I’ll never forget how excited I was years ago when a book I co-authored (the purple one) was used in this display in a Restoration Hardware catalog to sell these book-ends. At the time it had long been and idle pastime of mine–checking the art book titles that set directors and designers use in catalog and shelter magazine layouts.
I was reminded of this again recently when I was browsing a recent layout in Essence of a model lounging around what seemed to be a private home. None of the titles were by black artists. Of course, they borrowed the home and maybe its contents for the shoot, but this is something that has always irked me.
Pay attention next time you’re browsing a magazine or catalog–what titles are artfully displayed on the coffee tables, shelves, and elsewhere?
