Dec. 05--Whether you're shopping for an interior design fan, garden lover or the person who has everything, hands-on coffee-table books can provide an escape that no electronic device can replicate.
Here, we offer a roundup of 11 books that are worth giving to your favorite design enthusiast:
1. "Hand-in-Hand: Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman" by Dan Chavkin and Lisa Thackaberry, $55, Pointed Leaf Press
2. "Novel Interiors" by Lisa Borgnes Giramonti, $35, Random House
3. "Commune: Designed in California" by Roman Alonso, Steven Johanknecht, Pamela Shamshiri and Ramin Shamshiri, $60, Abrams
4. "Inspired by ..." by Kathryn M. Ireland, $45, Gibbs Smith
5. "Frank Lloyd Wright on the West Coast" by Mark Anthony Wilson, $50, Gibbs Smith
6. "The Gardener's Garden," $79.95, Phaidon
7. "California Moderne and the Mid-Century Dream: The Architecture of Edward H. Fickett" by Richard Rapaport, $65, Rizzoli
8. "The Artisanal Home: Interiors and Furniture of Casamidy," by Anne-Marie Midy and Jorge Almada, $55, Rizzoli
9. "Robert Couturier: Designing Paradises" by Robert Couturier and Tim McKeough, $60, Rizzoli
10. "Vintage Industrial: Living with Machine Age Design" by Misha de Potestad, $45, Rizzoli
11. "A Frame for Life: The Designs of StudioIlse" by Ilse Crawford and Edwin Heathcote, $55, Rizzoli
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