How We Live at Home With Books

A visual delight and inspiration for every bibliophile with a growing home library

Bilbiostyle is inspiration for every bibliophile with a growing home library: this dream-and-drool design book features some of the most jaw-dropping book collections of homeowners around the world.

Bibliostyle gives readers a peek at the private libraries and bookshelves of passionate readers all over the world, including Norwegian author Karle Ove Knausgaard, American illustrator Art Spiegelman, Silvia Whitman (the founder of famous Parisian bookstore Shakespeare & Company, designer Phillip Lim, London book designer Coralie Bickford-Smith, Lady Athena McAlpine in her sixteenth-century home in Puglia, and illustrator Pierre LeTan in his Parisian home.

The book covers thirty-five homes in the United States, UK, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden. In every home featured, the library is the undisputed heart of the home, a place that holds the homeowner's passions, values and stories in its books.

Throughout Bibliostyle, gorgeous photographs of rooms with rare collections, floor-to-ceiling shelves, and stacks upon stacks of books inspire readers to live better with their own book collections.

Autorentext
The author of Surf Shack: Laid-Back Living by the Water, Nina Freudenberger, received her Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Architecture from Rhode Island School of Design before launching a career in interior design. She is the founder of the boutique design firm Haus Interior. 

Klappentext

The private libraries and bookshelves of book lovers across the planet are revealed in this inspiring book on how to house an expansive affection for the written word. Includes Karl Ove Knausgaard, Art Spiegelman, Silvia Whitman and Pierre LeTan.

Zusammenfassung

Bilbiostyle is inspiration for every bibliophile with a growing home library: this dream-and-drool design book features some of the most jaw-dropping book collections of homeowners around the world. 

Bibliostyle gives readers a peek at the private libraries and bookshelves of passionate readers all over the world, including Norwegian author Karle Ove Knausgaard, American illustrator Art Spiegelman, Silvia Whitman (the founder of famous Parisian bookstore Shakespeare & Company,  designer Phillip Lim, London book designer Coralie Bickford-Smith, Lady Athena McAlpine in her sixteenth-century home in Puglia, and illustrator Pierre LeTan in his Parisian home.

The book covers thirty-five homes in the United States, UK, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden. In every home featured, the library is the undisputed heart of the home, a place that holds the homeowner’s passions, values and stories in its books.
 
Throughout Bibliostyle, gorgeous photographs of rooms with rare collections, floor-to-ceiling shelves, and stacks upon stacks of books inspire readers to live better with their own book collections.