Editors: gestalten, AETHER, & Laura Austin
Features: Full color, hardcover, stitch bound, 304 pages
Format: 22.5 × 29 cm, 9 × 11½  inches
Price: € 45 (D)  £40  $60 (US)
ISBN: 978-3-96704-023-4

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EMBARGO DATE TO USE IMAGERY AND PRESS AND RELEASE: May 19, 2022
WORLDWIDE PRE-ORDER DATE: May 19, 2022
EU + UK PUBLICATION DATE: June 9, 2022 
USA + INT PUBLICATION DATE: August 9, 2022
Please ask for permission first if you would like to review the book before the official embargo date.

When it comes to the great outdoors, the USA has it all: wild mountains, vast prairies, barren deserts, tropical forests and other worldly canyons. And there is no better way to explore them than with the all-American activity: the road trip.

The Great American Road Trip—published by gestalten in collaboration with LA-based adventure brand AETHER—features photography by Laura Austin and AETHER co-founder Jonah Smith. The book provides a new appreciation of this grand tradition, allowing readers to discover 25 routes that bring them closer to nature, other people, and themselves.

The book takes the reader beyond the magnificent landscapes of the country and delves into local history, culture, food, and people. Readers can taste their way through Texas or Maine, ride the waves of California, or the slopes of Colorado, retrace the Underground Railroad and follow the Blues Highway. The Great American Road Trip encourages individuals to embrace the open road, explore hinterlands, and take journeys that turn the mythical unknown into treasure troves of discovery.

ABOUT gestalten
gestalten is an international publishing house collaborating and engaging with the world’s most interesting creatives to document and anticipate vital movements in architecture and interiors, design and fashion, escape and mobility, travel, food, and beverage, as well as visual culture. 

Exploring creativity in every form, gestalten is known and loved by millions around the globe for its unique lens across print and digital mediums. gestalten also publishes illustrated books for children through its imprint Little gestalten. 

ABOUT AETHER Apparel
AETHER (pronounced “ē-ther”) was started in 2009 when founders Palmer West and Jonah Smith were inspired to create something they couldn’t find. They were city dwellers with a passion for the outdoors, businessmen who wanted outerwear that supported their lifestyle without making them look like they were in a lift line. AETHER was born out of the desire for clothing that looks at home in the city but was built to withstand adventure and the elements. Today, AETHER is a complete lifestyle collection for design-focused, well-traveled men and women. The company is headquartered on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, just blocks away from its flagship store on La Brea Avenue. Other retail locations include Aspen, San Francisco, and Jackson Hole.

ABOUT Laura Austin 
Laura Austin is a photographer with wanderlust coursing through her veins. Having grown up in small towns in Colorado and Vermont, she is now based in Los Angeles.