Designers & Books Blog

 

856 blog entries
Architecture
By Steve Kroeter April 26, 2012

Architect and Architecture Professor Mark Foster Gage: Gage/Clemenceau Architects (New York) and Yale University School of Architecture (New Haven)
Profile
Architect and Yale University School of Architecture professor Mark Foster Gage discusses the recent collection of writings he edited that explore contemporary architecture and beauty, Aesthetic Theory: Essential Texts for Architecture and Design (W. W. Norton, October 2011). More...

Book List of the Week
By Steve Kroeter April 24, 2012

Graphic designer Jonathan Barnbrook: Barnbrook (London)
Profile   Book List
Whether it’s through his work with musician David Bowie, artist Damien Hirst, author-philosopher-linguist Noam Chomsky, or with controversial publications like Adbusters and the “First Things First 2000” design manifesto—Jonathan Barnbrook is unmistakably about activism. In fact, “activism” is one of the areas included in the description of his multifaceted design consultancy, along with graphic design, industrial design, motion graphics, and typeface design. All of these interests and passions come together in his 2007 book, Barnbook Bible (on Rick Poynor’s list of “Books Every Graphic Designer Should Read”). More...

Interviews
By Steve Kroeter April 19, 2012

Graphic designer Michael Bierut: Pentagram (New York)
Profile    Book List
Graphic designer Michael Bierut takes a look at his Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design on the occasion of its release in paperback by Princeton Architectural Press (March 2012). The book was originally published in hardcover in 2007. More...

Designers & Books Milestone Lists
By Steve Kroeter April 17, 2012

To complement the recent publication of our “100 Designers/100 Books” list, today we bring you “17 Design Commentators/17 Books,” which celebrates the book lists that have been contributed to Designers & Books by our commentators—critics, curators, editors, educators, executives, writers, and other distinguished design community members. More...

Author Q&As
By Steve Kroeter April 12, 2012

Graphic designer and design writer Steven Heller
Profile    Book List
Graphic designer and design writer Véronique Vienne
Profile    Book List

Steven Heller talks about the new book he has written with Véronique Vienne, 100 Ideas That Changed Graphic Design (Laurence King Publishing, April 2012). More...

Book List of the Week
By Steve Kroeter April 10, 2012

Product Designer and Design Educator Bruce Hannah: Hannah Design and Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, NY)
Profile   Book List
The books that Bruce Hannah chose for his Designers & Books list make up an eclectic selection reflecting the curiosity and far-reaching interests of an eminent product designer and also the breadth and conceptual perspective of a lifelong teacher. More...

Designers & Books Milestone Lists
By Steve Kroeter April 5, 2012

To celebrate the publication of our 100th designer on Designers & Books this past Tuesday, April 3—we now have double the number of designers we started with a year ago—we bring you a new milestone list. More...

Book List of the Week
By Steve Kroeter April 3, 2012

Architect David Adjaye: Adjaye Associates (London)
Profile    Book List
Shortly after his largest high-profile project to date—the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture—broke ground several weeks ago on the Mall in Washington D.C., David Adjaye stopped to send along his book list to Designers & Books. More...

Interviews
By Steve Kroeter March 29, 2012

Architect and Architecture blogger John Hill: Archidose (New York)
Profile   Notable Books of 2011
Architect and architecture blogger John Hill, of Archidose, discusses his book Guide to Contemporary New York City Architecture, published in December 2011 by W. W. Norton. The book was named a Designers & Books Notable Book of 2011 by Justin Davidson. More...

Book List of the Week
By Steve Kroeter March 27, 2012

Architecture school dean and architect Mohsen Mostafavi: Harvard Graduate School of Design (Cambridge, MA)  Profile   Book List
Architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff (New York)
(New York)   Profile
The venerable Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) celebrates its 75th anniversary during the 2011–2012 academic year. Earlier in the year, critic and author Nicolai Ouroussoff had the opportunity to meet GSD Dean Mohsen Mostafavi in his office to talk about books. The specific books in question were those on a list that Dean Mostafavi compiled for Designers & Books—books that have particular resonance for him not only because of their intellectual content but also through their very personal connection to him. More...