Notable Design Books of 2011
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| OLIVE (A Handbook to Protect Your Life) | Nosigner, | Media Factory | ¥ 1,000 ($12.88) |
| Ootje Oxenaar: Designer + Commissioner | Kuijpers, Els | nai010 Publishers | $38.35 |
| And I Shall Have Some Peace There | Roach, Margaret | Grand Central Publishing | $25.99 |
| Designing for Emotion | Walter, Aarron | A Book Apart | $18.00 |
| Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | Immordino Vreeland, Lisa | Abrams | $55.00 |
| Katie Ridder: Rooms | MacIsaac, Heather | Abrams | $50.00 |
| Sagmeister: Another Book About Promotion and Sales Material | Sagmeister, Stefan et al. | Abrams | $40.00 |
| Roberto Burle Marx: The Modernity of Landscape | El-Dahdah, Farès et al. | Actar | $49.95 |
| Alexander Girard | Oldham, Todd et al. | AMMO Books | $200 |
| Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life | Oldham, Todd et al. | AMMO Books | $29.95 |
| New York: The Story of a Great City | Henry, Sarah | André Deutsch | $39.95 |
| The Latin American Photobook | Fernández, Horacio et al. | Aperture | $52.00 |
| Design*Sponge at Home | Bonney, Grace | Artisan | $35.00 |
| Bals | Foulkes, Nicholas | Assouline | $175.00 |
| Design with the Other 90%: Cities | Smith, Cynthia | Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum | $29.95 |
| Cédric Delsaux: Dark Lens | Delsaux, Cédric | Editions Xavier Barral | $75.00 |
| Chi ha paura...?-Who’s afraid...? | Cappellieri, Alba | Electa | |
| People | Blexbolex, | Enchanted Lion Books | $19.95 |
| Star Wars: The Blueprints | Rinzler, J. W. | Epic Ink | $500.00 |
| High Line: The Inside Story of New York City’s Park in the Sky | David, Joshua et al. | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | $29.95 |
| Beauty Is in the Street | Kugelberg, Johan et al. | Four Corners Books; distributed by D.A.P. | $40.00 |
| Less and More | Ueki-Polet, Keiko et al. | Gestalten | |
| Ready to Print | Nickel, Kristina | Gestalten | $78.00 |
| Visual Storytelling | Klanten, Robert et al. | Gestalten | $68.00 |
| Radioactive | Redniss, Lauren | HarperCollins | $29.99 |
| Flying Without a Net | DeLong, Thomas J. | Harvard Business Review Press | $29.95 |
| Wirrwarr | Mayer H., Jürgen et al. | Hatje Cantz | $300.00 |
| Rebels in Paradise | Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter | Henry Holt and Company | $32,50 |
| By the City/For the City | Guiney, Anne et al. | Institute for Urban Design | $35.00 |
| The Agile City | Russell, James | Island Press | $35.00 |
| Urban Design Since 1945 | Shane, David Grahame | John Wiley & Sons | $45.00 |
| Typography for Lawyers | Butterick, Matthew | Jones McClure Publishing | $25.00 |
| Atlas | Richter, Gerhard | Walther König Verlag | |
| Maharam Agenda | Maharam, Michael | Lars Müller Publishers | $65.00 |
| Bob Gill, so far. | Gill, Bob | Laurence King Publishing | $50.00 |
| Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design | Kirkham, Pat et al. | Laurence King Publishing | $75.00 |
| Symbol | Hyland, Angus et al. | Laurence King Publishing | $40.00 |
| Rethinking Design and Interiors | Caan, Shashi | Laurence King Publishing | $29.95 |
| Collected | Gladwell, Malcolm et al. | Little, Brown and Co. | $80.00 |
| Bossypants | Fey, Tina | Little, Brown and Co. | |
| Why We Broke Up | Handler, Daniel et al. | Little, Brown and Co. | $19.99 |
| Redheaded Peckerwood | Patterson, Christian | MACK | $65.00 |
| Cultural Connectives: Bridging the Latin and Arabic Alphabets | Rjeily, Rana Abou | Mark Batty Publisher | $34.95 |
| How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive | Boucher, Christopher | Melville House | $15.00 |
| 344 Questions | Bucher, Stefan | New Riders Press | $11.99 |
| Food Rules | Pollan, Michael et al. | Penguin | |
| Triumph of the City | Glaeser, Edward | Penguin | $29.95 |
| 100 Artists’ Manifestos: From the Futurists to the Stuckists | Danchev, Alex | Penguin | $20.99 |
| Believing Is Seeing | Morris, Errol | Penguin | $40.00 |
| Dieter Rams: As Little Design as Possible | Lovell, Sophie | Phaidon Press | $95.00 |
| Gerrit Rietveld | van Zijl, Ida | Phaidon Press | $75.00 |
| A Taxonomy of Office Chairs | Olivares, Jonathan | Phaidon Press | $39.95 |
| Living in the Endless City | Burdett, Ricky et al. | Phaidon Press | $69.95 |
| Floating Worlds | Neumeyer, Peter F. | Pomegranate Press | $35.00 |
| The Architectural Detail | Ford, Edward R. | Princeton Architectural Press | $40.00 |
| The Houses of William Wurster: Frames for Living | Brostrom, Caitlin Lempres et al. | Princeton Architectural Press | $50.00 |
| Maps | Scher, Paula | Princeton Architectural Press | $50.00 |
| Pamphlet Architecture 11–20 | Holl, Steven | Princeton Architectural Press | $45.00 |
| Reveal: Studio Gang Architects | Gang, Jeanne | Princeton Architectural Press | $45.00 |
| The Toaster Project: Or a Heroic Attempt to Build a Simple Electric Appliance from Scratch | Thwaites, Thomas | Princeton Architectural Press | $19.95 |
| Toward a New Interior | Weinthal, Lois | Princeton Architectural Press | $45.00 |
| Kissing Architecture | Lavin, Sylvia | Princeton University Press | $16.95 |
| Identify | Chermayeff, Ivan et al. | Print Publishing | $45.00 |
| The Death and Life of Great American Cities: 50th Anniversary Edition | Jacobs, Jane | Random House/Modern Library | $23.00 |
| A House for an Art Collector | Adjaye, David | Rizzoli International Publications | $50.00 |
| African Metropolitan Architecture | Adjaye, David | Rizzoli International Publications | $100.00 |
| Balenciaga and Spain | Bowles, Hamish | Rizzoli International Publications | $65.00 |
| Edward Durell Stone | Stone, Hicks | Rizzoli International Publications | $85.00 |
| Hussein Chalayan | Violette, Robert et al. | Rizzoli International Publications | $85.00 |
| Julius Shulman, Los Angeles | Lubell, Sam et al. | Rizzoli International Publications | $60.00 |
| KieranTimberlake: Inquiry | Kieran, Stephen et al. | Rizzoli International Publications | $55.00 |
| Tomorrow’s Houses | Gorlin, Alexander et al. | Rizzoli International Publications | $65.00 |
| Usefulness in Small Things | Colin, Kim et al. | Rizzoli International Publications | $29.95 |
| Richard Prince: American Prayer | Rubin, Robert | Rizzoli International Publications | $65.00 |
| Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul | Schultz, Howard et al. | Rodale | $25.99 |
| Spatial Agency | Awan, Nishat et al. | Routledge | $44.95 |
| New York Bikes | Castagnetti, Michele | Self Published | $19.99 |
| Steve Jobs | Isaacson, Walter | Simon & Schuster | $35.00 |
| Cecil Beaton | Albrecht, Donald | Rizzoli International Publications | $65.00 |
| The Ruins of Detroit | Marchand, Yves et al. | Steidl | $125.00 |
| Seven Books Grey | Dean, Tacita | Steidl | $98.00 |
| Combinatory Urbanism | Mayne, Thom | Stray Dog Cafe | $39.95 |
| Menu Design in America | Heller, Steven et al. | TASCHEN | $59.99 |
| Project Japan | Koolhaas, Rem et al. | TASCHEN | $59.99 |
| Gerhard Richter: Panorama | Godfrey, Mark et al. | Tate Gallery Publishing | |
| Textiles, the Whole Story: Uses, Meanings, Significances | Gordon, Beverly | Thames & Hudson | $60.00 |
| California Design 1930–1965 | Kaplan, Wendy | The MIT Press | $60.00 |
| Helvetica and the New York City Subway System | Shaw, Paul | The MIT Press | $39.95 |
| Spacesuit | de Monchaux, Nicholas | The MIT Press | $34.95 |
| Voiture Minimum | Amado Lorenzo, Antonio | The MIT Press | $49.95 |
| Groundwork: Between Landscape and Architecture | Balmori, Diana et al. | The Monacelli Press | $50.00 |
| Rising Currents | Bergdoll, Barry | The Museum of Modern Art | $24.95 |
| TD 63-73: Total Design and Its Pioneering Role in Graphic Design | Bos, Ben | Unit Editions | $55.00 |
| Wim Crouwel: A Graphic Odyssey | Brook, Tony et al. | Unit Editions | $27.00 |
| Guide to Contemporary New York City Architecture | Hill, John | W. W. Norton | $29.95 |
| Graphic Design: Now in Production | Lupton, Ellen et al. | Walker Art Center; distributed by D.A.P. | |
| The Embodied Image: Imagination and Imagery in Architecture | Pallasmaa, Juhani | John Wiley & Sons | $45.00 |
| Missed Connections | Blackall, Sophie | Workman | $13.95 |
| Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty | Bolton, Andrew | Yale University Press | $50.00 |
| Architecture in Uniform | Cohen, Jean-Louis | Yale University Press | $50.00 |
| Bertrand Goldberg: Architecture of Invention | Ryan, Zoë | Yale University Press | $60.00 |
| To Make a World | Nemerov, Alexander | Yale University Press | $45.00 |
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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