Courtesy of Publishers

Courtesy of Publishers

Around the two-year anniversary of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is little that looks the same as it did in March 2020, whether it's how we work, how we study, or even how we move about our own homes. Many titles in this selection of spring architecture and design book releases show just how authors and design professionals are grappling with the major changes of our time. Volumes such as Debbie Millman's Why Design Matters and Paola Antonelli's Design Emergency share the diverse viewpoints and design solutions of some of the world's leading creative voices; Otto von Busch's Making Trouble and Max Holleran's Yes to the City evaluate forms of DIY and housing activism; and Stephen Vider's Queerness of Home and Suchi Reddy's Form Follows Feeling tap into a more empathetic, human-centered approach to space. All of them, in some way, look at the past as a way to see clearly into the future of the built environment.

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