“There is no word for ‘design’ in our Indian languages,” says design historian Suchitra Balasubramanyan. The discourse, she points out, has been built almost entirely in English, shaped by upper-caste ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Wes Anderson’s meticulously curated worlds are heading ...

If you're not familiar with all of the Game of Thrones books already, it's worth noting that A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is not part of the main series. The story takes place roughly 100 years ...

It’s easy, for me at least, to be cynical about the state of design. Our visual environment can feel bland, everything from brands to buildings homogenized around similar styles. The ever-impending AI ...

Converts: From Oscar Wilde to Muriel Spark, Why So Many Became Catholic in the 20th Century by Melanie McDonagh (Yale University Press) Religion and art always shadowed each other, but why in ...

The saying goes: Never judge a book by its cover. But what about the edges of its pages? Sumptuous fore-edges – sprayed a bright color, stenciled with city skylines, made to look like pointy teeth – ...

As Giles puts it, 'the best outcomes rely on where you look for inspiration', and that means books and buildings just as much as people. This is the second part of our experts' experts series; the ...

The government has launched the NSW Housing Pattern Book of low-rise designs, with eight options on offer for home builders. For the next six months, the designs are available for anyone to use for ...

Famm: Female Artists of the Mougins Museum, France by Samantha Baskind, Jennifer R Cohen and others (Merrell) A rare pleasure: a book entering the minefield of art and gender politics with sense, ...

Your book collection is often a reflection of your interests and when one of them is design, there’s no dearth of titles that you can stock up. They also make for great gifts whether it is for adding ...

The winners of the 2024 British Book Design and Production Awards have been announced from a shortlist of 95 books across 18 categories. The awards were held at De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms in London ...