Gift It: Book Guide

Below are some of my favourite coffee table books that would all work as great gifts this season. Whether it be fashion, interiors, cooking or art, all of these publications would be the perfect addition to any design-minded home.

All of the books listed below can be found on Amazon.com, but if you're here in New York and in the mood for a fruitful adventure, head over to Ursus Books in the Carlyle Hotel for rare books and prints, or try old faithful Rizzoli Books.

Angelika Taschen's New York: Hotels, Restaurants & Shops

Scott Schuman's The Sartorialist

Ralph Lauren

Pierre Passebon's Jacques Grange Interiors

Sarah Magid's Organic & Chic

Richard Mishaan's Modern Luxury

Matt Albiani's Lifeguard on Duty

Suzanne Kasler's Inspired Interiors

Kelly Klein's Horse

Robert John Thornton's Temple of Flora

Thomas Keller's Ad Hoc At Home

Nick Brandt's A Shadow Falls

Walton Ford's Pancha Tantra

Phaidon's Coco: 10 World-Leading Masters Choose 100 Contemporary Chefs

Peter York's Dictator Style: Lifestyles of the World's Most Colorful Despots

Phaidon's Atlas of the 21st Century World Architecture

Phaidon's Sempe: Panic Stations (Jean-Jacques Sempe explores some of his favourite themes, such as unspoken truths, failed communications and hidden talents.)

M. Sasek's This is London

Jean-Philippe Delhomme's The Cultivated Life: Artistic, Literary and Decorating Dramas

Taschen's Keith Haring 25th Anniversary Edition

Phaidon's 30,000 Years of Art

Louis Vuitton: Art, Fashion & Architecture

Luxury and art are two closely linked subjects. Most major luxury houses associate themselves with contemporary art through sponsorships, commissions, or foundations, and these points of exchange only nourish the relationships between fashion, art and design.

Louis Vuitton is one of the luxury brands that maintains some of the richest and most varied associations with the art world. Louis Vuitton: Art, Fashion & Architecture, a new book coming out on 22 September, 2009 by Rizzoli, spotlights some of Louis Vuitton’s most important and most visible collaborations with artists, architects, designers and photographers. The book also includes essays examining Louis Vuitton’s support under the guidance of Artistic Director Marc Jacobs during one of the most blossoming periods of contemporary art and design.

Under the artistic direction of Camille Scherrer, watch the book come to life here.