From an accessible history of design to a facsimile of a super rare architecture magazine, these are the books we loved this year.

In the opening paragraphs of the British design writer and editor Charlene Prempeh’s new book, she recalls a conversation she had in the late summer of 2020. (A conversation via Zoom, of course.) ...

What is design? -- Arts & Crafts: 1850 - 1920 -- Art Nouveau: 1880 - 1910 -- Art Deco: 1919 - 1940 -- Modernism: 1910 - 1939 -- Mid-Century Modern: 1940 - 1959 ...

In the new book Now I Sit Me Down architect Witold Rybczynski traces the history of chairs. Take a close look at what you're sitting on, he says, and you'll learn about trends in architecture, design, ...

Volume 1 -- Prehistoric Times to World War I -- 1. Tool making and Rock Art in the Prehistoric Age -- 2. The Earliest Civilizations and Their Inventions, 7000 BCE -- 900 BCE -- 3. The Classical Age, ...