!"

Robison hollows out used books for a variety of objects, including a flask.

Many of owner Ben Kinmont's culinary craft projects are an extension of his work as an artist and dealer of antiquarian books about food and wine. Off the kitchen, Ben stores his inventory—faded spines lined up on long shelves and a tall cabinet where a few select objects are kept. Next to a gaping fireplace in the sitting area is the most prized and frequently used of his antique cooking implements, an 18th-century French tourne-broche à poids—a delightfully analog contraption for turning a spit over a flame. In the master bedroom, more shelves were installed to accommodate the book collection.

“I used a wood box as a nightstand for a long time. I would stack books in there, but they were hard to get at, so I started designing with that issue in mind,” Heywood explained of the LBR series. The LBR-1 Book Stool, pictured here, is available in walnut or ash.

Philip Jodidio's book Small Architecture Now! was released by TASCHEN publishing as part of their Architecture Now! series.

My First Sony Series Walkman, 1987.

Architect Philip Johnson, renowned for the four-sided view from his iconic Glass House, could be called an aural architect. The house’s approach is a gravel path that crunches loudly underfoot, announcing arrival. The house is tightly sealed, as silent as a church. And it is then, because of the perfect absence of sound, that the glass walls spring to life, like huge cinema screens, animated with outdoor images. Photo by Nora Feller/Corbis

Balthazar Korab, quoted in a new book by John Comazzi, found that Eero Saarinen and Associates’ Deere and Company Headquarters from 1966 “was the most challenging of Saarinen’s buildings to photograph because the darkness and texture of the Cor-Ten steel creates difficult light and shadow conditions. For me it was a project of discovery—I had to discover the architecture over time.”

WM-F5 Stereo Cassette Player, 1983.