Hawaii Aloha

Description

Travel from home with this volume sharing the beauty of Hawaii, authored by John Wogan. Part of Assouline’s Classics Collection of highly collectible and immaculately illustrated volumes representing movements in style and chronicling chic. Each book is an inspiring journey to aesthetic bliss, a unique world all its own.

Paradise is an archipelago, isolated in the middle of the Pacific. Volcanic peaks pierce the clouds. Turquoise waves roll toward black-sand shores. Lava flows, steam rising as fire meets ocean. Yet Hawai‘i’s beauty is only the surface. Beneath it lies something deeper: sacred ground shaped by Polynesian voyagers. They brought language, tradition, and a profound connection to ‘āina, the land that sustains all life. To see Hawai‘i only through its postcard perfection is to miss its soul.

Each island carries its own character. Oahu pulses with urban energy in Honolulu. Maui’s Road to Hana winds through rainforest waterfalls and hidden beaches. Kaua‘i’s Na Pali Coast stands untouched, dramatic, humbling. The Big Island holds Kīlauea’s active crater and Mauna Kea’s snow-dusted summit, extremes that shouldn’t coexist. Moloka‘i and Lana’i whisper of an authentic old Hawai‘i. Surf culture was born here, not as sport but as spiritual practice. Aloha is not just greeting but philosophy: love, compassion, breath shared between people and place.

Hawaii Aloha invites you beneath the surface, past the lei and luau, into the islands’ true heart, where respect for the past guides the present, where nature commands reverence, and where the spirit of aloha endures.

About the Brand

Assouline Publishing was founded as a family company in 1994 by Proper and Martine Assouline. It has published approximately 1500 titles on subjects ranging from architecture, art, design, fashion, lifestyle, and travel and has brought the illustrated book market to life with products that are modern, luxurious, and creative.

Created with the goal of becoming the first luxury brand on culture, Assouline aims to supply everything needed for a contemporary library. An active contributor to the growth of the illustrated market and its integration into the worlds of luxury, fashion, and design, Assouline provides the highest quality book-objects, sharing a distinctive graphic identity and editorial savoir-faire that have captured imaginations while addressing new themes in a contemporary manner. With its style and vision, the brand is a true pioneer. 

Product Details

Released in November 2026

Author: John Wogan
Publisher: Assouline Publishing Corporation
Edition: English
Book Details: 304 pages, over 150 illustrations
Material: Linen hardcover
Dimensions: (L 33 x W 25 x D 4) cm
Weight: 2.9 kg

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