How to Live with Objects: A Guide to More Meaningful Interiors

“It’s the objects you surround yourself with that truly give your home its soul,” write Khemsurov and Singer, the founders of design magazine Sight Unseen, in this unique ode to personal possessions. The two explore ways to breathe life and personality into interiors through a deliberate process of accumulating things. Organized into four categories that cover vintage, contemporary, handmade, and sentimental objects, the guide covers shopping strategies (“go very early” to flea markets, and reach out to local artists when looking for souvenirs from one’s travels) and shares insights from creative folks about the objects that make up their lives. New York designer Ellen Pong, for example, made a tissue-box cover that looks like a charcuterie board, while Swedish musician Lykke Li finds “calm” in her Gae Aulenti coffee table. Home tours offer a peek into private collections: graphic designer Kim Mupangilaï’s Brooklyn brownstone features objects that her father brought with him from Congo, while vintage art collector Jonathan Pessin finds priceless value in his perforated shelves that hail from a supermarket freezer section. Creative and fun, this will be invaluable to readers looking to foster a more meaningful connection with the objects they bring home. (Nov.)