BOOK: Interiors by Marcel Wanders

Dutch industrial designer Marcel Wanders is the focus of the new Rizzoli book, Interiors, which debuted last month. Written by Wanders with an introduction by Linda Tischler and Robert Thiemann, the book covers in large format monograph some of Wanders' most iconic and unique creations. 

Interiors features everything from the Rivington Hotel in New York to Wanders' collaboration with Philippe Starck and John Hitchcox on their design-focused property development brand, yoo. Also included are his work at the Mondrian South Beach hotel in Miami and incredible private residences in Amsterdam, Mallorca, and Jakarta. 

BOOK: Handcrafted Modern Offers A Look Inside Your Favorite Designers' Homes

Click image to visit Hennessey + Ingalls BookstoreLeslie Williamson's book Handcrafted Modern: At Home with Midcentury Designers (Rizzoli, October 2010, $45) fulfills her desire to connect with architects and interior designers through photographing the homes they create for themselves. The 224-page book, with 250 photographs, presents captivating images of the homes of midcentury designers, such as Walter Gropius, Charles and Ray Eames, Harry Bertoia, Albert Frey, George Nakashima, Jens Risom, Wharton Esherick, Eva Zeisel, Russel Wright, Ray Kappe, Vladimir Kagan, Irving Harper, Jerry and Evelyn Ackerman and JB Blunk.

Williamson's photographs show the iconic, beautiful, and creative interiors just as they were lived in by their respective designers. Both revealing and awe-inspiring, each home is a creative and genuine example of midcentury modernism. Through showing the overall space, as well as intimate details of the design and furnishings, Williamson successfully and beautifully demonstrates an in-depth insight into the previously unseen private lives of influential and iconic designers.