Founded in 2014 by Adam Michaels and Shannon Harvey, Inventory Press publishes books on topics in art, architecture, design, and music, with an emphasis on subcultures, minor histories, and the sociopolitical aspects of material culture. With a nuanced, rigorous approach to content and design—and the considered integration of the two—Inventory Press has produced over 40 titles to date.

Inventory Press authors include Jordan Peele, Camille Henrot, David Reinfurt, Danielle Aubert, Fictilis, Molly Nesbit, Matt Keegan, Amie Siegel, Marc Fischer, Micah Silver, Mary Corse, and numerous others. Collaborators include museums, galleries, artists, architects, other arts organizations, such as Anton Kern Gallery, New York; Audio Visual Arts (AVA) Gallery, New York; Betonsalon–Center for Art and Research, Paris; Carpenter Center for Visual Arts, Harvard; Chisendale Gallery, London; D.A.P, New York; Grice Bench, Los Angeles; ICA Philadelphia, James Fuentes, New York; Kamel Mennour, Paris; Institute for Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania; Kayne Griffin Corcoran, Los Angeles; König Galerie, Berlin; Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen; Metro Pictures, New York; O-R-G; Rogaland Kunstcenter, Stavanger; School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago; RITE Editions; Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University; Simon Preston Gallery, New York; Westfälischer Kunstverein, Munich; WORKac, New York; Zachęta–National Gallery of Art, Warsaw.