Notable Design Books of 2012
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| Wiel Arets | McCarter, Robert et al. | Birkhäuser | $69.95 |
| Design Is a Job | Monteiro, Mike | A Book Apart | $18.00 |
| Abstract City | Niemann, Christoph | Abrams | $24.95 |
| Blown Covers | Mouly, Françoise | Abrams | $24.95 |
| Hippopposites | Coat, Janik | Abrams | $14.95 |
| Norman Bel Geddes Designs America | Albrecht, Donald et al. | Abrams | $65.00 |
| The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City | Ehrenhalt, Alan | Knopf | $26.95 |
| Underground: How the Tube Shaped London | Bownes, David et al. | Allen Lane | $35.59 |
| The Dutch Photobook | Gierstberg, Frits et al. | Aperture | $75.00 |
| Juliaan Lampens | Campens, Angelique | ASA Publishers | |
| Porsche: Origin of the Species | Ludvigsen, Karl et al. | Bentley Publishers | $119.95 |
| Logo Life | Van der Vlugt, Ron | BIS Publishers | $32.00 |
| City: A Guidebook for the Urban Age | Smith, P.D. | Bloomsbury | $39.99 |
| 15 Years of Media Arts | Furuya, Kurando | BNN | $37.65 |
| Wim Crouwel: A Graphic Odyssey (Japanese edition) | Brook, Tony et al. | BNN | |
| Futuro | Augé, Marc et al. | Bollati Boringhieri | $14.95 |
| The New Art of Landscape: Conversations between Xin Wu and Contemporary Designers | Wu, Xin et al. | China Architecture & Building Press | |
| The Where, the Why, and the How | Volvovski, Jenny et al. | Chronicle Books | $24.95 |
| Fear of Music | Lethem, Jonathan | Continuum | $12.95 |
| Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet | Blum, Andrew | HarperCollins | $26.99 |
| Walkable City | Speck, Jeff | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | $27.00 |
| Cinesi (The Chinese) | Visetti, Giampaolo | Feltrinelli | $12.00 |
| Ikko Tanaka and the Future/Past/East/West of Design | Koike, Kazuko | Foiru | |
| English Graphic | Lubbock, Tom | Frances Lincoln | $29.95 |
| The Shape of Design | Chimero, Frank | Frank Chimero | $29.99 |
| The Avant-Garde Applied (1890–1950) | Fontán del Junco, Manuel et al. | Fundación Juan March | $65.00 |
| Confessions of a Generalist | Diffrient, Niels | Generalist Ink | $50.00 |
| Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms | Castle, Wendell et al. | Gregory R. Miller & Co. | $60.00 |
| To Forgive Design | Petroski, Henry | Harvard University Press | $27.95 |
| The Raw and the Cooked | Bialobrzeski, Peter | Hatje Cantz | $95.00 |
| Terunobu Fujimori | Rössler, Hannes et al. | Hatje Cantz | $60.00 |
| The Shape of Green | Hosey, Lance | Island Press | $60.00 |
| Designing Information | Katz, Joel | John Wiley & Sons | $55.00 |
| Imperfect Health | Borasi, Giovanna et al. | Lars Müller Publishers | $70.00 |
| Torre David | Brillembourg, Alfredo et al. | Lars Müller Publishers | $60.00 |
| Graphic Design: A History, 2nd Edition | Eskilson, Stephen J. | Laurence King Publishing | $65.00 |
| 100 Ideas That Changed Graphic Design | Heller, Steven et al. | Laurence King Publishing | $29.95 |
| Luca Barcellona: Take Your Pleasure Seriously | Barcellona, Luca | Lazy Dog Press | $90.57 |
| Thanks for the View, Mr. Mies | Aubert, Danielle et al. | Metropolis Books | $29.95 |
| The Postcard Age | Klich, Lynda et al. | Museum of Fine Arts Publications | $45.00 |
| How to Make a Japanese House | Nuijsink, Cathelijne | nai010 Publishers | $55.00 |
| The Style of the Stedelijk | Huygen, Frederike | nai010 Publishers | $26.00 |
| Girls’ Fashion in Japanese Manga | Takemura, Mana | Paiintanashonaru | |
| The Fractalist | Mandelbrot, Benoit | Pantheon | $30.00 |
| Building Stories | Ware, Chris | Pantheon Books | $50.00 |
| Understanding Architecture | McCarter, Robert et al. | Phaidon Press | $85.00 |
| A Visual Inventory | Pawson, John | Phaidon Press | $49.95 |
| 20th-Century World Architecture: The Phaidon Atlas | Editors of Phaidon Press, | Phaidon Press | $135.14 |
| Concrete | Koren, Leonard et al. | Phaidon Press | $49.95 |
| The Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design | Editors of Phaidon Press, | Phaidon Press | $117.50 |
| Katsuji Wakisaka: Japanese Textile Designer | Wakisaka, Katsuji | PIE International | |
| Photo Gallery of Good Buildings: West | Building Mania Cafe, | PIE International | $38.49 |
| The Future Will Be…China | Obrist, Hans Ulrich et al. | Pinacoteca Agnelli/UCCA | $15.00 |
| Writing About Architecture | Lange, Alexandra | Princeton Architectural Press | $24.95 |
| Sign Painters | Levine, Faythe et al. | Princeton Architectural Press | $24.95 |
| Instant: The Story of Polaroid | Bonanos, Christopher | Princeton Architectural Press | $24.95 |
| Elegantissima | Fili, Louise et al. | Princeton Architectural Press | $40.00 |
| Le Corbusier Redrawn | Park, Steven | Princeton Architectural Press | $24.95 |
| Mirko Ilić: Fist to Face | Kršić, Dejan et al. | Print Publishing | $29.25 |
| Makers: The New Industrial Revolution | Anderson, Chris | Random House | $26.00 |
| House | Keaton, Diane et al. | Rizzoli International Publications | $85.00 |
| Architecture Concepts: Red is Not a Color | Tschumi, Bernard | Rizzoli International Publications | $85.00 |
| Japan Japanese | Schmid, Helmut | Robundo Publishing | $47.70 |
| Asia-Pacific Design No. 8 | Sandu Publishing Co. Limited, | Sandu Publishing Co. Limited | $72.00 |
| I Saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail | Urveti, Ramsingh | Tara Books | $12.25 |
| FUSE 1-20 | Brody, Neville et al. | TASCHEN | $59.99 |
| Information Graphics | Rendgen, Sandra et al. | TASCHEN | $69.00 |
| Tree Houses | Jodidio, Philip et al. | TASCHEN | $69.99 |
| The Book of Books | Lommen, Mathieu | Thames & Hudson | $65.00 |
| The Color Revolution | Blaszczyk, Regina Lee | The MIT Press | $34.95 |
| China’s Design Revolution | Justice, Lorraine et al. | The MIT Press | $21.95 |
| ReThinking a Lot | Ben-Joseph, Eran | The MIT Press | $24.95 |
| Adversarial Design | DiSalvo, Carl | The MIT Press | $28.00 |
| La Formentera | Piasecki, Eric et al. | The Monacelli Press | $65.00 |
| Bio Design | Myers, William et al. | The Museum of Modern Art | $50.00 |
| Quay Brothers | Magliozzi, Ron et al. | The Museum of Modern Art | $24.95 |
| Herb Lubalin | Shaughnessy, Adrian | Unit Editions | $100.00 |
| Machine Art, 1934 | Marshall, Jennifer Jane | The University of Chicago Press | $45.00 |
| Lowrider Space | Chappell, Ben | University of Texas Press | $55.00 |
| The Art of Punk | Bestley, Russell et al. | Voyageur Press | $40.00 |
| Some Remarks | Stephenson, Neal | William Morrow | $25.99 |
Announcements
Now is Better by Stefan Sagmeister
Now is Better
By Stefan Sagmeister
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Published: October 2023
Combining art, design, history, and quantitative analysis, transforms data sets into stunning artworks that underscore his positive view of human progress, inspiring us to think about the future with much-needed hope.
Design Emergency: Building a Better Future by Alice Rawsthorn and Paola Antonelli
Design Emergency: Building a Better Future
By Alice Rawsthorn and Paola Antonelli
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Published: May 2022
Rawsthorn and Antonelli tell the stories of the remarkable designers, architects, engineers, artists, scientists, and activists who are at the forefront of positive change worldwide. Focusing on four themes—Technology, Society, Communication, and Ecology—the authors present a unique portrait of how our great creative minds are developing new design solutions to the major challenges of our time, while helping us to benefit from advances in science and technology.
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Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World’s Most Creative People by Debbie Millman
Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World's Most Creative People
By Debbie Millman
Publisher: Harper Design
Published: February 22, 2022
Debbie Millman—author, educator, brand consultant, and host of the widely successful and award-winning podcast “Design Matters”—showcases dozens of her most exciting interviews, bringing together insights and reflections from today’s leading creative minds from across diverse fields.
Milton Glaser: POP by Steven Heller, Mirko Ilić, and Beth Kleber
Milton Glaser: POP
By Steven Heller, Mirko Ilić, and Beth Kleber
Publisher: The Monacelli Press
Published: March 2023
This collection of work from graphci design legend Milton Glaser’s Pop period features hundreds of examples of the designer’s work that have not been seen since their original publication, demonstrating the graphic revolution that transformed design and popular culture.
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Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall by Alexandra Lange
Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall
By Alexandra Lange
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: June 2022
Chronicles postwar architects’ and merchants’ invention of the shopping mall, revealing how the design of these marketplaces played an integral role in their cultural ascent. Publishers Weekly writes, “Contending that malls answer ‘the basic human need’ of bringing people together, influential design critic Lange advocates for retrofitting abandoned shopping centers into college campuses, senior housing, and ‘ethnocentric marketplaces’ catering to immigrant communities. Lucid and well researched, this is an insightful study of an overlooked and undervalued architectural form.”
Die Fläche: Design and Lettering of the Vienna Secession, 1902–1911 (Facsimile Edition) by Diane V. Silverthorne, Dan Reynolds, and Megan Brandow-Faller
Die Fläche: Design and Lettering of the Vienna Secession, 1902–1911 (Facsimile Edition)
By Diane V. Silverthorne, Dan Reynolds, and Megan Brandow-Faller
Publisher: Letterform Archives Books
Published: October 2023
This facsimile edition of Die Fläche, recreates every page of the formative design periodical in full color and at original size, accompanied by essays that contextualize the work, highlighting contributions by pathbreaking women, innovative lettering artists, and key practitioners of the new “surface art,” including Rudolf von Larisch, Alfred Roller, and Wiener Werkstätte founders Koloman Moser and Josef Hoffmann.
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