If you need to know anything about me is that I am a lover of stationery and books. My old atelier was filled to the brim with books and magazines. When I moved home I had 10 boxes purely dedicated to them. Yes. That is how obsessed I am. As I began to dabble in the Design world and landed myself a serious Interior Design position at a Luxury Boutique Design Studio, I started investing in books that would keep me inspired. Instead of grabbing my phone to check Instagram or Pinterest, I would brew my coffee and spend my weekend mornings on my atelier floor, flicking through their pages and noting down any ideas that would jump out at me or pictures that I loved the look of. So, here I am with a severe case of insomnia, browsing online and I couldn’t resist putting together a curated list of my current top 15 favourite coffee table books for the design & art lover!

Let me know which books you have on your coffee table or perhaps even your cart (i know I’m guilty of that!)

Stay gold

Amni x

1- Alvar Aalto: Second Nature by Jochen Eisenbrand (Author, Editor), Pedro Gadanho

2 - A White Facade, 5 Floors and an Open Door by Rosa Park

3 - Picasso: Masters of Art by Rosalind Ormiston

4 - Axel Vervoordt: Living with Light by Axel Vervoordt

5 - Rothko: The Color Field Paintings by Dore Ashton

6 - Kerry Joyce: The Intangible by Kerry Joyce

7 - Henri Matisse: 1869-1954 Master of Colour (Taschen Art Series) by Volkmar Essers

8 - Lovers by Alexandria Coe

9 - Architectural Digest at 100: A Century of Style  by Architectural Digest

10 - Liaigre Creation by By Francoise-Claire Prodhon

11 - Modigliani - by Nancy Ireson

12 - Another Art Book by Jefferson Hack

13 - Letter of Resignation (Edition Heiner Bastian) by Cy Twombly (1991-05-04)

14 - Spectrum by John Pawson

15 - Live Beautiful by Athena Calderone

You can check out more of my selections over on my Atelier Amazon Storefront (I already have a few in my cart!)

With less than a few days to go until Mother's Day arrives, I thought it was about time I started to get myself together and create a gift guide for you all. Yes Yes I know that it is kind of late (well really late) but I'm still trying to get my head around working and blogging at the same time haha. Without this turning into a story about how I'm finding it very difficult to manage my time (welcome to the life of a graduate) I wanted to create a guide that was really different and so I decided that I would illustrate all the items just to make it that bit more special.

I have broken the gift guide down into three themes, mainly because it was just easier for me to figure out what gifts I wanted to use but I also wanted a guide that would cater around all the mothers out there. Of course you could take one item from each category and just mix it up. Thats entirley up to you. 

To start off we have…

B E A U T Y   Q U E E N

Tom Ford Lipstick  |  Nars Illuminator   |  Tom Ford Black Orchid   |  Chanel Nail Colour  |  Aesop Resurrection Aromatique Hand Balm

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n e w  b a b y  m a m a

Neom Pillow Mist   |   Dior Creme De Rose Lip Balm  |    Mary Green Sleeping Eye Mask   |  Evolve Radiant Glow Mask  |  Haygen Moms One Line A Day

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T H E   M O D E R N   M I N I M A L 

Madewell Small Pouch   |  Byredo Perfume   |  A4 Pouch  |  Bar Stud Earrings   |  Marble Hexagon Coaster Set