Design Book Club

In the spirit of our recently-launched Production Designers Gathering, this month we explore the concept of community and its connection with architecture and design.

This month we contemplate the concept of collecting and collections, from 16th century European cabinets of curiosities to post-modern art installations.

This month, as I'm writing from Brazil, I picked the somewhat hard-to-categorize theme of "Tropical Modernism", an architecture style prevalent in South America, East Asia and Africa mixing modernist elements with local materials and building methods.

This month we take a cue from Halloween and venture into some abandoned spaces around the globe.

This month we contemplate the summer that's coming to an end, and how the liberating spirit of vacation can influence art and design. Some holiday design inspiration is always a good thing!

This month our focus is on the design, history and significance of cars, often an important part of a production designer's world but rarely acknowledged.