Holiday Gift Guide: For the Bookworm

Curl up by the fire with one of these design-focused reads.

World Tour

Organized by continent, Destination Art (Phaidon, $45) catalogues some 500 works of permanently installed modern and contemporary art to see on your next holiday—or to simply admire from home. Indigo.ca

Set Piece

In his gorgeous debut book, The Intangible (Pointed Leaf Press, $121.50), Emmy-award winning designer Kerry Joyce showcases the subtle art of turning houses into homes. Indigo.ca

House Call

This Is Home (Hardie Grant, $57) takes readers around the world in 15 homes, each one selected for its effortless, slow-living style. Indigo.ca

Pretty On the Page

Brian Gluckstein: The Art of Home (Figure 1, $45) brings the legendary Canadian designer’s work into one beautiful volume, showcasing stunning interiors alongside equally inspirational advice from the man himself. figure1publishing.com

Stay Awhile

In Homebody (Harper Collins, $30) designer Joanna Gaines promises to help create spaces you “never want to leave”—but we’ll have to put down this beautiful tome first. Indigo.ca

Designer Pick – Sumer Singh – Mtharu, Calgary

Notebook Basic by Bindewerk (from $28)

“This is my go-to notebook for everything from everyday sketches to meeting notes. I am on my third notebook from Bindewerk, which makes all its products in Germany. The rugged and tough cover and the elastic pen holder on the side and pouch in the back of the notebook make it a functional item that I can’t live without.” recessshop.ca