Learn the craft of paper flowers. A definitive guide to handcrafting and arranging paper flowers through expert craftsmanship, elegant photography, and detailed step-by-step tutorials.
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Jake and Jones was founded on the ideas of adventure, expanding your mind and world, and being curious in your everyday life. Curious people read widely. Read along with us!

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In Chaat, Maneet Chauhan explores India’s most iconic, delicious, and fun-to-eat foods coming from and inspired by her discoveries during an epic cross-country railway journey that brought her to local markets, street vendors, and the homes of family and friends.
From simple roasted sweet potatoes with star fruit, lemon, and spices to a fragrant layered chicken biryani rice casserole, and the flakiest onion and egg stuffed flatbreads, these recipes are varied, colorful, and expressive. Maneet weaves in personal stories and remembrances as well as historical and cultural notes as she winds her way from North to South and East to West, sharing recipes like Goan Fried Shrimp Turnovers, Chicken Momo Dumplings from Guwahati in Assam, Hyderabad’s Spicy Pineapple Chaat, and Warm-Spiced Carrot and Semolina Pudding from Amritsar.
With breathtaking photography and delectable recipes, Chaat is a celebration of the diversity of India’s food and people.

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Press the yellow dot on the cover of this book, follow the instructions within, and embark upon a magical journey! Each page of this surprising book instructs the reader to press the dots, shake the pages, tilt the book, and who knows what will happen next! Children and adults alike will giggle with delight as the dots multiply, change direction, and grow in size! Especially remarkable because the adventure occurs on the flat surface of the simple, printed page, this unique picture book about the power of imagination and interactivity will provide read-aloud fun for all ages!

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Press Here

Our Take On It
At once a style guide, an inspirational tome, and a how-to volume on creating one’s home, this book will serve as a go-to reference for all those seeking to spur their own creativity as they embark on the creation of home. When Diane Keaton decided that she wanted to build her own home from the ground up, she took the advice of her dear friend, film director Nancy Meyers, and took to the boards of Pinterest to find inspiration. There she discovered the practical and the fantastical, elements and styles long adored and ones that she never knew she was drawn to. Keaton’s dream house was officially under way and this book that resulted is a compelling account of her that house, from idea to realization in brick, stone, and wood.

The House that Pinterest Built defines what home and house mean to the celebrated movie star, who is known for her love affair with houses and design. Filled with ideas that reveal a personal yet engaging aesthetic, this volume includes compelling photos from Keaton’s past homes and those she admires, as well as a multitude of details from every corner of those spaces and objects that excite and inspire the house designer and dreamer—dramatic staircases and magical light fixtures, film stills and book covers, pottery and art—drawn from the visual treasure trove known as Pinterest and Keaton’s private collection, as she creates and designs her newest house.

The Details (Are Everything)

272 Pages
English language
Released in October 2017
W 10 x L 12”
Hardcover

Designer SKU: 9780847860005
A.K. Rikk's SKU: 993410134

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The House That Pinterest Built

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In the highly anticipated new volume in Assouline’s bestselling Ultimate Collection, The Impossible Collection of Cigars envisions the ultimate humidor brimming with the most remarkable cigars of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries from the most prestigious makers. Like the pop of the Champagne cork, the flick of the lighter or the strike of the match and the first draw of the smoke are synonymous with celebration, relaxation, and camaraderie. A luxurious pause from the world around, an exceptional, hand-rolled cigar has cemented itself as a civilized passion and genteel hobby over the course of centuries.
The Impossible Collection of Cigars is a bid for readers to journey to the fabled Cuban tobacco farms, get up close and personal with the torcedores (master cigar rollers) as they discover the world’s most commendable and coveted cigars. Considering the differences and attributes of cigars like Nicaragua’s Padrón to Dominican Republic’s Arturo Fuente and Davidoff of Geneva, Honduras’ Rocky Patel to the Bahamas’ Graycliff, and, of course, Cuba’s arsenal of legendary smokes, Sigmond’s is a list any connoisseur could only dream of.
This hand-bound, oversized luxury edition, featuring hand-tipped and authentic cigar bands and presented in a traditional dress trade cigar box is a must-have for the collection of any sincere cigar aficionado.

The Details (Are Everything)

232 pages
Over 100 illustrations
English language
Released in July 2019
W 17.9 x L 20 x D 3.5”
Hand-bound in a wooden box
18.0 lb

Designer SKU : 9781614287841

The Impossible Collection Of Cigars

By Ibram X. Kendi (Paperback)
National Book Award Winner
An exploration of the deep-rooted reality of racist ideas in American culture and how we do not live in a post-racial society. Kendi demonstrates that racist ideas do not originate from ignorance but were tools used to justify and legitimize discrimination.

Stamped From The Beginning: The Definitive History Of Racist Ideas In America

Herb is a plot-to-plate exploration of herbs that majors on the kitchen, with just enough of the simple art of growing to allow the reader to welcome a wealth of home-grown flavours into their kitchen. Author Mark Diacono is a gardener as well as a cook. Packed with ideas for enjoying and using herbs, Herb is much more than a recipe book. Mark shares the techniques at the heart of sourcing, preparing and using herbs well, enabling you to make delicious food that is as rewarding in the process as it is in the end result. The book will explore how to use herbs, when to deploy them, and how to capture those flavours to use when they might not be seasonally available. The reader will become familiar with the differences in flavour intensity, provenance, nutritional benefits and more. Focusing on the familiars including thyme, rosemary, basil, chives and bay, Herb will also open the door to a few lesser-known flavours. The recipes build on bringing your herbs alive - whether that’s a quickly swizzed parsley pesto when short of time on a weekday evening, or in wrapping a crumbly Lancashire cheese in lovage for a few weeks to infuse it with bitter earthiness. With a guide to sowing, planting, feeding and propagating herbs, there are also full plant descriptions and their main culinary affinities. Mark then looks at various ways to preserve herbs including making oils, drying, vinegars, syrups and freezing, before offering over 100 innovative recipes that make the most of your new herb knowledge.
Hardcover, 272 pages

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Herb: A Cook's Companion

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Showcased are a variety of Relais & Chateaux enchanting horticultural havens--from simple cutting and kitchen gardens to more elaborate formal plantings, including parterres and topiaries at fifteen celebrated establishments in North America.
The delights of the garden are then brought indoors through botanical prints, textiles, wallpapers and objets d'art such as metal and porcelain flowers. How-to sidebars show ideas for setting a festive table using rose petals, garlands, bud vases, and more and for dressing up dishes and cocktails with edible flower garnishes and creating culinary delights harvested by the local terroir. A must-read for passionate gardeners and flower lovers, and all those who appreciate the masterful creativity of Relais & Châteaux, The Art of the Garden shows how to bring the sparkle and freshness of the outdoors into your home.

The Details (Are Everything)

240 Pages
English language
Released in October 2018
W 9.32 x L 11.26 x D 1.06”
Hardcover
3.35 lb

Designer SKU: 9780847863211

A.K. Rikk's SKU: 993410154

The Art Of The Garden

Our Take On It
Cuisine & Cravings of the Stars offers recipes from the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc. To be a chef at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc is no easy task. The world's most elite patrons are always there to judge you. The cuisine is accordingly ambitious: It satisfies, pleases, nourishes, gratifies and impresses. In this magnificently illustrated cookbook, recipes from the hotel's celebrated grill, restaurant and cabanas are presented in an appropriately luxurious format, with full-page photographs of the favorite dishes of movie stars and moguls.

The Details (Are Everything)

144 Pages
English language
Released in June 2008
W 9.21 x L 12.16 x D 0.78”
Hardcover with jacket
2.76 lb

Designer SKU: 9782759402670

A.K. Rikk's SKU: 990450128

Hotel Du Cap Eden Roc: Cuisine & Cravings Of The Stars

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With this stunningly photographed greenery guide, anyone can master the art of making your living room thrive. When done correctly, curating any decent houseplant can be just as effective as hanging a beautiful work of art. After all, our green companions are known to be beneficial for mental health and for general health (being oxygenators), as well as a key element of any well-balanced interior.

For each spread of beautifully verdant interiors, this book breaks down how the foliage within is surviving (and thriving). Ablaze with jaw-dropping photography, Indoor Jungle will deserve its own prominent place in your new, improved and jungleified living room.

The Details (Are Everything)

256 Pages
English language
Released in October 2019
W 8.6 x L 10.1 x 1.2”
Hardcover
2.69 lb

Designer SKU: 9781925811254 A.K. Rikk's SKU: 993410141

The Leaf Supply Guide To Creating Your Indoor Jungle

The best introductory book on wine to come along in years” - The Washington Post
Red or white? Cabernet or merlot? Light or bold? What to pair with food? Drinking great wine isn’t hard, but finding great wine does require a deeper understanding of the fundamentals.
Wine Folly: The Essential Guide to Wine will help you make sense of it all in a unique infographic wine book. Designed by the creators of WineFolly.com, which has won Wine Blogger of the Year from the International Wine & Spirits Competition, this book combines sleek, modern information design with data visualization and gives readers pragmatic answers to all their wine questions, including:

-  Detailed taste profiles of popular and under-the-radar wines.

-  A guide to pairing food and wine.

-  A wine-region section with detailed maps.

-  Practical tips and tricks for serving wine.

-  Methods for tasting wine and identifying flavors.
Packed with information and encouragement, Wine Folly: The Essential Guide to Wine will empower your decision-making with practical knowledge and give you confidence at the table.

Wine Folly

First an online phenomenon and now a bestseller with more than 300,000 copies in print worldwide, Cabin Porn has become a powerful lifestyle movement that is synonymous with unplugging from a tech-obsessed world to find peace amid nature. Startups, homes, and even housing developments have all been inspired by the original book.

In this hotly anticipated extension of the Cabin Porn series, the creators give their fans what they ask for most: a look inside the most beloved cabins they have featured over the past ten years.

Cabin Porn: Inside is the definitive guide for the cabin builder, as well as anyone seeking perspective on how to create spaces that just work--the ones that spellbind us in their warmth and ingenious simplicity.

Cabin Porn: Inside

Pacific Natural illustrates Jenni Kayne's conscious way of living, through personal anecdotes and tips, with Jenni's home state of California serving as the backdrop. Organized by season, this entertaining book is your guide to creating special moments with family and friends. Each chapter includes tabletop ideas, simple crafts, tips for keeping a stocked kitchen and pantry, what to plant in your garden, and healthy, delicious recipes.

“This book invites us into Jenni’s world and takes us where we would all like to be, serving us images of foods we would all love to make and eat, encouraging and reminding us that celebrating with family and our friends is always an occasion.” — Martha Stewart “Jenni Kayne sets the standard for thoughtful living and effortlessly elegant entertaining. Pacific Natural is an opportunity to step into Jenni’s world - one that seamlessly blends artisanal design with hygge-like comfort and wholesome food that nourishes and inspires.” — Candace Nelson, founder of Sprinkles Cupcakes

Homewares, lifestyle, and clothing boutique located in Excelsior, Minnesota. Our hope is that we can inspire you through our carefully curated products.

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Pacific Natural: Simple Seasonal Entertaining

Books & Magazines

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Named the "Most Influential Skateboarder of All Time" by Transworld Skateboarding, Mark Gonzales, a.k.a The Gonz, is one of the most recognizable names in skateboarding, art and street style. Born in California in 1968, Gonzales entered the skateboarding world at age 13 and by 16 was featured on the cover of Thrasher magazine. Widely revered since then as the inventor of street skating, Gonzales has remained one of the most prolific innovators in both skateboarding and contemporary art.
Part skate photography, part intimate portrait, this is a bold collection of work straight from the mind of the artist, as seen through Sem Rubio's iconic photography. After working together for over a decade, Rubio and Gonzales have created an impressive archive that became the seed for this stunning monograph.

This indispensable volume gathers new, personal insights into legendary tricks and collaborations. It is a verbal and visual testimony of his many worlds. Specially-commissioned interviews with Spike Jonze, Hiroshi Fujiwara, KAWS, Ed Templeton, Tommy Guerrero, Tony Hawk, Blondey McCoy, Gus Van Sant and more are peppered throughout the book, making this a truly kaleidoscopic portrait of the ever-evolving, revolutionary artist.

The Details (Are Everything)

208 Pages
English language
Released in September 2020
W 9.82 x L 11.79 x 0.96”
Hardcover
3.6 lb

Designer SKU: 9780847868704
A.K. Rikk's SKU: 993410120

Mark Gonzales

From beloved astrologer Chani Nicholas comes an essential guide for radical self-acceptance.
Your weekly horoscope is merely one crumb of astrology’s cake. In her first book You Were Born For This, Chani shows how your birth chart—a snapshot of the sky at the moment you took your first breath—reveals your unique talents, challenges, and opportunities. Fortified with this knowledge, you can live out the life you were born to. Marrying the historic traditions of astrology with a modern approach, You Were Born for This explains the key components of your birth chart in an easy to use, choose your own adventure style. With journal prompts, reflection questions, and affirmations personal to your astrological makeup, this book guides you along the path your chart has laid out for you.
Chani makes the wisdom of your birth chart accessible with three foundational keys:
The First Key: Your Sun (Your Life’s Purpose)
The Second Key: Your Moon (Your Physical and Emotional Needs)
The Third Key: Your Ascendant and Its Ruler (Your Motivation for Life and the Steersperson of Your Ship)
Astrology is not therapy, but it is therapeutic. In a world in which we are taught to look outside of ourselves for validation, You Were Born for This brings us inward to commit to ourselves and our life’s purpose.

You Were Born For This

Our Take On It
Martin Scorsese has long been revered as one of our greatest living directors; his career spans more than 50 years and includes some of the most celebrated American gangster films—from Mean Streets to Casino and, of course, Goodfellas . His latest foray into the genre is The Irishman , a majestic epic that covers bold, new ground. Starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci, the film examines organized crime in post-war America through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran, a hustler and hitman who worked alongside some of the most notorious figures of the 20th century. Spanning decades, the film chronicles one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in American history, the disappearance of legendary union boss Jimmy Hoffa, and offers a monumental journey through the hidden corridors of organized crime: its inner workings, rivalries and connections to mainstream politics.
Featuring special on-set photography and studio portraits by Brigitte Lacombe, unit photography by Niko Tavernise and a text by author and film critic Tom Shone, this stunning monograph takes readers behind the scenes and examines the making of The Irishman in the context of Scorsese’s expansive career. Through interviews with Scorsese, De Niro, Pacino, Pesci, and the rest of the film’s cast and creative team, Shone situates The Irishman as a reminiscence of Scorsese’s own life and times—an intimate and cutting meditation on loyalty, betrayal, and regret.

The Details (Are Everything)

240 Pages
English language
Released in December 2019
W 11 x L 14 x D 1.6”
Silk hardcover in a luxury slipcase
7.8 lb

Designer SKU: 9781614289067

A.K. Rikk's SKU: 990450124

The Irishman

Our Take On It
The Beatrice Inn’s presence in New York City spans close to a century, and its history is ever changing, from one of New York’s first speakeasies, frequented by Fitzgerald and Hemingway, to a beloved neighborhood Italian restaurant to one of the city’s most notorious night clubs. Angie Mar purchased the Beatrice Inn in 2016 and led the storied landmark into its next chapter. Mar transformed the space and the menu into a stunning subterranean den where guests are meant to throw caution to the wind and engage in their most primal of senses. Pete Wells, in his rave two-star New York Times review, summed it up best: “It is a place to go when you want to celebrate your life as an animal.”
Now, in Mar’s debut cookbook, the Beatrice Inn experience will resonate with readers no matter where they live. Butcher and Beast invites readers into this glamorous, gutsy, and forever-nocturnal world. Mar’s unconventional approach to flavor profiles are captured in over 80 recipes.
Throughout are also essays on Mar’s controversial and cutting-edge dry-aging techniques, her adoration of Champagne, the reality of what it takes to lead in the New York City restaurant scene and the love and loyalty of her tight-knit family. Visually arresting photography shot entirely on Polaroid film captures the elegant and ever-opulent world of the Beatrice Inn.

The Details (Are Everything)

304 Pages
English language
Released in October 2019
W 8.8 x L 11.01 x D 1.06”
Hardcover
3.4 lb

Designer SKU: 9780525573661
A.K. Rikk's SKU: 993410149

Butcher And Beast

Our Take On It
Featuring 100 movie titles or plotlines, each described through a series of emojis that must be deciphered, Movie Emoji tests readers' movie and emoji IQ. Thinking Face and Hands in the Air!
In Movie Emojis , Frying Pan with Egg with a Diamond Ring become a beloved film about a tiara-wearing free spirit set in New York City while Shushing Face and two Sheep can only be the one that pits an FBI agent and a psychopath against a serial killer. From classics to blockbusters, indie gems to fan-favorites, easy to challenging--guessing the titles behind the emojis is pure Face with Tears of Joy.
Movie Emojis brings together the universal languages of emojis and movies to perfectly break Grimacing Face moments at parties, enliven Zzz car rides, and test anyone's movie and emoji Brain.

The Details (Are Everything)

96 Pages
English language
Released in February 2021
5.98 x 7.96 x 0.34”
Paperback
9.1 ounces

A.K. Rikk's SKU: 993410185
Designer SKU: 9780789339522

Movie Emojis

Sparkly strawberries. Bedazzled bagels. Rhinestoned olives. Tiny, tiny daisies. This glittering smorgasbord is truly the breakfast of champions. It’s just like the old saying: all that glitters is...a truly delightful brunch puzzle.

Random-cut pieces
Not suitable for children
Completed puzzle is 19.25 x 26.6 inches
Box is 8 x 10 x 1.8 inches
Thick stock and high-quality art paper
Designed and made in the USA
Board is 100% recycled paper

Piecework Rise & Shine 1000 Piece Puzzle

Our Take On It
What are Kate Moss' sartorial obsessions? How does Gigi Hadid create fashion buzz? Which tricks does Gwyneth Paltrow use to stay on top of new trends? What defines Kate Middleton's "princess" style? From her years as a fashion journalist for Elle and her front row seat at the runway shows, Sophie Gachet--a true fashion guru--has all the answers. Here, she breaks down celebrity looks and fashion trends into their essential elements, making them accessible to everyone.

This book features one hundred twenty celebrities including Victoria Beckham, Cate Blanchett, Millie Bobby Brown, Priyanka Chopra, Billie Eilish, Kaia Gerber, Ashley Graham, Kendall Jenner, Meghan Markle, Lupita Nyong'o, Olivia Palermo, Rihanna, Margot Robbie, and Zendaya to provide wardrobe inspiration. This generously illustrated book, written in the author's witty and incisive voice, is a must-have reference and indispensable style bible.

The Details (Are Everything)

240 Pages
English language
Released in October 2020
W 6.47 x L 8.83 x D 0.83”
1.5 lb

Designer SKU: 9782081513532
A.K. Rikk's SKU: 993410117

Anatomy Of Style

Our Take On It
Primarily known for his colorful and vivacious portrayals of women, René Gruau revolutionized the concept of masculinity in fashion imagery and advertising from the 1950s to the ’80s, depicting the modern casual, confident man with humor and sex appeal—including images of partial male nudity that were considered shocking at the time.
The reader is able to view previously unpublished work, taken from several of Gruau’s personal sketchbooks, and receives a true lesson in fashion history.

The Details (Are Everything)

250 Pages
250 Illustrations
English language
Released in November 2012
W 9.61 x L 12.05 x 1.38”
Hardcover
4.5 lb

Designer SKU: 9781614280781

A.K. Rikk's SKU: 350450115

Gruau: Portraits Of Men

Tables & Spreads is a must-have cookbook and resourceful styling guide from bestselling author Shelly Westerhausen. Here are more than 60 easy-to-prepare recipes plus behind-the-scenes insight into creating a beautiful, inviting table for every occasion, including tips on choosing a theme, styling your food in creative ways, and achieving that "wow factor" with linens, flowers, music, and more. There are 20 visually striking spreads that range from Ladies Night Lettuce Wraps to a Christmas Morning Dutch Baby Party, Dips for Dinner, and a Boozy Bloody Mary Bar. Rich with gorgeous and instructive photography, Tables & Spreads is inspiring yet totally accessible, perfect for home cooks who like to host gatherings of all sizes, and those who loved Shelly's first book, Platters & Boards . Complete with timelines, shopping lists, diagrams, and more, this book includes all the tools you need to make every meal delicious and unforgettable.
Written by: Shelly Westerhausen Worcel and Wyatt Worcel
288 pages; hardcover.

Tables & Spreads

Our Take On It
Spike Jonze and the Beastie Boys met for the first time in Los Angeles in 1991, when Jonze went out to photograph the band for the cover of Dirt magazine. A connection formed between the three MCs and the young photographer, which has lasted throughout their careers.
Almost thirty years later--published to coincide with the release on Apple+ of a new documentary, Beastie Boys Story --this book collects for the first time more than two hundred of Spike Jonze's personal photographs of his time spent with the group. Edited and with an afterword by Jonze, and including new writing by Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz themselves, this book shows an intimate look at the greatest act of the hip-hop generation in their truest colors as only a close friend could see them--from performing live onstage to writing together at Mike's apartment; getting into character for a video to dressing up as old men to hit the basketball court; recording music in the studio to goofing around on the streets of New York.
From the music video for "Sabotage" to the cover of the Sounds of Science album, Spike Jonze is responsible for some of the most iconic images of the band ever made. But here, the emphasis is on the candid, the unexpected and the real--just pictures of friends who like making stuff together.

The Details (Are Everything)

256 Pages
English language
Released in April 2020
W 9.55 x L 11.73 x D 1.08”
Hardcover
3.5 lb

A.K. Rikk's SKU: 993410163
Designer SKU: 9780847868384

Beastie Boys

A compact illustrated guide to the emerging and enormously popular category of natural wine, a style that focuses on minimal intervention, lack of additives, and organic and biodynamic growing methods.
Today, wine is more favored and consumed that it’s ever been in the United States–and millennials are leading the charge, drinking more wine than any other generation in history. Many have been pulled in by the tractor beam of natural wine–that is, organic or biodynamic wine made with nothing added, and nothing taken away–a movement that has completely rocked the wine industry in recent years. While all of the hippest restaurants and wine bars are touting their natural wine lists, and while more and more consumers are calling for natural wine by name, there is still a lot of confusion about what exactly natural wine is, where to find it, and how to enjoy it. In Natural Wine for the People, James Beard Award-winner Alice Feiring sets the record straight, offering a pithy, accessible guide filled with easy definitions, tips and tricks for sourcing the best wines, whimsical illustrations, a definitive list to the must-know producers and bottlings, and an appendix with the best shops and restaurants specializing in natural wine across the country, making this the must-buy and must-gift wine book of the year.

Natural Wine For The People

By Robin DiAngelo
Paperback
A New York Times best-selling book exploring the defensive reaction that white people make while challenged racially. DiAngelo examines how these reactions of anger, argumentativeness, and silence stop any meaningful cross-racial dialogue.

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard For White People To Talk About Race

Slow down and enjoy some peace of mind with our jigsaw puzzles. Designed by Australian artist Charlie Bennell, this 285 piece puzzle features one of our favorite buildings in architecture - Palais Bulles, or ‘Bubble Palace’. Palais Bulles is a monumental house that overlooks the bay of Cannes in France.
Designed by Hungarian architect Antti Lovag and built between 1975 and 1989, the futuristic home is characterized by its blushing pink hues and orb-like, feminine curves. A reminder that good things don’t always come in boxes.
Completed puzzle measures 16.5" x 12".
Stimulate your brain with these beautiful puzzles for kids and adults alike.

Slowdown Studio Palais Bulles Puzzle

“Roll-up-your-sleeves advice on throwing pottery, growing dahlias, cooking her tried-and-true recipes, and everything in between.”
—Martha Stewart Living

“Suited to any type of creative, offering up lessons on inspiration and creativity that are sure to bring out your inner talent.”
—House Beautiful, Best New Design Books

What makes a creative life? For an artist like Frances Palmer, it’s knitting all of one’s passions—all of one’s creativity—into the whole of life. And what an inspiration it is. A renowned potter, an entrepreneur, a gardener, a photographer, a cook, a beekeeper, Palmer has over the course of three decades caught the attention not only of the countless people who collect and use her ceramics but also of designers and design lovers, writers, and fellow artists who marvel at her example. Now, in her first book, she finally tells her story, in her own words and images, distilling from her experiences lessons that will inspire a new generation of makers and entrepreneurs.

Life in the Studio is as beautiful and unexpected as Palmer’s pottery, as breathtakingly colorful as her celebrated dahlias, as intimate as the dinners she hosts in her studio for friends and family. There are insights into making pots—the importance of centering, the discovery that clay has a memory. Strategies for how to turn a passion into a business—the value to be found in collaboration, what it means to persevere, how to develop and stick to a routine that will sustain both enthusiasm and productivity. There are also step-by-step instructions (for throwing her beloved Sabine pot, growing dahlias, building an opulent flower arrangement). Even some of her most tried-and-true recipes.

The result is a portrait of a unique artist and a singularly generous manual on how to live a creative life.

Life In The Studio

Bring feminisim to the table with this beautifully photographed cookbook by a collaborative team of cookbook authors, photographers, stylists, and influencers.
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Jake and Jones was founded on the ideas of adventure, expanding your mind and world, and being curious in your everyday life. Curious people read widely. Read along with us!

Cooking Up Trouble By Leela Cyd And Anne Parker

When Edward Cullen and Bella Swan met in Twilight, an iconic love story was born. But until now, fans have heard only Bella’s side of the story. At last, readers can experience Edward’s version in the long-awaited companion novel, Midnight Sun.
This unforgettable tale as told through Edward’s eyes takes on a new and decidedly dark twist. Meeting Bella is both the most unnerving and intriguing event he has experienced in all his years as a vampire. As we learn more fascinating details about Edward’s past and the complexity of his inner thoughts, we understand why this is the defining struggle of his life.

Midnight Sun

This beautiful volume celebrates entertaining and decorating in a meaningful and personal way, by integrating florals and artisanal handmade objects--whether it's porcelain, flatware, glassware, vases, or textiles--into tabletop designs. Gathering showcases creative tabletop ideas and styles for all seasons. These stylish interiors feature local, artisanal floral designs and handmade objects, capturing the current trend of living and decorating more mindfully and with one-of-a-kind objects. Exploring every aspect of tabletop design, with setting ideas for different seasons and situations, this volume presents tabletops in situ in a range of stylish spaces designed by the creatives and artists who live there (and sometimes who are the makers themselves). From rustic country living to urban eco-chic, what these beautiful interiors have in common is a desire to bring nature indoors and an intentional and personal approach to design. Full of inspiring tabletop ideas, Gathering shows how different pieces and floral arrangements work well together, merging into lovely tabletop designs where beauty and authenticity exist in every detail. Paired with beautiful on-location photography, these pages showcase simple luxury living, embodied by this conscious approach to design, that hosts and hostesses everywhere will appreciate.

Gathering: Setting The Natural Table

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Everybody loves Lucy. And nothing has been more enduring, from the 180 episodes of I Love Lucy that ran from 1951 to 1957 and have never been off the air since, than Lucy Ricardo's deep friendship with Ethel Mertz. Usually finding themselves in zany, hysterical situations, these best friends have always come through it (even with chocolate all over their faces) together. This book celebrates Lucy and Ethel's friendship, by illustrating, through images and text, not only it's timelessness, but universality.
"I Love Lucy": The Joys of Friendship features more than fifty hilarious images of Lucy and Ethel paired with quotes from the show, "Well, of course, I'll need the help of a very loyal friend"; "Good friends are worth more than the price of a television set"; "What's wrong with good friends harmonizing a little? That's what the world needs more of"; and affirmations such as True friendship knows no distance, The only thing better than a good friend is a good friend and chocolate, and We can always make each other laugh.

The Details (Are Everything)

128 Pages
English language
Released in March 2021
7.25 x 7.25 x 0.75”
Hardcover
1.05 lb

A.K. Rikk's SKU: 993410184
Designer SKU: 9780789339768

I Love Lucy

80 Years of Art & Design in Pix & Prose, Juxtaposed

"WHY? is 80 Years of Art & Design in Pix & Prose, Juxtaposed: Lifelines & land(e)scapes from the SF Art Institute to nightclub dancing in NY, to SF's Art in Cinema & the Hollywood movie scene, 1945-55, to studying graphic design in Basel, Switzerland, 1956-62, to a SF design office & painting Supergraphics at The Sea Ranch, 1967, to studying architecture at UCB, to work in Berlin, Barcelona, Paris, NY & SF.
After all this, I sat still & became obsessed with 8 ½" x 11" sheets of white paper. I typed lines. I drew lines. Letterforms lined up into words. Words lined up into straight lines. Straight lines, one above another, lined up into columns & stories. Each line & liaison led to the next & related to the rest. I cut-&-paste a lot on more sheets of 8 ½" x 11" paper and became a knotty Y-NOT-KNOT lady looking on from across the book's binding, glued, I looked for secrets in white shapes, the precious nothing of wide margins, the white space no one notices between the lines and lies, behind the scenes & in my life. WHY NOT?" - Barbara Stauffacher Solomon
Includes a Q&A between Adrian Shaughnessy and Barbara Solomon with an afterword by Barbara herself.
Publishers: Fun Fog Press
Material: Paperback
Size: 8.4 x 5.8 x 0.7" | 155 pages

Why? Why Not?

Our Take On It
For years, French journalist and documentarian Loïc Prigent has been tweeting the funny interactions, cruel criticisms and absurd exclamations overheard during Fashion Week. Snarky statements on fashion mixed with absurdist poetry, the original French edition of Prigent’s book has been celebrated by thousands of fans. For the first time, discover the backstage world of the models, designers and rich clients as hilariously overheard and rendered in hundreds of quotes.

The Details (Are Everything)

152 Pages
English language
Released in June 2021
W 6.25 x L 9.35 x D 1.05”
1.05 lb

Designer SKU: 9782374950853

I Love To Hate Fashion

From Scratch looks at 10 favorite meals, including roast chicken, the perfect omelet, and paella—and then, through 175 recipes, explores myriad alternate pathways that the kitchen invites. A delicious lasagna can be ready in about an hour, or you could turn it into a project: try making and adding some homemade sausage. Explore the limits of from-scratch cooking: make your own pasta, grow your own tomatoes, and make your own homemade mozzarella and ricotta. Ruhlman tells you how.
There are easy and more complex versions for most dishes, vegetarian options, side dishes, sub-dishes, and strategies for leftovers. Ruhlman reflects on the ways that cooking from scratch brings people together, how it can calm the nerves and focus the mind, and how it nourishes us, body and soul.

From Scratch:10 Meals, 175 Recipes, And Dozens Of Techniques You Will Use Over And Over

Our Take On It
Kate Hume's passion for interiors stems from her lifelong love affair with color and her respect for anything artisanal. Color, light and texture inform all of Hume's projects to create a distinctive style that is casually luxurious; bold patterns are expressed in rich, elemental hues. Though color drives her design schemes, it is never dominant. For Hume there is no wrong color, only wrong combinations.

Hume's inimitable approach to design favors tactile materials such as linen, grass cloth, silk, jute and impeccably sourced homespun fabrics. Unabashedly mixing different furniture genres, Hume prefers vintage over brand-new, considering for instance the best dining tables to look as if they've witnessed countless lunches and dinners. That is why she and her husband and collaborator, Frans van der Heijden, design their own pieces from sandblasted wood and brushed timbers where signs of age already exist. Exquisitely employing beautifully crafted furniture, intriguing objects, engaging color schemes and seductive, ambient lighting, Hume consistently demonstrates her mastery of eclectic, warm and sophisticated design.

The Details (Are Everything)

224 Pages
English language
Released in October 2020
W 10 x L 13.5”
Hardcover
3.94 lb

A.K. Rikk's SKU: 993410126

Designer SKU: 9780847861293

Elan: The Interior Design Of Kate Hume

Our Take On It
One of the most famous and unmistakable shapes in the world since its introduction in 1915, the Coca-Cola bottle is an influential symbol of design, art and culture. Identified by its iconic contour fluted lines and described by noted industrial designer, Raymond Loewy as the “perfect liquid wrapper,” the bottle has been celebrated and revered in such mediums as art, music and advertising.
From representations as a symbol of mass culture expressed by greats like Andy Warhol and Clive Barker to serving as a reference point for industry influencers such as Volkswagen who compared the shape of the Beetle to the bottle, the Coca-Cola bottle has been a benchmark for the past hundred years. What began as a design brief: to create a bottle that could be identified in the dark or lying broken on the ground, today is one of the most recognized packages on the planet. Published on the occasion of the bottle’s centennial, Kiss the Past Hello is a vibrant collection of images and art celebrating the Coca-Cola bottle not only as an icon of design but as a symbol of optimism, happiness and the shared moments in our lives.

The Details (Are Everything)

144 Pages
English language
Released in March 2015
W 8.77 x L 12.2 x D 0.78”
Hardcover with jacket
3.3 lb

Designer SKU: 9781614284437

A.K. Rikk's SKU: 990450138