- Forget the Kindle. If you really want to know what makes a man tick, it’s the books on his shelves you need to see (the ones he admits to reading anyway). In the first of a new series, Port looks at the personal libraries of high profile men from New York to Norfolk
Massimo Vignelli – Modernist Designer
“I have bookcases on every wall of my house. They house objects, samples of work done by my wife and I, photographs of friends and grandchildren. The biggest problem I have is that there is no more space and I am now piling them up on a low table. Books are becoming an unmanageable problem – only digital publication will save us!”
His bookcase, photographed by Maria Spann in New York, 15th October 2011
- Tom Ford – Designer and film director
“Taking the time to read books is one of the few luxuries I allow myself. It is also a luxury for me to have my own library. I especially prize all my architecture and design books, which I find very inspirational.”
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His bookcase photographed by Maria Spann in Mayfair, London, 27th October 2011
- Simon Finch – Antiquarian
“I have bought books since I was 12. Later in life, I was fortunate enough to deal in very valuable antiquarian books. I have always treated my books in the same way and they have followed me around in unruly clumps. When I want to read one I inevitably find a pleasant surprise in the form of a book I had never even heard.”
His bookcase, photographed at Voewood House, Norfolk, 26 October 2011
- Lord Richard Rogers – Architect
Photographed by Maria Spann in Kensington, London, 27th October 2011This feature appears in Port issue 4
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