The Boudoir Bible

Betony Vernon's guide to modern sex and seduction

Aiming to annihilate notions of taboo in the modern bedroom, Betony Vernon presents “The Boudoir Bible: The Uninhibited Sex Guide for Today” as a stimulating guide to the sexual landscape. Appropriately cloaked in pink bondage ropes, the cloth-covered tome also comes with ringing endorsements from burlesque performer Dita Von Teese and designer Philippe Starck. This mix of accolades would only be appropriate for someone like …

Irving Harper: Works in Paper

Exquisite curiosities from a little known design legend revealed to the world

A brilliant new release from Rizzoli, “Irving Harper: Works in Paper” celebrates the private work of one of America’s great mid-century design minds. Irving Harper is mostly known to design insiders as the man-behind-the-man, working alongside Gilbert Rohde, Raymond Loewy and George Nelson during some of the celebrity designer’s most significant years, where he created graphics (including Herman Miller’s well known logo), textiles, furniture, clocks …

CH Gift Guide: Last-Minute Solutions

Fingerpaint, hosiery, topiaries and other gifts you can find at a store near you

For those hoping an apocalypse would save them from buying this year’s holiday gifts, it’s looking like you may need to devise a new strategy. If you haven’t bought all the presents for everyone on your list, here are 12 items from the Cool Hunting gift guide that can be found at your local mall or bookshop, as well as few gift card and subscription …