Top Shelf

Top Shelf is a one-off limited-edition publication from The World of Interiors devoted to sex and erotica in design, issued alongside the magazine's body-themed September 2026 issue.

The 76-page volume at 165 × 222 mm sets images against four essays. The essays take up a museum's collection of sexually explicit objects, the use of the human body in decoration and design, the erotics of renovation, and the sexually explicit furniture associated with Catherine the Great. The pictures run from 19th-century brothel architecture to medieval pilgrim badges, contemporary film concept art and contested sculpture. The editors frame the project around the tension between revelation and concealment in domestic space, which is the parent magazine's long-standing subject.

The World of Interiors is a London magazine owned by Condé Nast. Emily Tobin is editor-in-chief and Ben Weaver is art director. The dating app Feeld sponsored Top Shelf, and the launch was held at Shreeji News in London. The cover uses an engraved sheet of nude figures in framed vignettes under the magazine's name.