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  1. books
    New York City’s Latest Specialty Libraries for Design ObsessivesFrom critic Michael Sorkin’s collection at CUNY to the Brazilian modernism archive at R & Company.
    By Diana Budds
  2. design
    Mining the Milton Glaser ArchivesFrom never-printed Broadway posters to a Manhattan phone-book cover, seven works from the designer’s early decades.
    By Diana Budds
  3. look book
    The Look Book Goes to Catherine Lacey’s Book LaunchOn a recent Thursday, the novelist spoke to critic Merve Emre about her new book, Biography of X, at Greenlight Bookstore.
    By Kelsie Schrader and Jenna Milliner-Waddell
  4. books
    The 9 Best Architecture, Design, and Urbanism Books Out This SpringIncluding a compendium of Milton Glaser’s illustrations and a delightful collection of underground weed ads.
    By Curbed Staff
  5. books
    A Visit to the Home of Dansk’s Most Prolific DesignerAn excerpt from Jens Quistgaard: The Sculpting Designer.
    By The Editors
  6. street view
    An Office Is Wherever We Decide It IsA new book chronicles employers’, architects’, and employees’ relentless reinvention of the workplace.
    By Justin Davidson
  7. gift guide
    The Best New Books for Design, Architecture, and Urbanism EnthusiastsFrom an encyclopedia of furniture to an especially gorgeous travel guide to Florida.
    By Curbed Staff
  8. books
    Walking the Mall With Alexandra LangeThe architecture critic and Meet Me by the Fountain author sizes up her local food court.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  9. objects of desire
    Inside the Obsessive World of Taschen’s Custom Book StandsThe publisher’s 50-pound editions are too big for most furniture, so it’s been making its own.
    By Diana Budds
  10. street view
    What’s a Bicycle For?A new book digs into our ambivalent relationship with life on two wheels.
    By Justin Davidson
  11. design edit
    Death Masks, Dopamine Décor, Antiquarian Books, and More Design FindsPlus Julio Torres’s story about a plunger that just wants to be a vase.
    By Diana Budds
  12. books
    What Will It Take to Design (Actually) Healthy Cities?The Topography of Wellness explores a century of how we’ve gotten it wrong and the resilient systems we need to get it right.
    By Diana Budds
  13. books
    Walking the Streets, Looking for a Long-Lost MadamThe historian Debby Applegate knows where all the best disreputables once hung out.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  14. architecture
    The Candy-Colored Tudors and Mini Mediterranean Palaces of Queens‘All the Queens Houses’ shows the most diverse borough’s most diverse residences.
    By Diana Budds
  15. books
    The Power Broker Is Still Not Available As an E-Book. Except … It Is.“A myth,” says Robert Caro’s publisher. Yet, somehow, I just bought the Kindle edition.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  16. mutual aid
    A New Network of Little Free Libraries Stocks Exclusively BIPOC Authors“A lot of people don’t have exposure to Black authors; I didn’t.”
    By Diana Budds
  17. in the stacks
    How the Strand Lost Its WorkersThe bookstore’s owner says it’s hanging by a thread — and staff say they’re the ones paying the price.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  18. up high
    This Artist Posed As a Hungarian Billionaire Buyer to Get Into 25 PenthousesAdopting a new persona, then photographing the view from the 100th floor.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  19. at home
    Your Quarantine Clutter Has a Long and Distinguished HistoryEmbrace the mess.
    By Alexandra Lange
  20. space of the week
    An Insider’s View of the Grit and Glamour of the Fashion WorldAmy Fine Collins’s new book, The International Best-Dressed List, chronicles the history of stylish, larger-than-life personalities.
    By Wendy Goodman
  21. space of the week
    Inside a Book Editor’s Legendary Home LibraryMadeline Kripke has been known to walk visitors through her shelves with a flashlight in hand and card catalogue in her head.
    By Wendy Lubovich
  22. space of the week
    Inside a Book Editor’s Legendary Home LibraryMadeline Kripke has been known to walk visitors through her shelves with a flashlight in hand and card catalogue in her head.
    By Wendy Lubovich
  23. design hunting
    Take a Rare Glimpse Inside the Art-Filled Homes of ArtistsA new book takes you inside the lofts, townhouses, and upstate retreats of Will Cotton, Rashid Johnson, and Marilyn Minter.
    By Wendy Goodman
  24. design hunting
    Design Hunting: Albert Hadley’s Books, Moss and Ferns in Midtown, and Dinner With Anya HindmarchPlus, Simon Doonan — a Fashion Week must.
    By Wendy Goodman