The 18 New Design Books to Add to Your Shelves This Summer

UK-based design duo Nicole Salvesen and Mary Graham put their English style on display in their new book A New English Style. After reading about all the beautiful projects—from London townhouses to 17th century Hampshire estates—you, too, will be reaching for floral fabrics for your next bedroom and canopied bed. —Bebe Howorth

In her second book, ceramicist Frances Palmer steps away from the kiln and focuses on the flowers that populate her memorable vessels. Readers get an inside look at Palmer’s own gardens, as well as tips and ideas for arranging, growing, and even baking with the blooms that inspire her work. —BH

Enjoy The World of Peter Dunham, the designer’s colorful, pattern-packed, and anything-but-boring book. Dunham shares the formative places and people who shaped his life (Warhol! Salvador Dali! David Hicks!) and those who helped set the designer’s taste which define the textiles, homeware line, and for lucky ones, homes, that we all love. —BH

For our digital Renovation Issue, executive editor Ingrid Abramovitch spoke to Naiman, a «spacial alchemist» who’s also been described as both a “renovation shaman” and a “design therapist.” In her new book, she details her own Hudson Valley renovation while also describing her philosophy: «Use your home to manifest the person you want to become.” —Annie Goldsmith

Self-taught interior designer Andrew Torrey founded his own firm in 2013. In his new monograph, he shows readers 23 projects—all private residences—from the past decade. Gay Gassman—who has also written for ELLE Decor—wrote the book’s text, taking us through Torrey’s projects in Miami, London, Los Angeles, Cabo, and more. —AG

The creative director of Dior Maison and Dior Baby moonlights as the owner of a coffee and floral shop in her native Paris. In Flower Couture, Castellane shares her love of florals through the seasons at her French country house. —BH

Including their own Flatiron apartment and upstate New York house, husband and wife firm Studio DB share their collected approach to design in their first book, Drawn Together. «Their work is an antidote to the soulless, hotel room-like ambiance that is far too common in the design world,» ELLE Decor’s executive editor Ingrid Abramovitch states. —BH

A student of Sister Parish and Alfred Hadley, David Kleinberg exhibits in Interiors what happens when you do your homework. As seen in the Sutton Place home he created for Thom Browne and Andrew Boulton (the pair write the forward), Kleinberg’s distinctively American point of view results in homes that are elegant, historic, and entirely approachable, all at once. —BH

In his first book, designer Alfredo Paredes, the man responsible for the Polo Bar and many spaces that define Ralph Lauren, shares what makes a house a home. The creative takes you inside his houses—past and present—and the design that makes them memorable. —BH

The paperback edition of the V&A Sourcebook of Pattern & Ornament is sure to delight anyone who appreciates design. The volume exhibits over 1000 pattern versions and is separated by pattern themes: Plants, Animals Earth & the Universe, and Abstract Patterns. —BH

In her new book, designer and artist Orna Tamir Schestowitz illustrates how to build the long lusted-after ideal Mediterranean home. She does so by taking the reader through her own homes in Paros, Cap Ferrat, and Tel Aviv, pointing out highlights along the way. Our only complaint? We just wish she brought us along. —AG

Opened in 1968, Nantucket Looms is a legendary store on the historic Massachusetts island, most well known for selling woven textiles—blankets, rugs, fabrics—spun on their in-house looms. The new book includes these textiles in homes designed by Nantucket Looms Interiors, the interior design firm spun out of the store. The result is a book full of coastal New England inspiration. —AG

When it comes to prints, there are a few that are so imbued in culture that they’ve become instantly recognizable. Burberry plaid, for one. There’s Vuitton’s monogram. And, Liberty florals. In Liberty.: Design. Pattern. Color., Kassia St Clair celebrates Liberty’s 150th anniversary with a wide-ranging history of the brand and its patterns. —AG

Available June 17.

Dreaming of a summer Out East? Carreon’s new book, showcasing over 50 Hamptons gardens, will get you close. The gardens Carreon chose vary in size and style, and includes both public and private grounds. The book also delves into the stories behind the gardens–perhaps, most notably, with Grey Gardens, now newly restored by its new owner. —AG

Available July 15

Dani Dazey’s new book provides a welcome reprieve from all of the beige and cream minimalism of the past few years. Through 16 design projects, Dazey makes the case for vibrant colors, complex patterns, and varied textures. Included in the book is the Trixie Motel, which Dazey worked on with drag queen Trixie Mattel, and was the subject of an HBO Max series. —AG

Inspired by her own mother and grandmother, Lauder shares her love of flowers and how she lives with them in her newest book, Living with Flowers. There is endless inspiration for setting a memorable table. —BH

The Kips Bay Decorator Show House has become one of the design world’s most notable annual events. Every year, top designers each transform one room in a New York townhouse, and are essentially given carte blanche in doing so. The event raises money for the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club and this year celebrates its 50 year anniversary. Iconic Rooms collects some standout spaces from the show house over the years, so readers can either relive these ephemeral spaces or experience them for the first time. —AG