Softer Volumes is an independent publisher of design and travel books, best known for its Cafés series. Bars Vol. 01 takes the same approach to the places you go after dark.

Across 240 pages, the book collects more than 50 bars in 20 countries across Asia, Europe, the Americas and Oceania. Wine bars, cocktail bars, listening bars, breweries, distilleries and whisky bars are all in there. Each one is picked for its interior and atmosphere as much as its drinks, so it works as a travel list and as a reference for lighting, materials and layout. It's bound in a linen hardcover and printed on FSC-certified paper, and sits well next to the Cafés and Hotels volumes on a coffee table or shelf.