Poster Book
A collection of 20th century posters, all reproductions printed originally by Fernand Mourlot, “the master printmaker of France and one of the preeminent color lithographers of this century.” Mourlot contributes …
An Unseen History of Constructing The Empire State Building
In the 1920s The Empire State Building was the center of a “race to the skies” competition between Walter Chrysler, of the Chrysler Corporation, and John Jakob Raskob, creator of …
A Book Barn With a Massive Collection of Design & Architecture Titles
In 2012, longtime Berkshire bookstore owner Eric Wilska purchased the property on Depot Street in West Stockbridge with a historic mill on it. Today the bookstore boasts an eclectic collection …
New York Magazine Book
Since its founding in 1968, New York Magazine has told the story of that city’s constant morphing, week after week. Covering culture high and low, the drama and scandal of …
A Book About How Grand Central Station Was Built
Grand Central was built in the early twentieth century, and it quickly became a crossroads of rail travel. In 1947, for instance, more than 65 million people passed through its …
History of Times Square
Photographs show the Times Square section of New York City as it was in the 1940s and as it is today and focuses on the people of the city
Stunning Graphic Work by a Less-Known Bauhaus Artist
The oeuvre of Bauhaus artist Alexander “Xanti” Schawinsky (1904-79) encompasses a range of social and political investigations. Schawinsky spent a lifetime relocating–from Switzerland to Germany to Italy to the United …
New York Rises
New York Rising is an illustrated history of real estate development in Manhattan, a story of speculation and innovation—of the big ideas, big personalities, and big risks that collectively shaped …
A Rare 1930s French Design & Photography Magazine You’ve Never Heard About
Arts et Métiers Graphiques was a bi-monthly art magazine about design and photography published between 1927-1939 in Paris. It was published by major type designer & socialite Charles Peignot. Total …
Newsprint Book
Photographed by renowned documentary photographer Margaret Bourke-White, this book focusing on the process and the beauty of making newsprint paper, from cutting down trees all the way to the final …