MANSION GLOBAL's 7 Inspiring Design Books for Spring: "If you've ever stayed at one of the luxurious Firmdale hotels, you've been enveloped by Kit Kemp's expert interplay of color and pattern--it's wow with a side of whimsy. In "Kit Kemp: Design Stories" ($60), she showcases her design projects that highlight the power of pattern and craftsmanship. Kemp's superpower is finding inspiration in the past but using it to create something brand new. It can be your superpower, too." "Internationally acclaimed designer and hotelier Kit Kemp dares us to adopt a fearless approach to decorating, filled with daring colors, plenty of patterns, and bespoke antiques, in her latest book. Every page serves as an invitation to think more vividly and personally about our interiors through stunning photography and invaluable advice from Kemp herself." -- VERANDA "With her fearless use of color, exuberant layering of pattern and reverence for craft, Kit Kemp has long treated interiors as expressive, joyful narratives. Her first Rizzoli monograph invites readers into spaces that unfold like stories--rooms where embroidered headboards meet hand-painted wallpapers, ikat cushions mingle with 20th century art, and bespoke details surprise at every turn.

Brimming with vibrant photography, Design Stories is both a manifesto and an invitation: to embrace individuality, to design with confidence and to create homes that delight precisely because they reflect the people who live in them." -- MODERN LUXURY: INTERIORS "Experiential, vivid, imaginative, textured, and beyond the ordinary is the magical world I discovered within KIT KEMP: Design Stories." -- HELLO LOVELY STUDIO "Her fifth book, "Design Stories," details the making of the most recent hotel, Warren Street in TriBeCa, as well as other colorful, textured projects, including two by her daughters Willow and Minnie, who now work alongside her as design directors." -- NEW YORK TIMES.