Finally the time has come: spring is highly officially back. As is well known, this time of year is not one that is combined with cozy evenings, including several hundred pages of thick novels, but rather within the café/on a park bench/on the balcony. It is a wonderful pastime, I think. Spring is also the very best season to be inspired. Incidentally, the year only begins astrologically - so it is far from being too late to give a personal atmosphere and a motto in 2025.
Fabulous and splendidly colorful inspiration can be found in life and in Coffee Table Books. Now surround yourself with everything you are interested in, appeals and what you would like to know more about. The very best:You can never have enough. I personally always place a favorite seasonal selection on an old wooden table in the living room and leaf through time to time here and time. And you? These five current coffee table books are worth a closer look ...
Coffee Table Books: 5 new books from the areas of architecture, fashion and culture in spring 2025
1. "Colorful" by Iris Apfel
was a legend. When it comes to fashion and how you live with ease and creativity at all age. I have seen the documentary "Iris" several times and now even on DVD because it inspires me so much. Recently there is„Colorful“Now finally a book that tries to capture the charm, the expertise and energy of Iris Apple on almost 300 pages. The great thing: The style icon participated in this book before her death, provided personal photos and told about her life. You can feel and see this book!
For: Everyone who loves fashion and do not make anything of what you should wear or do at what age and what is not.
2. „Nautical Works“ von Jacques Devaulx
„Nautical Works“is an impressive facsimile of the handwriting "Les Premières Oeuvres de Jacques Devaulx" published in 1583, a masterpiece of nautical literature at the time. The sea cards, tidal boards and artistic illustrations of this Coffee Table Books are also likely to inspire all those who sometimes had little to do with shipping. In a world in whichis advanced to the mass -compatible hobby, it is beneficial to remember its beginnings and real discovery.
For: seafarers and those who want to become.
3. Mallorca Stil von Marlene Burba
Mass tourism isoutAnd cheap accommodations, as well as a recently published open letter from Mallorcan environmental organizations and other associations emphasized. This Coffee Table Book, published in 2024, approaches Mallorca from one side that actually makes up the Balearic Island - namely everything that has nothing to do with crowds and noise. Marlene Burba (whose parents live in Mallorca) makes in"Mallorca style"The diversity, creativity and naturalness of the island with homeestories, inspiring architecture and insider tips for all those who are only in my mind for now.
For: travelers with a sense of aesthetics and slow traveling.
4. "Defing Style: The Book of Interior Design" by Joan Barzilay Freund
„Defining Style: The Book of Interior Design"Is a must-have book for everyone who is enthusiastic about architecture! This book combines, describes and illustrates the best -known interior styles of the last century based on 150 residential examples. In addition to suitable vocabulary in order to be able to apologize to this or that living style, the book also presents formative designers of the respective design direction.
For: everyone who soon moves or love a breath of fresh air in their four walls.
5. „The Touch“ von Kinfolk & Norm Architects
Rooms that are not touched and are just a series of furniture or accessories? Soulless, I think. The author (and aesthet) behind„The Touch“illustrate what makes a space appealing to the human sense. For this purpose, they present architectural spatial concepts that create harmony and well -being through materiality, haptics, light and colors. "The Touch" also includes interviews with designers and architect as well as excursions in room theories and color theory. It is quite possible that you want to renovate afterwards - the year is still a long time!
For: everyone who has enough of sober, cool rooms.