Isaac Tobin peruses his wares in the old Seminary Co-Op bookstore at the University of Chicago. Photo: Alyssa Pointer/Chicago Tribune; Cover courtesy of Isaac Tobin After graduating from the Rhode ...

Alexander Huls is a freelance writer who has been writing about pop culture for over five years. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic, National Post, Film School Rejects and more.

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Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Howard Gralla (pictured above; one of his books, below): A rare gift to mix beauty with utility.

From Edith Wharton’s treatise on décor to a portrait of 1990s Tokyo, the books that designers return to again and again for inspiration. By Catherine Hong In our very online era, design trends seem to ...