It's finally time to get to summer reading. Here's a look at the books—plus reading paraphernalia—on our list.
- Above: Edited by Joanne Dugan, Summertime is a "photography book about the essence of summer" with images by 46 photographers from around the world. Cover photograph by Cig Harvey.
- A balancing bookshelf that allows you to measure how many books you've finished versus how many are wait to be read.
- One of Meredith's favorite magazines right now is Frame, a design periodical from Amsterdam.
- Our favorite book bag? The Ballast Bookbag from Erik Heywood of Oakland, CA's Book/Shop is made from 1930s Belgian canvas and Japanese vegetable-tanned leather.
- Weekend project: DIY bookshelf.
- We're only halfway through 2014, but so far here are the best graphic design books of the year.
- A British magazine about makers and doers.
- Above: Margot and Alexa are both looking forward to the new collaborative work, Women in Clothes, by Sheila Heti, Heidi Julavits, and Leanne Shapton.
- Attention print and pattern enthusiasts: you must read The Print Revolution.
- We're still pouring over 300 pages of DIYs and design ideas from our friends at Young House Love.
- Above: The perfect beach chair? The Tra an Doilin Deck Chair from Gallant & Jones.
- Dalilah just picked up Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell. (The insomniacs among us are reading Russell's new novella, Sleep Donation.)
- ABCDCS: David Collins is a new coffee table book from the portfolio of the late Irish architect and designer.
- What's better—the book or the movie? Here's a roundup of good reads slated for the big screen.
For more from this week on Remodelista, take a look at The Life Aquatic, and don't miss Gardenista's week of water in the garden.
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