In “The Passenger,” the second and strongest of the five vignettes, Jenny is stuck on a train ride with her ex, Jack, and his new girlfriend ... All the vignettes in the book similarly ...

Australian designer Anna Spiro’s new book, “A Life in Pattern” (Thames & Hudson; $60; 256 pages), is a devotion to maximalism and creating rooms with color palettes that run both deep and wide.

This year’s new design books bring ... In the studio's first-ever book, readers discover how to seamlessly blend historic local artwork and crafts with fresh color palettes and timeless ...

The marks and scars of difficult work underpin four new design books. By Eve M ... and researcher Lauren MacDonald in “In Pursuit of Color” (Atelier/D.A.P., $49.95, 240 pp.). She analyzes ...

A philosophy of beauty can mean many things to many people, but in the lexicon of local design firm Studio Thomas James, it encompasses a fusion of vivid color, rich textures and luxe materials.

Recently when I helped decorate a new Brooklyn loft ... of my favorite interior design–related Tumblrs puts it: F–k your bookshelf with the books arranged by color. But there is much to ...

The Kindle Colorsoft’s only new feature ... brighter than some color E Ink screens we’ve seen on devices like the Kobo Clara Colour. Best of all, pages turn fast and books open quickly ...