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

He had blossomed in the Bauhaus, fled the Nazis, epitomized the zeitgeist at Black Mountain College, and infused the Yale School of Art with the spirit of experiment. He’d also produced a vast and ...

Given the chance, I will opt for a children’s menu at any restaurant — not for the cheaper prices (I order off the regular menu), but for the coloring pages it contains. There’s something both calming ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Get lost in these mesmerizing designs inspired by math. From snowflakes to ...

As Kotaku reported, the official Destiny coloring book comes out in August, with art by a comics artist who is also a big fan of the game. Kotaku noted that this is an unorthodox tie-in for a ...

Looking for design inspiration? With the ubiquitousness of online interior-design sources, it’s easy to comb through, say, thousands of wallpaper options in just a few minutes, but it can also be the ...

If you want to understand society, look at the way it talks about hue, suggests a new tome from art historian Alexandra Loske. In the shadow of World War II, modern capitalism was beginning to take ...

Coloring books have been around for ages. However, the idea of adults doing them to relieve stress is fairly new. These days, it’s more or less apropos to kids and adults alike to crack open a ...

I hadn’t heard of Lake before the app won an Apple Design Award, but now I’m hooked. The annual Design Awards honor the best new apps, the ones Apple thinks are especially useful or beautiful — ...

Adult coloring books are made all the more fun when you have the right coloring tools to use with them. While crayons and colored pencils definitely have their place, the best markers for adult ...