May Releases
May 8, 2022
May is here and it brings with it fresh flowers and fresh reads! See what new books have bloomed below, including our latest i art, fashion, interiors, and more!
Image from Luigi Lucioni
INTERIORS & ARCHITECTURE
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Breathtaking houses by JLF Architects that are built lovingly with noble materials and heritage methods, always presented in profound conversation with nature.
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Julia Morgan was a pioneering woman architect, best known for Hearst Castle, in the vanguard of Beaux-Arts design and style in the first half of the twentieth century.
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ART
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A poignant compilation of photography and written anecdotes by American photographer and artist Lee Jaffe, taken when he traveled abroad with Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1983.
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This is the definitive monograph on the “godfather” of Korean contemporary art, master painter Park Seo-Bo, also the founder of Korea’s Dansaekhwa movement.
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A revelatory look at this Italian-American modernist painter of still lifes, landscapes, and portraits drawn from his life in the gay New York scene and rural Vermont.
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Lively watercolors and ink drawings of refined facades draw a compelling portrait of Paris, where each building is accompanied by its delightful ornamental details.
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A real-life treasure hunt as he follows the Allied troops across France and Germany to save Nazi-stolen masterpieces of art.
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The most comprehensive monograph about the life and career of the female pioneer who integrated abstract painting, music, and dance, Lalan.
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FASHION
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The second volume in Fashion Icons series, this book documents a new roster of no-holds-barred interviews with the fashion industry’s most talented, successful, and iconic personalities.
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Celebrating 30, avenue Montaigne, this sophisticated volume—published on the occasion of the House’s 75th anniversary in 2022—presents the public and unseen life of Dior’s iconic headquarters.
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This book explores today’s most futuristic footwear designs, from the use of new technologies such as 3-D printing and smart technology to the invention of sustainable materials.
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This touching volume that celebrates the life and work of beloved fashion designer Alber Elbaz through the work and words of his friends and peers.
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PHOTOGRAPHY
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A love letter to a time before Instagram and the legendary party scenes of the 2000s that brought together the new millennium’s rising stars of pop culture.
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This intimate photographic study examines the detectives working for the NYPD’s most prestigious homicide division in Brooklyn, a profession that has been woven into American mythology.
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