Whether you’re after style inspiration, visual design nostalgia, home decor ideas, or a deep dive into creative ingenuity, there’s a new stack of books ready to fuel your curiosity. This curated roundup spans fashion guides from industry icons, vintage photography collections, design-rich archives, and thoughtful explorations of how artists (from filmmakers to 8-bit composers) work within constraints to create lasting impact. From Motofumi “Poggy” Kogi’s modern take on menswear to a study of NES music’s inventive tricks, these recent and upcoming titles are worth a spot on your shelf or your coffee table.
Poggy Style: Dressing for Work and Play
Poggy Style is the modern man’s guide to getting dressed, from Motofumi “Poggy” Kogi—a sought-after fashion tastemaker and street style star known for his refreshing perspective on men’s dressing for today.
In Japanese culture, there is the concept of hare (roughly translated as festive or extraordinary occasions) and its antonym is ke (roughly translated as ordinary, or day-to-day). It is often said that living a life of ke alone withers the spirit. Human beings need the occasional moment of hare, and they should dress accordingly.
Hardcover, 272 pages
The Outdoor Archive: The Ultimate Collection of Adventure & Sporting Graphics, Illustrations and Gear
A compelling collection of one hundred years of outdoors magazine and catalog design, featuring the work of crucial creatives and seventy iconic brands.
For decades, outdoor brands have put daring and aspirational images on the covers of their magazines and catalogs, pushing the limits of photography and graphic design. Together, they make up a stunning visual sequence that traverses generations, sports, styles, and continents, and holds something for creatives of all persuasions.
Hardcover, 600 color illustrations, 384 pages
Live With the Things You Love: And You’ll Live Happily Ever After
With her trademark style and love of heirlooms and beautiful old objects, best-selling author Mary Randolph Carter delves into the interiors of real-life tastemakers (antique dealers, stylists, artists, and boutique owners) to explore how our homes are the perfect canvas for our self-expression.
Carter’s newest book indulges our desire to surround ourselves with belongings that impart beauty and meaning to our lives. Whether it’s a collection of pedigreed antiques, a set of memorable paperbacks from our childhood, or a distinctive teapot gifted to us by a friend, this book is a tribute to valuing and making artful interiors with our treasures.
Hardcover, 256 pages
Dressed to Impress: The Anonymous Project
This vivid look at mid-century fashion showcases over 200 vintage color photos taken by amateur photographers over the past 70 years.
In 2017, filmmaker Lee Shulman stumbled upon a box of Kodachrome slides and was so inspired by the anonymous stories they told that he launched The Anonymous Project, an ongoing archive of found photography.
Dressed to Impress, the latest book from the project, captures everyday style in full-page spreads—at home, on vacation, at work, at play—preserving a collective memory of how we once lived and dressed.
Hardcover, 240 pages
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/776019/dressed-to-impress-by-lee-shulman/
Analyzing NES Music: Harmony, Form, and the Art of Technological Constraint
This study of five of Nintendo’s landmark music scores offers new insights into video game music composition and creativity with limited technology.
Faced with severe technological constraints on system memory, composers of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) sought ways to disguise repetition in music that repeats extensively. Their efforts gave rise to a set of compositional techniques for creating the illusion of variety.
Hardcover, 266 pages
Sergio Leone by Himself
Between the global success of his Dollars trilogy and his death in 1989 at age 60, Sergio Leone gave select interviews and wrote insightful essays on his influences and filmmaking. To accompany Once Upon a Time in America (1984), he also published articles detailing his passion for the project. Many of these writings have never appeared in English—or as a collection—until now.
Sergio Leone by Himself brings together his key interviews, essays, and articles, offering a unique perspective on a filmmaker who helped shape world cinema. The book includes rare photos, posters, and ephemera from the Leone family and Angelo Novi archives.
Hardcover, 256 pages
https://www.reelartpress.com/catalog/edition/244/sergio-leone-by-himself
