For her first book in ten years, Kelly Wearstler, one of the most irreverent and fascinating designers working today, continues to push boundaries with her inventive and opulent interiors, here inviting readers into her latest creations including her newly designed home.

Celebrated for luxurious interiors that capture the swankiness of old-world Hollywood with a modern pop sensibility, Wearstler is known for her decadent designs of residences and boutique hotels, such as the line of Viceroys and the tastemakers Maison 140 and Avalon. Her ornate interiors are distinctive for layers of bold textures, patterns, and rich colors juxtaposed with lustrous surfaces, adding up to a whimsical and elegant look that has been called "mod baroque."

Here Wearstler shares her creative world, profiling in detail her latest residential and commercial designs (several previously unpublished) and her sumptuous new San Francisco Proper Hotel, as well as her creative process. Full of ideas and with beautiful images of many never-before-photographed interiors, Kelly Wearstler: Evocative Style is an inspirational look at the designer's inventive work.

Filled with new work, this volume is a must for other designers and homeowners looking for elegant design inspiration and ideas.

About The Author

Kelly Wearstler is an interior designer who has been honored as one of the elite Design 100 by Time Style & Design and has served as a judge on Bravo's Top Design series. Her work has been profiled in magazines such as Elle Decor, Vogue, House & Garden, House Beautiful, and The New Yorker. Wearstler lives in Beverly Hills with her family.
Rima Suqi is an award-winning writer and producer whose bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, Architectural Digest, Departures, Galerie and Elle Decor. 

ABOUT EX LIBRIS

Pulitzer Prize–winning literary critic Michiko Kakutani shares 100 personal, thought-provoking essays about books that have mattered to her and that help illuminate the world we live in today—with beautiful illustrations throughout.

“A book tailormade for bibliophiles.”—Oprah Winfrey (One of 6 Books Oprah Loves to Give as Gifts During the Holidays)

In the introduction to her new collection of essays, Ex Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Reread, Michiko Kakutani writes: “In a world riven by political and social divisions, literature can connect people across time zones and zip codes, across cultures and religions, national boundaries and historical eras. It can give us an understanding of lives very different from our own, and a sense of the shared joys and losses of human experience.”
 
Readers will discover novels and memoirs by some of the most gifted writers working today; favorite classics worth reading or rereading; and nonfiction works, both old and new, that illuminate our social and political landscape and some of today’s most pressing issues, from climate change to medicine to the consequences of digital innovation. There are essential works in American history (The Federalist Papers, The Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr.); books that address timely cultural dynamics (Elizabeth Kolbert’s The Sixth Extinction, Daniel J. Boorstin’s The Image, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale); classics of children’s literature (the Harry Potter novels, Where the Wild Things Are); and novels by acclaimed contemporary writers like Don DeLillo, William Gibson, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Ian McEwan.

With richly detailed illustrations by lettering artist Dana Tanamachi that evoke vintage bookplates, Ex Libris is an impassioned reminder of why reading matters more than ever

The Short Story of Women Artists tells the full history – from the breakthroughs that women have made in pushing for parity with male artists, to the important contributions made to otherwise male-dominated artistic movements, and the forgotten and obscured artists who are now being rediscovered and reassessed.

Accessible, concise and richly illustrated, the book reveals the connections between different periods, artists and styles, giving readers a thorough understanding and broad enjoyment of the full achievements that female artists have made. 

Dream Baby Dream showcases the photography of Los Angeles-based award-winning photographer, director, and designer Jimmy Marble.

This bright and tactile book is filled with Marble's fresh, sun-drenched photography alongside handwritten text from the photographer himself.

Dream Baby Dream features fashion and lifestyle photographs of models and celebrities, including Ariana Grande and Amy Adams.

• The first monograph on the work of Jimmy Marble
• Unique, quirky, and fashion-forward
• Images capture the vibe of sunny Southern California

Dream Baby Dream is a whimsical celebration of Marble's colorful aesthetic and fashion sensibility.

His unique sense of pattern and color evokes a distinctly youthful and sunny Southern California aesthetic.

• Bound in an orange textured paper with an inset portrait, Dream Baby Dream has a vivid and tactile appeal
• The perfect gift for photography buffs, fans of Jimmy Marble, and those obsessed with anything Los Angeles and Southern California-related
• Great for fans of Slim Aarons: Women by Laura Hawk and Slim Aarons, Los Angeles. Portrait of a City by Kevin Starr, David L. Ulin and Jim Heimann, and Escape by Gray Malin