Books are second to the final frontier. Furniture gets to claim the title of final, but we don’t sell furniture, so we’re not going to talk about it. A cool book is the ultimate signifier, representative of your taste but also that your commitment to whatever subject is enough to sit down and read about it. This is a judgment-free zone, but as cool as the book covers look we do recommend opening them up every once in a while.

With information so readily available digitally these days, you’d be surprised how much writing is exclusively put to print. There are some real valuable nuggets of fashion and design lore you won’t find anywhere else, and that kind of knowledge is a superpower in the modern day. Imagine being able to rattle off obscure facts about brutalist architecture or what university Dieter Rams studied at over a bottle of natural wine to your less-than-engaged friends - the euphoria is incomparable. With that in mind, take a look at some of our favourites currently available in Livestock’s library.