Whether you consider yourself an aesthete or design savvy, I bet you recognize what a sublime time it is for collectors of beautiful design titles and artful projects for the page! We’ll peek inside new books within my collection, and you’ll quickly see how the work of these interior designers and photographers is worth preserving and sharing.
Books For Design Savvy Bibliophiles & Aesthetes
As soon as I finished my master’s in counseling, I traded my all those psychoanalytic textbooks weighing down my backpack and shoulders for the beauty of design books to rest on shelves and tabletops.
Since such books for design are often curated for visual beauty and inspiration, the term aesthete (you know who they are, kittens…theirs is a specialized appreciation of art and beauty) is sometimes an appropriate description for collectors who invest in books for their aesthetic value. Let’s see what’s new in the realm of beauty.
KIT KEMP: Design Stories (Rizzoli, 2026)
Experiential, vivid, imaginative, textured, and beyond the ordinary is the magical world I discovered within KIT KEMP: Design Stories.
You’ll find playful pattern, soulful craft, and vibrant displays to awaken and ignite the beholder.
So much of the higher end of design is utterly serious and serene, and here are moments gleaming with energetic and lifegiving playfulness.
Refined yet revelatory in its signature style, these projects from Kit Kemp are truly unforgettable stories layered with delight.
Kit Kemp is an internationally acclaimed British interior design, author, and the founder and creative force behid the Kit Kemp Design Studio and the award-winning Firmdale Hotels.
Kit won many awards including House & Garden’s Hotel Designer of the Year, The Crown Estate’s Urban Business Award and CN Traveller’s Best Hotel in the World for Design.
A DESIGN JOURNEY: Tara Bernerd (Rizzoli, 2026)
“Good design transports us without us being entirely conscious of the fact” is an example of shimmering wisdom from architectural designer Tara Bernerd who has gifted us with more design lessons in her second book A DESIGN JOURNEY.
You’ll discover her latest projects (a summer home in Ibiza, a resort in the Riviera Maya) which are rich with sophistication and elegance.
Bernerd’s projects are luxurious hotels, spas, restaurants, and homes that inspire and reflect timelessness.
Behold the marvelous subtlety and artful detail of the architectural masterpiece above with its sculptural beauty beckoning us to ascend! Color me dazzled.
MODERN MAJESTY (Rizzoli, 2026) by Chris Jackson
Who is the creator behind MODERN MAJESTY?
Someone special enough to capture the queen and her royal grandchildren in moments such as these.
For nearly two decades, Chris Jackson has held a singular position: Getty Images’ most trusted lens on the British monarchy.
Modern Majesty brings a compelling and beautifully curated portrait of a royal family reinventing itself in the twenty-first century.
From King Charles III’s historic accession and the growing roles of the Prince and Princess of Wales…
to poignant family moments and public duties, MODERN MAJESTY captures intimacy and iconic moments from a new royal era.
Zoé de Las Cases LA MAISON: Decorating With French Vintage Style
I mentioned this book in my post about gentle escapes…
and this book will perhaps appeal to a different design bibliophile.
You’ll discover a world of pared-down simplicity and effortless charm without the pomp and circumstance.
What a wonderful world of diversity is ours! Smartphones sometimes capture it effectively, but I’m so thankful for the lens of the artist and book pages to touch and study.
Tara Bernerd eloquently describes a creative yearning many of us hold: TO CREATE MEANINGFUL, TIMELESS, AND SEDUCTIVE SPACES THAT WILL LINGER IN SOMEONE’S MIND AND HEART.
Peace to you right where you are.
-michele
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